KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 — Malaysian mixed doubles pair Tan Kian Meng - Lai Pei Jing kicked off their campaign in the BWF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan by beating Misha Zilberman - Svetlana Zilberman, a mother-son combination from Israel, in the first round.
Kiang Meng-Pei Jing, seeded eighth in the championships took just 22 minutes to overcome the duo 21 - 6, 21 - 5 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
The Malaysian pair’s next opponents are expected to be the winners of the match between Denmark’s Mathias Chritianses - Alexandra Boje and Japan’s Kyohei Yamashita - Naru Shinoya.
In the women’s doubles Low Yeen Yuan - Valeree Siow lost their first round encounter in straight sets to India’s Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Pullelz 11 - 21, 13 - 21 while another mixed doubles pair, Cheng Tan Jie-Peck Yen Wei who saw action in the second round, lost to China’s fourth seeds Wang Yi Lyu-Huang Dong Ping, 21 - 14, 12 - 21, 21 - 11.
— Bernama
