No sweat as shuttlers cruise into last 16

No sweat as shuttlers cruise into last 16

All five representatives breezed through their round of 32 matches.

Ng Tze Yong trounced Pakistan’s Irfan Saeed Bhatti 21-10, 21-9 in his match. (AP pic)
BIRMINGHAM:
All five Malaysian representatives breezed through their round of 32 matches at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games at the National Exhibition Centre.

Top men’s singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong trounced Pakistan’s Irfan Saeed Bhatti 21-10, 21-9 and will next face Ajfan Rasheed after the Maldivian defeated Ghanaian Ahmad Abdul Samad 21-16, 21-14.

Professional women’s singles player Goh Jin Wei then defeated Cindy Etornam Esi Tornyenyorm 21-3, 21-1 to set up a date with Tamisha Janelle Williams after the Barbados shuttler won 21-17, 10-21, 21-19 against Jemimah Leung For Sang of Mauritius.

Mixed doubles pairs Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing and Chan Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See also cruised into the round of 16 after beating Pulltoo Tejraj-Mungrah Ganesha of Mauritius 21-5, 21-8 and Singapore’s Kwek Andy Jun Liang-Jin Yujia 21-8, 21-13 respectively.

The Malaysians will be up against Australian opposition in the next round, with Kian Meng-Pei Jing taking on Lin Ying Xiang-Gronya Somerville and Peng Soon-Yee See facing off against Jack Yu-Kaitlyn Ea.

Earlier, Ying Xiang-Somerville beat Uganda’s Brian Kasirye-Fadilah Shamika Mohamed Rafi 21-10, 21-6 while Yu-Ea overcame Tahlia Richardson-Samuel Ricketts of Jamaica 21-13, 16-21, 21-8.

Kian Meng and Peng Soon then teamed up in the men’s doubles to dispose of Aatish Lubah-Georges Paul of Mauritius 21-12, 21-11 and check into the round of 16.

Up next for the Malaysians will be Scottish pair Alexander Dunn-Adam Hall, who beat Georges Paul-Dookhee Kobita of Mauritius, 21-7, 21-8.

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