Eei Hui-Pei Tty, who a day earlier had played their best match of the year to beat Malaysian Open champions Christinna Pedersen-Kamilla Rytter Juhl in the last eight, were simply no match for young China pair Huan Xia-Tang Jianhua.
The veteran pair looked lost and tired and surrendered easily to a 12-21, 11-21 defeat to the China Masters champions.
Despite the defeat, Eei Hui-Pei Tty still look set to claim a ticket to the London Olympics in what could be their final swansong.
The pair, who are in their 30s, are currently ranked No.14 in the world and should be given the nod over Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei.
The second ranked pair of Vivian-Khe Wei are No.17 in the world but have struggled to impressed of late following the latter’s recovery from a knee injury.
The duo suffered early exits here and in the All England last week. Earlier, Eei Hui-Pei Tty rolled back the years to stun Pedersen-Rytter Juhl to storm into the semi-finals.
In the mixed doubles, world No. 8 Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying came close to avenging their semi-final defeat at the All-England against Indonesians Tantowi Ahmad-Lilyana Natsir before losing 19-21, 21-18, 23-25.
In men’s singles, All England quarter-finalist Liew Daren’s run of good form came to an abrupt end after falling to China’s Chen Jin 21-8, 23-21 in the last eight.
The scratch men’s doubles pair of Goh V Shem-Teo Kok Siang also gave a good fight before losing 15-21, 21-12, 12-21 to Indonesian veterans Alvent Yulianto-Hendra Gunawan.
Courtesy of The Star
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