On January 9, Beijing time, the 1/16 finals of the first round of the 2024 Malaysia Open Badminton Super1000 continued.
The opening match of the 2024 season was started by last year's 10-time champion and the second largest gold medalist on the tour, top seed An Seying, and sure enough, she lost two straight games 21-16, 21-10, in just 33 minutes, 2-0 to extend the unbeaten record against Ryan Hoymark Jacksfield, and won three consecutive matches, and the 1/8 finals await Li Yifeng, who defeated Belgium's Tan Lianni 22-20.
Third seed and defending champion Akane Yamaguchi defeated Thailand's third-singles Subanida Gethong 21-15, 22-20 to tie the second game at 15-14. Akane Yamaguchi won her first comeback 2-0 and won both of her matches, with the quarter-finals awaiting Scotland's Billy Gilmour, who 21-23, 21-14, 21-13 Turkey's Nesrihan Igit.
Zhang Yiman extended his unbeaten record against Akalsi 21-15, 21-15, winning three consecutive matches, and won three consecutive games, winning three games in 37 minutes to advance to the 1/8 finals waiting for Xu Minqi, who 21-14, 21-16 Chinese Taipei's Bai Yupo, also played 37 minutes in two games.
Han Yue, the world's No. 8 and the women's singles gold medalist at the Universiade who won the first super500 championship in her career last season, is currently ranked second in the women's singles at the Paris Olympics. This time, he defeated Indonesia's second singles Vardani 21-11, 21-13, and won all three of their meetings, and the two games took only 30 minutes. In the 1/8 finals, he faced Singapore's Yang Jiamin, who 21-9, 21-14 Canada's first sister Li Wenshan.
Top seed and defending champion Victor Axelsen defeated 21-13, 21-15 211 World Champion Loh Kean Yew to win Singapore's first badminton World Championship title after knocking out Viktor Axelsen in the first round. Axelsen won 4 consecutive games 2-0, and it was also the 11th consecutive win of the Malaysia Open, and he faced Lee Cheuk Yew in the 1/8 finals.
Although there are new mixed doubles Olympic champion Huang Dongping, new men's doubles Olympic champion Li Yang/Wang Qilin, and 2016 Rio Olympics women's doubles champion Misaki Matsutomo suffered a round of defeat, Luo Jianyou is the first world champion to go out!
Fifth seeds, defending champions Alfian/Ardianto defeated Canada's Dong Xingyu/Ni Yakura 21-16, 21-13 to face Li Fangzhi/Li Fangren in the quarterfinals.
Top seeds, last year's runners-up Leung Wai Keng/Wang Chang defeated the host pair Wan Weicong/Zheng Kaiwen 21-12, 21-19, and won all three of their matches, in the first game, Liang Wang did not fall behind in the whole game, only drew four times in the opening game to 5-5, and took the lead 5-0 in a wave, once taking a 19-11 lead. In the second game, Liang Wang scored five points in a row after falling behind 3-4 to achieve the first lead of the game and maintain the advantage until the end, once taking a 20-14 lead, and the Malaysian combination saved 5 match points in a row without success.
Liang Wang advanced to the quarterfinals 2-0 and awaited the winner of seventh seeds Keiichiro Matsui/Yoshiken Takeuchi and Germany's Ramsfuss/Seidl.
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