Pearly-Thinaah, Sze Fei-Izzuddin clear Asian Games opening hurdles
KUALA LUMPUR: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah and Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani made assured starts to their Asian Games individual campaigns with straight-games victories at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium on Friday.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian athletes Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah and Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani started their Asian Games campaigns strongly by winning their opening matches at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium on Friday. Pearly-Thinaah, the world No. 5, defeated Indonesia's Febi Setianingrum-Rachel Allessya Rose in straight games 21-13, 21-11 to advance to the women's doubles second round.
She will next face Thailand's Hathaithip Mijad-Napapakorn Tungkasatan for a spot in the quarter-finals. Sze Fei-Izzuddin, the world No. 16, also won his first-round match against Taiwan's Wang Chi Lin-Chiu Hsiang Chieh 21-17, 21-14 and could face Japan's Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi in the last 16. Malaysia's Aaron Chia-Tee Kai Wun also advanced in men's doubles, beating Tajikistan's Odilzhon Abdurakhimov-Dzhumaboi Saidov 21-6, 21-6, but will face South Korea's Kim Won Ho-Seo Seung Jae in the second round.
In mixed doubles, Malaysia's Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai and Chen Tang Jie-Cheng Su Yin both lost in the second round, with Soon Huat-Shevon to India's Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto and Tang Jie-Su Yin to South Korea's Kim Jae Hyeon-Jang Ha Jeong. Taiwan's Lin Jhih Yun-Hsu Yin Hui also exited in the first round of women's doubles.
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