KUALA LUMPUR: National mixed doubles pair Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei survived an early scare to advance to the second round of the Super 750 China Masters on Tuesday.
The world No. 9 bounced back from a first-game loss against Taiwan's Ye Hong Wei-Nicole Gonzales Chan to secure a 21-23, 21-9, 21-12 victory in 58 minutes at Shenzhen Gymnasium.
Tang Jie-Ee Wei will face French pair Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue or China's Zhou Zhi Hong-Bao Li Jing in the last 16.
The Paris Olympics quarter-finalists will be eager to build on this winning start, having been eliminated in the opening round of the Kumamoto Masters last week.