
World No 14 men’s doubles pair Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun fell 23-21, 19-21, 16-21 to India’s world No 9 pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty.
In the mixed doubles, world No 18 pair Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin lost 21-18, 21-15 to Japan’s world No 13 pair Hiroki Midorikawa-Natsu Saito.
Tomorrow, world No 5 pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik will take on Thailand’s world No 31 pair Peeratchai Sukphun-Pakkapon Teeraratsakul in the men’s doubles.
World No 71 pair Wong Tien Ci-Lim Tze Jian will be looking to pull off an upset against Indonesia’s world No 4 pair Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto in another men’s doubles tie tomorrow.
Another Malaysian men’s doubles pair, world No 27 Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi, will also be hoping for a surprise when they face China’s world No 3 pair Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang tomorrow.
The men’s doubles last-16 ties on Thursday will include an all-Malaysian clash between world No 2 pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani and world No 23 duo Yap Roy King-Wan Arif Wan Junaidi.
In women’s doubles play tomorrow, world No 7 pair Pearly Tan-M Thinaah meet world No 142 pair Prerana Alvekar-Mrunmayee Deshpande.
Mixed doubles world No 4 pair Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Jemie Lai open their campaign tomorrow against Indonesia’s unranked duo of Rinov Rivaldy-Lisa Ayu Kusumawati.
World No 34 Wong Tien Ci-Lim Chiew Sien will meet the unranked Japanese pair of Yuta Watanabe-Maya Taguchi in the mixed doubles.
Earlier today, Malaysia’s world No 28 Leong Jun Hao shocked China’s world No 6 Li Shi Feng 18-21, 21-17, 21-17 in the first round of the men’s singles.
The country’s sole entry in the men’s singles, Jun Hao has a date with China’s world No 21 Weng Hong Yang in the round-of-16 on Thursday.