World No 2 pair Jiang Zhen Bang-Wei Ya Xin overcame the fourth ranked Malaysians 9-21, 21-11, 21-17 in a match lasting 57 minutes at the Olympics Sports Centre Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China, to book a place in the final.

Tang Jie-Ee Wei, who were runners-up at last year’s WTF at the same venue, won prize money of US$60,000 (RM244,686) for reaching the semi-finals.

With this win, Zhen Bang-Ya Xin have beaten Tang Jie-Ee Wei four times in their six encounters so far.

The Malaysian pair’s most notable victory over the Chinese duo came at the Paris World Championships final in August.

This season has been a fairly successful one for Tang Jie-Ee Wei, who had split for two months earlier in the year over on-court differences.

But they teamed up again after that and went on to win the Australian Open title, followed by the World Championships in Paris. They also reached the final of the China Masters but fell short.

With no Malaysians featuring in tomorrow’s finals in Hangzhou, the title drought for Malaysia in the WTF continues.