Reunited Aaron-Wooi Yik clear 1st round at Denmark Open

Men's doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik returned to the World Tour badminton scene after a four-month split, defeating top Japanese pair Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi in the first round of the Denmark Open. The Malaysian pair, ranked 8th globally, won 21-19, 14-21, 21-11 in 51 minutes at the SJF Bank Arena in Odense, Denmark. This was Aaron-Wooi Yik's first World Tour event since June, when they were experimentally paired by the Badminton Association of Malaysia ahead of the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Aaron-Wooi Yik had previously reached the second round the previous year, but were eliminated in the first round. They will now face either newly crowned Arctic Open champions and fellow Malaysians Aaron Tai-Yap-Yap Roy King or South Korea's world No 11, Kang Min Hyuk-Lee Jong Min in the second round. Meanwhile, world No 27 women's singles player K Letshanaa was eliminated in the first round by Denmark's 12th-ranked shuttler Line Christophersen, losing 8-21, 18-21 in 32 minutes.

Other Malaysian men's and mixed doubles pairs will compete tonight. In mixed doubles, Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing advanced to the second round, while men's singles player Leong Jun Hao was defeated in his opener.