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No sweat as Malaysian shuttlers cruise into next round
Tan Kian Meng dan Lai Pei Jing, Ng Tze Yong, Goh Jin Wei breezed through their round of 32 badminton individual matches in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. - Facebook/BAM
BIRMINGHAM: All five Malaysian representatives breezed through their round of 32 badminton individual matches in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at the National Exhibition Centre Hall 5 here yesterday.
Top national men's singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong trounced Pakistan's Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti 21-10, 21-9 and will next face Ajfan Rasheed after the Maldives player defeated Ghanaian Ahmad Abdul Samad 21-16, 21-14.
Professional women's singles shuttler Goh Jin Wei then outplayed Cindy Etornam Esi Tornyenyorm 21-3, 21-1 to set up a date with Tamisha Janelle Williams after the Barbados shuttler prevailed 21-17, 10-21, 21-19 against Jemimah Leung For Sang of Mauritius.
National mixed doubles pairs Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing and Chan Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See also cruised into the round of 16 after beating Pulltoo Tejraj-Mungrah Ganesha of Mauritius 21-5, 21-8 and Singapore's Kwek Andy Jun Liang-Jin Yujia 21-8, 21-13 respectively.
The Malaysians will be up against Australians opponens in the round of 16, with Kian Meng-Pei Jing taking on Lin Ying Xiang-Gronya Somerville and Peng Soon-Yee See facing Jack Yu-Kaitlyn Ea.
Earlier, Ying Xiang-Somerville beat Uganda's Brian Kasirye-Fadilah Shamika Mohamed Rafi 21-10, 21-6 while Yu-Ea overcame Tahlia Richardson-Samuel Ricketts of Jamaica 21-13, 16-21, 21-8.
Kian Meng and Peng Soon then teamed up in men's doubles to dispose of Aatish Lubah-Georges Paul of Mauritius 21-12, 21-11 and check into the round of 16.
Up next for the Malaysians will be Scottish pair Alexander Dunn-Adam Hall, who beat Georges Paul-Dookhee Kobita of Mauritius, 21-7, 21-8.
-- BERNAMA
Top national men's singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong trounced Pakistan's Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti 21-10, 21-9 and will next face Ajfan Rasheed after the Maldives player defeated Ghanaian Ahmad Abdul Samad 21-16, 21-14.
Professional women's singles shuttler Goh Jin Wei then outplayed Cindy Etornam Esi Tornyenyorm 21-3, 21-1 to set up a date with Tamisha Janelle Williams after the Barbados shuttler prevailed 21-17, 10-21, 21-19 against Jemimah Leung For Sang of Mauritius.
National mixed doubles pairs Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing and Chan Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See also cruised into the round of 16 after beating Pulltoo Tejraj-Mungrah Ganesha of Mauritius 21-5, 21-8 and Singapore's Kwek Andy Jun Liang-Jin Yujia 21-8, 21-13 respectively.
The Malaysians will be up against Australians opponens in the round of 16, with Kian Meng-Pei Jing taking on Lin Ying Xiang-Gronya Somerville and Peng Soon-Yee See facing Jack Yu-Kaitlyn Ea.
Earlier, Ying Xiang-Somerville beat Uganda's Brian Kasirye-Fadilah Shamika Mohamed Rafi 21-10, 21-6 while Yu-Ea overcame Tahlia Richardson-Samuel Ricketts of Jamaica 21-13, 16-21, 21-8.
Kian Meng and Peng Soon then teamed up in men's doubles to dispose of Aatish Lubah-Georges Paul of Mauritius 21-12, 21-11 and check into the round of 16.
Up next for the Malaysians will be Scottish pair Alexander Dunn-Adam Hall, who beat Georges Paul-Dookhee Kobita of Mauritius, 21-7, 21-8.
-- BERNAMA