Unifi arena: Nervousness was the reason for the national women's doubles, Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting's early exit in the first round of the 2026 Malaysia Masters tournament. The action at Unifi Arena today saw the seventh seeds of the tournament unexpectedly lose to the Taiwanese pair of Hsieh Yi En-Teng Chun Hsun, with scores of 15-21, 20-22 in a 39-minute match.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Carmen Ting expressed that nervousness affected their performance. "I think there was a bit of nervousness today. Thinking too much and wanting to win the match so much. Because of that, our game didn't work out," said Carmen after the match.

Another national women's pair, Chong Jie Yu-Vanessa Ng, was also eliminated, losing to Taiwanese pair Chen Yan Fei-Sun Liang Ching 16-21, 17-21 in a 33-minute match. The Malaysian campaign in the women's doubles event now rests on the shoulders of the national young pairs Low Zi Yu-Noraqilah Maisarah Ramdan and Cheng Su Hui-Tan Zhing Hui.

Zi Yu-Noraqilah Maisarah will face Bao Li Jing-Cao Zi Han of China, while Su Hui-Zhi Hui is set to compete against the fifth seeds from Japan, Arisa Igarashi-Kie Nakanishi, in the first round tomorrow.