Redzuan-Zi Yu lead four Malaysian pairs into world junior last 64
The top seeds won their opening match in 16 minutes in Cairo, while all four Malaysian mixed doubles pairs reached the third round.
Malaysia’s Ahmad Redzuan Zulwaqqarizal-Low Zi Yu reached the third round of the World Junior Championships in Cairo after beating Canadian opponents Kyle Yatfung Le-Ying Jian 15-5, 15-9. The top-seeded mixed doubles pair took 16 minutes to complete their second-round victory.
Their next opponents in the last 64 are Brazil’s Klecivan Silva-Laura Roviezzo. Redzuan-Zi Yu and the other Malaysian pairs had byes in the opening round. In July, they won the Asian junior mixed doubles championship in Yatsushiro, Japan, giving Malaysia its first title in that category for 19 years.
All four Malaysian mixed doubles combinations progressed. Khairul Azlan Khashah-Nur Aina Maisarah, seeded 11th, recovered from losing the first game to defeat India’s Yogansh Singh-Aanya Bisht 8-15, 15-6, 15-7. Australia’s Ben Rambaud-Yanxi Liu await them in the next round.
Yusuf Iqbal-Leong Hwee Ling beat Canada’s Pitousovanreath Roth-Emma Goyette 15-9, 15-7. They will meet Czech fourth seeds Filip Titěra-Amélie Maixnerová for a place beyond the last 64.
Irfan Shazmir-Genevie Lim, seeded 22nd, defeated England’s Yixiang Hou-Shraddha Gopalakrishnan 15-9, 15-6 in 13 minutes. Their next match is against Indonesia’s Moses Andar Simanjuntak-Reya Azzahra Yulianti.
The individual competition follows Malaysia’s silver-medal finish in the Suhandinata Cup mixed team event, which Redzuan-Zi Yu helped secure.
