KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 — Malaysian mixed doubles pair Tan Kian Meng – Lai Pei Jing kicked off their campaign in the BWF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan by beating Misha Zilberman – Svetlana Zilberman, a mother-son combination from Israel, in the first round.
Kiang Meng-Pei Jing, seeded eighth in the championships took just 22 minutes to overcome the duo 21 – 6, 21 – 5 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
The Malaysian pair’s next opponents are expected to be the winners of the match between Denmark’s Mathias Chritianses – Alexandra Boje and Japan’s Kyohei Yamashita – Naru Shinoya.
In the women’s doubles Low Yeen Yuan – Valeree Siow lost their first round encounter in straight sets to India’s Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Pullelz 11 – 21, 13 – 21 while another mixed doubles pair, Cheng Tan Jie-Peck Yen Wei who saw action in the second round, lost to China’s fourth seeds Wang Yi Lyu-Huang Dong Ping, 21 – 14, 12 – 21, 21 – 11.
— Bernama
