Japan open: flying start for four Malaysian pairs
25 Jul 2023 03:17pm
Photo by Bernama
In the tournament held in Yoyogi First Gymnasium, the national number one women’s doubles pair, Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah survived a rubber set battle against Chinese duo, Liu Sheng Su-Tan Ning, 21-11, 9-21, 21-19, to march into the second round.
A tricky second-round battle could be well on the cards for Pearly-Thinaah should top seed, Chen Qing Chen-Jia Yi Fan of China beat Canadian pair, Catherine Choi-Josephine Wu in the other first-round match.
Meanwhile, two Malaysia’s mixed doubles pair, Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei and Chan Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See also made it to the second round.
The world number 14 duo Tang Jie-Ee Wei stunned Dutch duo, Robin Tabeling-Selena Piek, ranked ninth in the world, 21-15, 21-18 while the unseeded Peng Soon-Yee See created an upset over eight seeds, Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue of France, 21-18, 21-18.
Tang Jie-Ee Wei will take on top seed, Zheng Si Wei-Huang Ya Qiong after the Chinese duo trounced Japan’s Hiroki Midorikawa-Natsu Saito, 21-8, 21-13.
Peng Soon-Yee See, on the other hand, will face Thailand pair, Supak Jomkoh-Supissara Paewsampran who outplayed Taiwanese duo, Yang Po-Hsuan-Hu Ling Fang, 21-3, 21-10.
Professional men’s doubles duo, Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi capped off a wonderful day for the Malaysian badminton camp following a straight set victory over Lucas Corvee-Ronan Labar of France, 21-15, 21-18, in 36 minutes.
The sixth-seeded pair will determine a quarter-final spot against the winner of another opening-round tie involving Chen Bo Yang-Liu Yi from China or reigning Olympic Games champion, Lee Yang-Wang Chi-Lin of Taiwan. - BERNAMA
