Three mixed doubles junior pairs storm into third round


Good job: Tan Zhi Yang-Nicole Tan will face Hong Kong’s Cheng Ying Kit-Hung Ho Yan in the third round of the World Junior Championships.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s junior mixed doubles pairs continued their fine run after all three advanced to the third round of the World Junior Championships in Guwahati, India.

Top seeds Loh Zi Heng-Noraqilah Maisarah Ramdan lived up to expectations by clearing their second-round hurdle yesterday, beating Japan’s Mahiro Matsumoto-Meisa Anami 15-10, 15-5. They will next take on China’s Wei Jianzhen-Liang Yu En in the third round today.

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