Li Qian, Boon Le and Carine advance at World Juniors
KUALA LUMPUR: Chong Li Qian continued his giant-killing run while Lim Boon Le and Carine Tee also booked places in the last 16 as Malaysia’s singles challenge gathered momentum at the World Junior Championships in Cairo today.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's singles challenge at the World Junior Championships in Cairo is gaining momentum as Li Qian, Boon Le, and Carine advance to the last 16. Li Qian, an unseeded player, stunned fourth seed Yaidel Gil of Spain and will face India's Jagsher Singh Khangurra in the quarter-finals. Seventeenth seed Boon Le also advanced after defeating India's Akhil Reddy Bobba in a tight match.
Carine, meanwhile, overcame Indonesia's Mayla Cahya Afilian Pratiwi in a grueling 49-minute match to keep Malaysia's hope in the girls singles alive. In the doubles, Ahmad Redzuan Zulwaqqarizal-Low Zi Yu and Irfan M Shazmir-Genevie Lim secured victories for Malaysia in both the mixed and boys doubles.
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