Korea Open: Malaysian shuttler Letshanaa cruises into second round, faces world No. 1 An Se Young next

Kuala Lumpur, November 4 - Malaysian women's singles shuttler K. Letshanaa, ranked world number 28, advanced to the second round of the 2026 Korea Open with an impressive 21-17, 21-18 victory over Thailand's Tonrug Saeheng. However, the Malaysian athlete faces a formidable opponent in the form of South Korea's world number one, An Se Young, who has a perfect record against Letshanaa in their four prior meetings.

Meanwhile, another Malaysian singles player, Wong Ling Ching, was eliminated in the first round after a tough loss to Indonesia's Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan. Among the Malaysian mixed doubles teams, Hoo Pang Ron-Pei Jing and Chen Tang Jie-Chan Wen Tse progressed to the second round. Pang Ron-Pei Jing defeated a Thai pair, 21-10, 21-14, and will face either Australia's Zewei Xie-Yuran Zhang or host pair Jin Sung Ik-Seung Hee Lee in the next round.

Tang Jie-Wen Tse also advanced, triumphing over Australian duo Andika Ramadiansyah-Nozomi Shimizu 21-9, 21-14 and will compete against Chinese third seeds Cheng Xing-Zhang Chi in the second round.