Loh Kean Yew stormed into the Korea Open 2025 after a convincing victory over Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei on Thursday (25 September).
The Singaporean defeated Wang with a 21-17, 18-21, 21-16 margin in a match that lasted for an hour at Suwon Gymnasium, South Korea.
The ninth-ranked Loh was in control of the first game but the Singaporean dropped the second, allowing Wang three straight points from 18-18.
The final set could have gone either way with the score even at 14 but Loh escaped by winning seven of the next 10 points.
He will next face veteran Chou Tien Chen who is also from Chinese Taipei.
What happened in mixed doubles at Korea Open
In the mixed doubles, the Indonesian pair of Amri Syahnawi-Nita Violina Marwah beat sixth seed Hiroki Midorikawa/Natsu Saito to make it to the last-eight.
They sealed their victory after winning two straight games 21-19 and 21-14 in 37 minutes at Suwon Gymnasium, South Korea.
“Alhamdulillah, we can win, we are relieved to be able to revans against them. Earlier we played from the start and continued to accelerate the tempo, we didn’t want to lose speed with the opponent,” said Amri after the match.
The result also came as a sweet revenge against the Japanese mixed doubles. Previously, Amri-Nita lost the rubber game in their first competitive clash at the Japan Open 2025 last July.
“Being able to beat the seed who has won Super 500 and the top 10 will definitely affect our confidence. Hopefully, from here we can continue to play freely,” said Amri.
Amri-Nita are the first representatives of Indonesia to confirm tickets to the quarter-finals. They will next meet the fourth seed from China, Guo Xin Wa-Chen Fang Hui.
Guo-Chen locked the ticket to the quarter-finals after successfully repatriating the pair from Thailand, Rutanapak Oupthong/Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat, in a two-game match.
Malaysian Duos Shine
The Malaysian duo of Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai, seeded fifth, booked their last-eight spot with a convincing victory.
They defeated China’s Gao Jia Xuan and Wu Meng Ying in straight games, winning 21-16, 21-13 in just 31 minutes.
Soon Huat and Shevon will next face either Japan’s Yuta Watanabe and Maya Taguchi or the world number one Chinese pair of Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin.
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The other Malaysian pair at Korea Open, Wong Tien Ci and Lim Chiew Sien, also advanced after an intense second-round match. They defeated South Korean opponents Lee Jongmin and Chae Yu Jung in a three-game thriller that lasted 52 minutes.
Tien Ci and Chiew Sien recovered from a first-game loss to win 9-21, 21-15, 21-17 in an impressive comeback victory.
They will next face either Denmark’s Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje or the Indonesian pair of Jafar Hidayatullah and Felisha Alberta Nathaniel Pasaribu.
