More to learn: Hoo Pang Ron (right) and Cheah Yee See are only ranked fourth in the national team’s mixed doubles department. www.badmintonphoto.com
PETALING JAYA: Jittery Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See failed to handle the occasion and bowed out of the Toyota Thailand Open semi-finals.
Pang Ron-Yee See were left to shoulder the challenge in the mixed doubles following the exit of Rio Olympics silver medallists Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying.
And the pair, making their first semi-final appearance in a major BWF World Tour event, were humbled 9-21,16-21 by South Korean fourth seeds Seo Seung-jae-Chae Yu-ying.