NATIONAL professional mixed doubles pair Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie began their 2025 India Open campaign in style by defeating Indonesia’s Rinov Rivaldy-Lisa Ayu Kusumawati today.
In the first-round match held at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, Soon Huat-Shevon gave an energetic display to beat the world number 21 pair 21-17, 21-17 in just 36 minutes.
The fourth seeded Malaysians will play Japan’s Yuta Watanabe-Maya Taguchi in the round of 16 tomorrow.
Watanabe-Taguchi defeated another Malaysian professional pair, Wong Tien Ci-Lim Chiew Sien, 21-17, 21-15 in the first round.
Meanwhile, two Malaysian professional men’s doubles pairs - Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi and Lim Tze Jian-Wong Tien Ci - suffered the same fate after failing to clear the first hurdle today
Yew Sin-Ee Yi lost 12-21, 21-19, 15-21 to world number three Wang Chang-Liang Wei Keng of China while Tze Jian-Tien Ci went down 21-19, 10-21, 14-21 to Indonesians Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto.
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