KOWLOON, Hong Kong – Fresh off a career-high world ranking of No. 6, Malaysian men’s doubles pair Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun arrive at the Hong Kong Open aiming to build on a breakthrough season. The duo’s ascent to No. 6,a jump from No. 7, follows a quarter-final appearance at the recent World Championships in Paris, where they battled eventual champions Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho of South Korea.
This ranking marks the latest milestone for Wei Chong-Kai Wun, who have demonstrated consistent improvement throughout the year, capturing titles at the Indonesian Masters in January and the Malaysian Masters in May. Their recent success – reaching at least the quarter-finals in their last six tournaments – positions them as contenders in the Hong Kong tournament, which begins Tuesday in Kowloon.The draw presents a potential path filled wiht domestic competition. Wei Chong-Kai Wun are slated to face fellow Malaysians Tan Wee Kiong and Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub in the frist round, with a possible second-round encounter against Ong Yew Sin and Teo ee Yi. A quarter-final clash with top Malaysian duo Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik looms as a potential challenge.
elsewhere in the draw, Yap Roy King and Wan Arif Wan Junaidi face a difficult opening match against Denmark’s world No. 4 pairing, Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen. Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin Rumsani will compete against China’s Xie Haonan and zeng Wei Han in the first round, while Mohd Haikal Nazri and Choong Hon Jian, along with Low Hang Yee and Ng Eng Cheong, will begin their campaign from the qualifying rounds.
