Classy Tze Yong turns giantkiller as Malaysia enjoy perfect day


Great run: Malaysia’s Aidil Sholeh Ali Sadikin swept aside Japan’s Riku Hatano 21-19, 21-13 to reach the quarter-finals in the World Junior Championships in Markham, Canada.

PETALING JAYA: National boys’ singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong has become a giantkiller at the World Junior Championships in Markham, Canada.

The unseeded Tze Yong made heads turn when he reached the boys’ singles quarter-finals by stunning second seed Ikhsan Leonardo Imanuel Rumbay of Indonesia 21-13, 21-5 in the fourth round on Thursday.

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