Five of Malaysia’s eight representatives opened their Paris campaign with victories, while the women’s doubles draw guarantees at least one Malaysian pair a place in the quarter-finals.

World No. 31 Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing made a winning start to their campaign, rallying from a game down to upset China’s World No. 26 Gao Jia Xuan-Wu Meng Ying 14-21, 21-15, 21-15.

However, World No. 9 Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Jemie Lai narrowly missed out after taking the opening game against Germany’s World No. 27 Marvin Seidel-Thuc Phuong Nguyen, eventually falling 21-17, 15-21, 20-22.

Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting avenged their 2025 Round of 32 defeat over the home pair, Margot Lambert-Camille Pognante with a convincing straight-games victory, levelling their head-to-head record at 1-1.

Following suit, second seeds Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah also comfortably dispatched Türkiye’s Bengisu Ercetin-Nazlican Inci 21-11, 21-15 in straight games, maintaining their unbeaten head-to-head record against the Turkish pair at 2-0.

An all-Malaysian showdown awaits in the next round as Ong-Carmen take on Pearly-Thinaah for a coveted quarter-final berth.

Meanwhile, fourth seeds Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik held their nerve to overcome China’s He Ji Ting-Ren Xiang Yu 21-15, 21-19, resisting a late fightback in the second game to seal a straight-games win.

The victory puts Chia-Soh ahead in their head-to-head record, leading 3-2.

Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun recovered from dropping the opening game to rally past Japan’s Kakeru Kumagai-Hiroki Nishi 18-21, 21-15, 21-17.

Despite taking the opening game, Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub-Tan Wee Kiong were edged out by Thailand’s Peeratchai Sukphun-Pakkapon Teeraratsakul in a closely contested three-game encounter, losing 21-19, 10-21, 19-21 as their head-to-head record slipped to 2-4.

Chia Wei Jie-Teo Ee Yi were unable to overcome China’s Hu Ke Yuan-Lin Xiang Yi, falling 16-21, 15-21 in a 37-minute encounter.

Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King and Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani advanced on the tournament's opening day, bringing the number of Malaysian representatives in the Round of 16 to seven.