{
  "id": 18108848,
  "title": "Korea Open: Malaysian shuttler Letshanaa cruises into second round, faces world No. 1 An Se Young next",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/korea-open-malaysian-shuttler-letshanaa-cruises-into-second-round",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T10:38:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/sports/2026/11/04/korea-open-malaysian-shuttler-letshanaa-cruises-into-second-round-faces-world-no-1-an-se-young-next/241989"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — National women’s singles shuttler K. Letshanaa got her 2026 Korea Open campaign off to...",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Mixed fortunes for women’s singles shuttlers in Korea Open",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/mixed-fortunes-for-womens-singles-shuttlers-in-korea-open",
        "published": "2026-11-04T10:11:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Five Malaysians pairs smash into Korea Open last 16",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/five-malaysians-pairs-smash-into-korea-open-last-16",
        "published": "2026-11-04T11:27:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}