It was a bad, bad day for Malaysian girls’ in the singles when national Under-16 champion K. Letshanaa was blown away in the second round in the World Junior Championships in Kazan, Russia on Tuesday.
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Also crashing out in the same event in the second round were Arena Samin, Myisha Mohd Khairul and Tan Zhing Yi as Malaysian juniors took another beating after a miserable out in the Mixed Team Championships with a ninth placing with a 3-0 win over Chinese Taipei in the playoff.
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This is the first time Malaysia, champions in 2011, failed to get past the group stage. Malaysia did no better in the Asian Junior Championships in Suzhou, China in July.
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Letshanaa, who beat Emilia Petersen Norberg of Norway 21-7, 21-6 in the first round was no match for China’s fifth seed Han Qian Xi and lost tamely 21-4, 21-8 in 28 minutes.
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Myisha went out 14-21, 16-21 to Indonesia’s No 8 seed Yusnita Enggira Setiawan in 35 minutes while India’s Trisha Hedge handed Zhing Yia 21-13, 21-12 beating in another second-round match which lasted 27 minutes.
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Sabah girl Arena Satu was another casualty with a 13-21, 13-21 defeat to Indonesia’s fourth seed and mixed team heroine Putri Kusuma Wardani in 32 minutes.Ā
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However, the boys’ brought some cheer in the Malaysian camp Kok Jing Hong, the No 12 seed leading the charge with a 21-16, 21-13 win over Pranav Rao Gandham of India in 27 minutes in a third-round match. He next facesĀ Liao Jhuo Fu of Chinese Taipei.
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Also through is Shaqeem Shahyar who gunned down Korea’s 21-15, 21-6 for a fourth-round clash with Singapore’s Nigel Yap Zhe Ming. Joining him in the fourth round is compatriot Goh Wyman, 21-14, 21-13 winner over another Korean opponent Lee Yoo Jun. – BY RIZAL ABDULLAH
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