JOHOR BARU: It was a total eclipse of the Malaysians as all 20 paddlers failed to get past the first round of the US$90,000 Volkswagen Malaysian Open ITTF Pro-Tour at the Johor Baru City Council Indoor Stadium yesterday.
The Malaysians fell like tenpins before the onslaught of the Europeans and the Chinese, who even saw their rising star Hao Shuai scalp third-fourth seed Jens Lundqvist of Sweden in the biggest upset of the day.
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