Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem, Wong Chun-ting get to WTT Contender Muscat last 8 – in singles
Pair have only individual glory to chase after following up mixed doubles title win in Qatar with first-round loss in Oman
After combining for glory last week, Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem and Wong Chun-ting went back to ploughing lone furrows towards success at the WTT Contender Muscat tournament in Oman on Thursday.
Doo and Wong claimed the WTT Star Contender Doha mixed doubles title on Sunday, but were left to go their own ways in the Omani capital following a shock 3-2 first-round defeat by French pair Thibault Poret and Charlotte Lutz on Wednesday.
The 34-year-old Wong convincingly bounced back 24 hours later, recovering from dropping the opening game of his second-round singles match to beat Huang Youzheng of mainland China 9-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-4 in 25 minutes.
An Asian Games singles bronze medallist in 2023, Wong’s reward for seeing off the man who had shocked world No 7 Liang Jingkun in round one is a quarter-final date with either Patrick Franziska or Kirill Gerassimenko on Friday.