Japan Open: FeiDin pair cruises into second round with dominant win, Azriyn-Wee Kiong stun French seeds while Xin Yee-Carmen fall
The world number one Malaysians powered their way to a 21-13, 21-15 first-round win over Canada's Kevin Lee-Ty Alexander Lindeman in their first-ever meeting.
Sze Fei-Izzuddin will next be up against either home pair Hiroki Midorikawa-Kyohei Yamashita or Taiwan's Chiu Hsiang Chieh-Wang Chi-Lin.
Also through to the second round are fellow Malaysian professionals and world number 26 Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub-Tan Wee Kiong, who came from behind to upset world number 18 Christo Popov-Toma Junior Popov of France 13-21, 21-17, 21-19 in 58 minutes.
Nur Mohd Azriyn-Wee Kiong will next play the winner of the all-Danish clash between fourth seeds Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen and Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard.
Meanwhile, Malaysia's Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting fell short in their bid to upset home pair and sixth seeds Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi in women's doubles.
The unseeded Xin Yee-Carmen won the first game but ran out of gas to go down 21-17, 8-21, 8-21 in 56 minutes. — Bernama
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