Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying, yesterday made quick work of Belgium’s Lianne Tan at the Pertronas Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur to advance to the round of 16.
The world No. 2 Olympic silver medalist beat 36th-ranked Tan 21-13, 21-9 in 29 minutes.
Taiwanese World No. 16 Wang Tzu-wei also took 29 minutes to beat his Guatemalan opponent, world No. 36 Kevin Cordon, 21-17, 21-7 in their men’s singles round-of-32 match.
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In the men’s doubles, Taiwan’s Lu Ching-yao and Yang Po-han put up an hour-long fight, but were ultimately defeated 14-21, 21-16, 21-13 by Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi.
On Tuesday, Taiwanese Wang Chi-lin and Lee Yang advanced to the men’s doubles round-of-16 after defeating Dutch opponents Ruben Jille and Ties van der Lecq.
Olympic gold medalists Wang and Lee needed only 26 minutes to overcome Jille and Van der Lecq 21-9, 21-15.
The pair got off to a strong start, leading the Dutch pair 9-6, but lost the next three points, allowing their opponents to draw level before finding another gear and winning the next nine points.
In the second game, the Taiwanese No. 4 seeds initially found themselves in a seesaw battle, but with the game finely balanced at 11-11 Wang and Lee again found something special and pulled ahead.
Also on Tuesday, Taiwanese badminton veteran Chou Tien-chen secured an opening-round victory against Canadian Brian Yang, beating his opponent 21-16, 21-9 in 30 minutes.
The Malaysia Open is one of the five Badminton World Federation World Tour Super 750 events, and comes with a total purse of US$675,000. The competition ends on Sunday.
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