2025 Asia Junior: Malaysia's Challenge Ends In Quarter-Finals
High hopes were pinned on the last edition's world junior championship runner-up, women's doubles Dania Sofea Zaidi-Low Zi Yu, but they lost to the Chinese pair, Cao Zi Han-Chen Fan Shu Tian, 19-21, 12-21 in 42 minutes.
It was the first meeting between the two pairs.
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