{
  "id": 15976594,
  "title": "Malaysian doubles shuttlers impress at French Open",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/malaysian-doubles-shuttlers-impress-at-french-open-15976594",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T23:33:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/22/malaysian-doubles-shuttlers-impress-at-french-open"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Malaysian badminton doubles teams showcased impressive skills at the French Open, with seven of them advancing to the second round of the World Tour Super 750 championships. In women's doubles, recently crowned Denmark Open champions Pearly Tan-M Thinaah effortlessly defeated Turkish pair Bengisu Ercetin-Nazlican Inci 21-11, 21-15 in just 37 minutes. Carmen Ting-Ong Xin Yee also secured a win against home pair Margot Lambert-Camille Pognante 21-11, 21-12. Malaysia is guaranteed a quarter-final spot in women's doubles as Pearly-Thinaah will face Carmen-Xin Yee in their upcoming match. In mixed doubles, national pair Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing overcame China's Gao Jia Xuan-Wu Meng Ying 14-21, 21-15, 21-15 in 46 minutes and will now face Taiwanese duo Liu Kuang Heng-Hsu Yin Hui. World No 4 men's doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik outplayed lower-ranked Chinese opponents He Ji Teng-Ren Xiang Yu 21-15, 21-19 in 37 minutes, advancing to play Thailand's Peeratchai Sukphun-Pakkapon Teeraratsakul next. Meanwhile, Man Wei Chong-Tee-Tee Kai Wun, who narrowly missed the cut at the Denmark Open, rebounded by defeating Japanese pair Kakeru Kumagai-Hiroki Nishi 18-21, 21-15, 21-17 in 55 minutes, setting up a second-round clash with another Japanese pair, Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi. Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani and Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King secured their second-round spots after winning their opening games on Tuesday, with Sze Fei-Izzuddin facing Danish pair Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard and Aaron-Roy King taking on South Korea's world No 1 Kim Won Ho-Seo-Seo Jae. Unfortunately, none of Malaysia's singles players managed to advance past the first round.",
  "summary": "Seven pairs across all three categories will feature in the second round of the World Tour Super 750 championships.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Four Malaysian men's pairs smash into French Open second round",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/four-malaysian-mens-pairs-smash-into-french-open-second-round",
        "published": "2026-10-21T23:16:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Malaysian doubles shuttlers impress at French Open",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/malaysian-doubles-shuttlers-impress-at-french-open",
        "published": "2026-10-21T23:33:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}