French Open: Tang Jie-Ee Wei, Soon Huat-Shevon Rally To Second Round

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 (Bernama) -- Newly-crowned mixed doubles world champions Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei and professional duo Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie fought hard from behind before booking a spot in the second round of the French Open 2025 in Cesson-Sevigne, today.

After dropping first set, Tang Jie-Ee Wei rallied strongly to see off Yang Po-Hsuan-Hu Ling Fang from Taiwan, 16-21, 21-16, 21-12, during the opening round of Super 750 tournament held in Glaz Arena.

The fourth seeds will take on another Taiwanese pair Ye Hong Wei-Nicole Gonzales Chan, who got past Ruben Garcia-Lucia Rodriguez of Spain, 21-9, 21-16.

Similarly, eighth seeded Soon Huat-Shevon, on the other hand, overcame a slow start by taking 59-minutes to edge out unseeded Indonesian pair Amri Syahwani-Nita Violina Marwah 15-21, 21-17, 21-17.

Awaiting the husband and wife pair tomorrow are Scottish pair Alexander Dunn-Julie Macpherson, who also came from behind to eliminate Lee Jongmin-Chae Yu Jung of South Korea 14-21, 21-12, 21-16.

In the meantime, national men’s doubles pair Wan Arif Wan Junaidi-Yap Roy King kicked off their campaign with straight sets win over Eloi Adam-Leo Rossi of France, 21-19, 21-17.

Wan Arif-Roy King will set up second round clash against fourth seeds from China Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang or their compatriots Xie Haonan-Zeng Wei Han.

Other results

------------------

(Note: Malaysians unless stated)

Women’s singles:

Unnati Hooda (IND) bt K. Letshanaa 11-21, 21-13, 21-16

Women’s doubles:

Margot Lambert-Camile Pognante (FRA) bt Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting 16-21, 21-14, 21-17

-- BERNAMA