Goh Jin Wei served a pleasant surprise in the girls’ singles event when she defeated Thailand’s joint ninth seed Thamolwan Poopradulsil in th e second round of the World Junior Championships at Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim in Alor Star on Monday.
Jin Wei triumphed in a three-game thriller, winning 21-14, 17-21, 21-14. Hailed as Malaysia’s best badminton talent, she battled for 47 minutes against the Thai to earn a third round clash against Germany’s Yvonne Li, who won 21-16, 11-21, 21-15 against Jang Na Ra of South Korea.
It is hoped the 14-year-old Jin Wei, who had beaten beat Mexico’s Haramara Gaitan 21-9, 21-11 in the first round, will serve up a few more surprises this week.
Cheam June Wei, the only Malaysian seeded in the boy’s singles, also advanced to the third round after a 21-15, 21-19 win over Japan’s Kazuki Kirita. June Wei had a first round bye.
“I was a bit nervous as Kazuki was quite strong in his game. But I did play well but slowed down when I was leading 20-14 in the second set as I was tired,” said June Wei after his win.
The Malaysian will now play Ronan Gueguin (France) in the third round.
Keeping June Wei company is another Malaysian, R. Satheishtharan, who beat Thailand’s Mek Narongrit 21-16, 21-19, which earned him a third round clash with Korean Kim Hui Tae.
However, it was game over for Lee Zii Jia and Tan Jia Wei who failed to get past Muhammad Bayu Pangishthu (Indonesia) and Lu Chia Hung (Taiwan) respectively.
In the girls’ singles Ho Yen Mei came unstuck against China’s joint ninth seed Qin Jinjing in the second round and lost 21-19, 21-17 after a hard fought match that lasted 37 minutes. Tew Jia Jin also fell by the wayside when she lost to Russia’s Maria Dmitrieva 19-21, 21-16, 21-15.
However, Lee Ying Ying brought some cheer later when she won 21-14, 21-6 over Airah Mae Nicole Albo of Philippines. In the third round Ying Ying will take on South Korea’s Yoon Min Ah.
Results (Malaysians only) – Second Round
Boys – Singles
Muhammas Bayu Pangishthu (Ina) beat Lee Zii Jia 21-9, 21-10
Lu Chia Hung (Tpe) beat Tan Jia Wei 21-15, 21-16
Cheam June Wei beat Kazuki Kirita (Jpn) 21-15, 21-19
R. Satheishtharan beat Mek Narongrit (Tha) 21-16, 21-19
Boys – Doubles
Chua Khek Wei-Ng Di Hua beat Daniel Lachezrov Nikalov-Vladimir Shishkov (Bul) 21-14, 21-14
Goh Sze Fei-Tan Jinn Hwa beat Joaquin Raphael Deato-Vincent Rafael Manuel (Phi) 21-11, 21-12
Ooi Zi Heng-Ameer Amri Zainuddin beat Sergey Molodov-Vladislav Soloviev) Rus) 21-15, 18-21, 21-19
Girls – Singles
Goh Jin Wei beat Thamolwan Poopradulsil (Tha) 21-14, 17-21, 21-14
Maria Dimitrieva (Rus) beat Tew Jia Jin 19-21, 21-16, 21-15
Qin Jinjing (Chn) beat He Yen Mei 21-19, 21-17
Lee Ying Ying beat Airah Mae Nicole Albo (Phi) 21-14, 21-6
Mixed Doubles
Tan Jin Hwa-Goh Yea Ching beat Gea Kamahamas-Marsheilla Gische Islami (Ina) 21-16, 23-21
Ooi Zi Heng-Yap Zhen beat B.R. Sankeerth-Mira Mahadevan )Ind) 21-10, 21-5
Puavaranukroh Deschpol-Puttita Supajirakul (Tha) beat Sim Guo Zheng-Eng Pui Yee 21-15, 21-12
Yeung Shing Choi-Wu Yi Ting (Hkg) beat Goh Szew Fei-Peck Yen Wei 21-13, 21-18
