KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 — The country's top women's doubles pair Pearly Tan-Thinaah Muralitharan had no trouble securing a spot in the third round of the 2025 BWF World Championships after easily overcoming a Hong Kong pair in Paris, France, last night.
In the second-round match at the Adidas Arena, the world number two pair only needed 37 minutes to seal a 21-17, 21-14 victory over Lui Lok Lok-Tsang Hiu Yan.
Awaiting Tan-Thinaah in the next round is either the home pair Tea Margueritte-Flavie Vallet or the Indonesian duo Lanny Tria Mayasari-Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti.
Earlier, the national men's doubles pair Wan Arif Wan Junaidi-Yap Roy King easily defeated Thai representatives Kittinupong Kedren-Dechapol Puavaranukroh 21-13, 21-17 to advance to the third round.
Arif-Yap will face either former world champions Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik or Scottish pair Christopher Grimley-Matthew Grimley, but on paper, there is a strong possibility of an all-Malaysian affair.
Also advancing were mixed doubles pairs Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin, who overcame Malik Bourakkadi-Leona Michalski of Germany 21-10, 18-21, 21-12, and Goh Soon Huat-Lai Shevon Jemie, who defeated Thailand's Pakkapon Teeraratsakul-Phataimas Muenwong 21-19, 21-15.
However, Hoo-Cheng and Goh-Lai will face each other in the third round.
Meanwhile, the country's representatives who were eliminated were men's singles player Leong Jun Hao, who lost to Japan's Kenta Nishimoto 21-17, 13-21, 23-25, and women's doubles pair Go Pei Kee-Teoh Mei Xing, who were defeated by the Bulgarian pair Gabriela Stoeva-Stefani Stoeva 11-21, 9-21.
Women's singles player K. Letshanaa was also eliminated after losing to Pusarla V. Sindhu of India 19-21, 15-21.
