KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 — National men’s shuttlers Choong Hon Jian-Muhammad Haikal Mohamad Nazri today beat newly crowned Japan Open champions Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani in the first round of the Korea Open today.
Hon Jian-Haikal, world number 19, defeated their fourth-seed teammates 13-21, 21-16, 21-16 in 55 minutes at the Mokpo Indoor Stadium.
Hon Jian-Haikal will next meet South Korea’s Choi Sol Gyu-Heo Kwang Hee, a pair they have not faced before.
Sol Gyu-Kwang Hee beat Taiwan’s Lu Ching Yao-Wei Chun Wei 23-21, 15-21, 21-19 in the first round yesterday.
National mixed doubles pair Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing also advanced to the second round after beating the United States’ Presley Smith-Allison Lee 21-14, 21-11.
Kian Meng-Pei Jing, sixth seeds, will meet Taiwan’s Yang Po-Hsuan-Hu Ling Fang in the second round.
Po Hsuan-Ling Fan ousted teammates Chen Cheng Kuan-Hsu Yin Hui 21-17, 21-15 today.
Three more Malaysian mixed doubles pairs have advanced to the top 16.
Malaysia Masters 2024 champions Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie defeated compatriots Choong Hon Jian-Go Pei Kee 21-12, 15-21, 21-12, and will face Taiwan pair Chen Zhi Ray-Yang Ching Tun in the next round.
Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei triumphed over Taiwan pair Lin Bing Wei-Lin Chih Chun 21-17, 21-10, while Wong Tien Ci-Lim Chiew Sien beat another Taiwan pair, Chiu Hsiang Chieh-Lin Jhih Yun, 21-11, 21-16.
This sets up a clash between Tang Jie-Ee Wei and Taiwan’s Liu Kuang Heng-Jheng Yu Chieh, while Tien Ci-Chiew Sien will face Taiwan’s Ye Hong Wei-Nicole Gonzales Chan.
However, two other Malaysian pairs were unfortunate, and national men’s singles player Leong Jun Hao was eliminated in the first round by Japan’s Takuma Obayashi, 22-20, 21-14.
Mixed doubles pair Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin were defeated by Taiwan’s Liu Kuang Heng-Jheng Yu Chieh 21-18, 17-21, 21-14.
— Bernama
