Qingdao: The national men's badminton squad had no trouble overcoming the first hurdle of the 2026 Badminton Asia Team Championship (BATC) campaign in Qingdao by beating Myanmar 5-0 today. According to BERNAMA News Agency, in the action held at the Conson Gymnasium, Qingdao Sports Centre, national men's singles player Justin Hoh contributed the country's first point by defeating Hein Htut 21-18, 21-19 in 48 minutes. Eogene Ewe then also put Malaysia ahead 2-0 after eliminating Nyan Shaine Lin in straight sets, 21-10, 21-14. The national squad continued to extend their lead to 3-0 through Kong Wei Xiang who easily defeated Lal Zuidika 21-11, 21-11 before the national men's doubles Aarn Tai-Roy King Yap defeated Myanmar's Nyan Shaine Lin-Phone Htet Zaw 21-11, 21-9, thus strengthening the country's lead to 4-0. Another national men's doubles Choong Hon Jian-Muhammad Haikal Nazri then completed a 5-0 victory by defeating Phyo Thurain Kyaw-Lal Zuidika 21-9, 21-7. Malaysia is scheduled to meet the real challen ge, Indonesia in the final match of Group D tomorrow. Only the top two groups will qualify for the quarter-finals.