Kuala lumpur: National mixed doubles pair Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei had no trouble advancing to the second round of the Malaysia Masters after defeating Jonathan Lai-Crystal Lai today. In action at the Unifi Arena, the world champions were in dominant form, cruising to a straight-sets victory of 21-6, 21-15 in just 24 minutes.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Tang Jie expressed satisfaction with their performance, stating, "I think it's a good start for today, and hopefully we can do even better tomorrow." Their next opponents, Indonesia's Amri Syahnawi-Nita Violina Marwah, secured their spot in the second round by overcoming India's Rohan Kapoor-Gadde Ruthvika Shivani in a three-set match with scores of 21-16, 20-22, 21-10.