KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 (Bernama) -- Three Malaysian doubles pairs, including the top women's combination of Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah, marched into the second round of the Indonesia Masters badminton championships in Jakarta today.
The top-seeded Pearly-Thinaah had to slog for a 21-15, 20-22, 21-19 opening-round win over Francesca Corbett-Jennie Gai of the United States at Istora Senayan.
World number two Pearly-Thinaah will face Taiwan's Lin Xiao Min-Wang Yu Qiao next.
Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Mohd Rumsani, meanwhile, needed 31 minutes to subdue Chen Zhi Yi-Presley Smith, also of the United States, 21-15, 21-17 to check into the second round of the men's doubles event.
They will meet either Wesley Koh-Kubo Junsuke of Singapore or Liu Kuang Heng-Yang Po Han of Taiwan next.
Another Malaysian men's doubles pair - Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub-Tan Wee Kiong - defeated Taiwan's Lee Fang-Chih-Lee Fang-Jen 21-13, 21-18 to set up a second-round clash against Indonesia's Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani.
Other Malaysian results:
Men's doubles:
Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (INA) bt Chia Wei Jie-Lwi Sheng Hao 21-18, 19-21, 21-10
Lee Jhe-Huei-Yang Po-Hsuan (TPE) bt Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi 21-18, 21-15
Ben Lane-Sean Vendy (GBR) bt Choong Hon Jian-Muhammad Haikal Nazri 17-21, 21-17, 21-3
Women's doubles:
Tsang Hiu Yan-Yeung Pui Lam (HKG) bt Chong Jie Yu-Vanessa Ng 21-16, 21-10
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