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.FO T TJOHMFT Leong Jun Hao 17-21, 21-16, 13-21 .FO T EPVCMFT Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin 15-21, 21-9, 18-21 8PNFO T EPVCMFT Jia Yi Fan (CHN) Zhang Shu Xian Match suspended .JYFE EPVCMFT Hoo Pang Ron Cheng Su Yin 26-28, 21-14, 22-24 Dejan F. (INA) Gloria Emanuelle 21-12, 21-13 Hiroki M. (JPN)

vs Lu Guang Zu (CHN)

vs Daniel lundgaard (DEN)

Mads Vestergaard

vs Go Pei Kee

Teoh Mei Xing

vs Lu Ming Che (TPE)

Hung En-Tzu

vs Wong Tien Ci

Lim Chiew Sien

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vs Tan Kian Meng

Natsu Saito 22-20, 21-10

Lai Pei Jing

*All resutls at press time

RESULTS & STANDINGS

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Malaysia’s Leong Jun Hao in action against China’s Lu Guang Zu (not pictured) at the 2025 Malaysia Open in Bukit Jalil yesterday. – BERNAMAPIC

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