(BRIEF CAPTION) Malaysian, Tan Kian Meng (right) and Lai Pei Jing in action against team from Indonesia during Victor Far East Badminton Malaysia Master 2016 qualifying round at Spice Arena in Penang .Star pic by: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star / 19 January 2016.
GEORGE TOWN: Lanky Tan Kian Meng is walking tall. In just six months, he has grown from an average singles player to a creditable doubles shuttler.
In the Malaysian Masters at the SPICE Arena in Relau yesterday, the 1.85m tall Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing marched into their first mixed doubles quarter-finals when they bulldozed past Ronan Labar-Emilie Lefel of France 21-10, 21-17 in just 38 minutes.
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