KUALA LUMPUR: Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik are one step from glory at the Singapore Open, and after surviving a nerve-jangling semi-final, the Malaysian pair are fired up to end the nation's 17-year title drought.
The world No. 3 showed nerves of steel on Saturday, holding off a spirited fightback to beat India's world No. 27 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty 19-21, 21-10, 21-18 in 64 minutes.
Aaron-Wooi Yik looked to be cruising at 20-11 in the decider before allowing the Indians to claw back seven straight points.
But they dug deep to finally close out the match - their 10th win in 13 meetings against the reigning Asian Games champions.
