Junior squad crushes Macau 2-0 in Asian Championship

Malaysia's junior badminton team began the Asian Junior Mixed Team Badminton Championships with a decisive 2-0 victory over Macau in Yatsushiro, Japan.

The Malaysian squad dominated the first set, with all their representatives winning their respective matches. The men's doubles pair of Isyaraf Hafizin and Ahmad Redzuan set the tone, followed by wins from women's singles player Lee Mun, mixed doubles pair Ahmad Redzuan and Low Zi Yu, and women's doubles pair Zi Yu and Genevie Lim. Men's singles player Kong Wei Xiang also secured a win.

Malaysia continued their strong performance in the second set, which featured a rotating format with 11-point matches. Damien Ling and Irfan Muhammad Shazmir won the men's doubles, Carine Tee took the women's singles, and Irfan and Genevie secured the mixed doubles. Tan Xin Yu and Teh Si Yan won the women's doubles, while Tiew Wei Jie closed out the match with a win in the men's singles.

Grouped in Group D, Malaysia will now face South Korea and Indonesia in their upcoming matches as they aim to advance to the quarterfinals.