Men’s doubles pair Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin Rumsani achieved their biggest win on the BWF tour by claiming the Japan Open title in Yokohama on August 25. They defeated world champions Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung-jae from South Korea with scores of 21-19 and 21-15, earning their first Super 750 crown. Previously,…
Pearly Tan and M Thinaah, Malaysia’s top women’s doubles pair, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Japan Open after defeating Denmark’s Mai Surrow and Julie Finne-Ipsen 21-11, 22-20. Consequently, they will face China’s Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning, the Olympic silver medallists, in the next round. In an all-Malaysian men’s doubles encounter, Man Wei…
Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medallist and world No. 6 Lee Zii Jia faced an unexpected setback on Tuesday (Aug 20). He was eliminated in the first round of the Japan Open in Yokohama. Zii Jia was defeated by the world No. 29 French teenager Alex Lanier with scores of 18-21, 13-21 in just 41 minutes….