KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- National men’s doubles pair Choong Hon Jian-Muhammad Haikal Nazri put up a strong fight before bowing out to China’s top duo Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang in the opening round of Denmark Open 2025 in Odense, Tuesday.
The unseeded Hon Jian-Muhammad Haikal were defeated 19-21, 21-18, 15-21 in a 53-minute battle against the fifth seeds and Paris 2024 Olympic Games silver medallists at the Jyske Bank Arena.
Meanwhile, professional men’s doubles pair Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub-Tan Wee Kiong advanced to the second round as they cleared past China’s Xie Haonan-Zeng Wei Han 21-13, 21-15.
A tough challenge awaits the current world number 24 duo, who will face South Korea’s world champions, Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae, in the next round.
The top-seeded Won Ho and Seung Jae easily defeated the home pair William Kryger Boe and Christian Faust Kjaer 21-11, 21-11.
Another men’s doubles pair, Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi also crashed out in the first round after going down 19-21, 14-21 to France’s Christo-Toma Junior Popov.
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