Courting love: Yew Sin and Ohori announce engagement

Malaysian professional men's doubles shuttler Ong Yew Sin and Japanese women's singles player Aya Ohori have officially announced their engagement, and their love story transcends borders, cultures and lifestyles.

Yew Sin announced the good news via his Instagram post today, accompanied by a heartfelt caption that read "our forever starts today".

"She said yes. We couldn't be more happier to share this with the world. Different nationality, different culture and different living style.

"We (will) learn to adapt and accept each other's living style and understand each other's culture throughout the years... (we still quarrel always)," wrote Yew Sin.

The post has, at the time of writing, amassed over 65,000 likes and garnered nearly 3,000 comments, including former world number one Datuk Lee Chong Wei.

"Congratulations to both of you," Chong Wei commented.

National women's doubles star M. Thinaah shared her joy, saying: "After all these years, finally!".

Singapore's 2021 men's singles world champion Loh Kean Yew, wrote: "From friends to fiancee, congrats bro."

Yew Sin's highest achievement on the court was winning a bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships with Teo Ee Yi.

Ohori, on the other hand, earned a women's singles bronze medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games in China and was part of Japan's squad that finished runners-up at the 2020 Uber Cup in Aarhus, Denmark.

-- BERNAMA