Hasrat gandingan negara, Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani, untuk mempertahankan kejuaraan Cabaran Antarabangsa Malaysia dalam acara beregu musnah di tangan rakan senegara, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, susulan kekalahan dalam pertarungan tiga set di Stadium Juara, Bukit Kiara, hari ini.
Sze Fei-Izzudin selaku pilihan ketiga bermula goyah dengan beberapa kesilapan mereka mengundang padah sebelum tewas 21-18 dalam set pertama.
Mereka kemudian bergelut untuk bangkit dalam set kedua tetapi akhirnya merakamkan kemenangan 24-22 untuk kembali menyalakan harapan.
Begitupun, Sze Fei-Izzudin kembali hilang momentum dalam set ketiga tatkala lawan tampil lebih menyerlah untuk mencatat kemenangan 21-13.
"Kami berharap untuk meraih kemenangan tetapi yang paling penting adalah kami telah menampilkan persembahan terbaik," kata Aaron.
Tugas getir, bagaimanapun, menanti Aaron-Wooi Yik dalam final apabila berdepan beregu handalan Indonesia, Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan.
Hendra yang memenangi pingat emas Sukan Olimpik Beijing 2008 bersama Markis Kido menewaskan beregu negara Chooi Kah Ming-Low Juan Shen 21-15, 21-13.
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