No joy in home tournament


PETALING JAYA: Men’s doubles shuttlers Lim Tze Jian-Wong Tien Ci missed out on a good opportunity to win their first title together when they went down to Philippines’ Soloman Padiz-Julius Villabrille in the Malaysian International Challenge final.

Tze Jian-Tien Ci, who only started playing together in March, went down 14-21, 21-23, 16-21 to Soloman-Julius in a closely fought match at the Arena Badminton Perak in Ipoh yesterday. The independent pair though were the sole home representatives to make it into the final in what was a disappointing show overall from the homesters in the tournament.

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