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Another action-packed day saw 14 Malaysian representatives begin their Round of 32 campaigns, with seven advancing to the next round.
In the men's singles, World No. 50 Justin Hoh marked his return with an upset victory over Indonesia's fifth seed Moh. Zaki Ubaidillah in an intense three-game contest.
Lee Zii Jia also made a winning start after rallying from a game down to beat Chinese Taipei's Liao Jhuo-Fu (22-24, 21-12, 21-15), extending his head-to-head record to 3-0.
World No. 80 Eogene Ewe continued the winning momentum by stunning India's World No. 74 Saneeth Dayanand Shimoga in another hard-fought three-game battle (21-4, 19-21, 21-12).
Malaysia's sole women's singles representative, Goh Jin Wei, however, suffered an early exit after falling to Canada's Wen Yu Zhang despite pushing the second game to the limit (17-21, 20-22).
The men's doubles produced mixed results, with Low Hang Yee-Ng Eng Cheong falling to Korea's Jin Yong-Lee Jong Min in straight games (12-21, 14-21).
Seventh seeds Tee Kai Wun-Yap Roy King were also eliminated in a closely contested three-game encounter against Korea's Na Sung Seung-Wang Chan (21-18, 19-21, 17-21).
It was only their second tournament as a newly formed pair following their opening-round exit at the China Open last week.
Another setback followed as Man Wei Chong-Soh Wooi Yik bowed out to Japan's Haruki Kawabe-Kenta Matsukawa (9-21, 22-20, 14-21), while Arif Junaidi-Kang Khai Xing also fell to Indonesia's Ali Faathir Rayhan-Devin Artha Wahyudi (17-21, 22-24) despite a spirited performance.
The only Malaysian men's doubles pair to progress, Aaron Chia-Aaron Tai, secured their first victory as a partnership after battling past home favourites Wu Guan Xun-Wu Hsuan Yi in three games (18-21, 21-9, 21-14).
In the mixed doubles, Lee Yi Bo-Lim Chiew Sien bowed out to Chinese Taipei's Wu Guan Xun-Lee Chia Hsin (18-21, 17-21), while Low Han Chen-Chan Wen Tse pulled off an upset over home fifth seeds Liu Kuang Heng-Hsu Yin Hui (15-21, 21-13, 21-18).
Top seeds Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah opened their campaign with a 21-15, 21-17 victory over Japan's Mao Hatasue-Kanano Muroya.
Pearly and Thinaah are competing as the tournament's top seeds for the first time since the Indonesia Masters in January.
The young pair of Low Zi Yu-Noraqilah Maisarah Ramdan also progressed in style after defeating home favourites Lin Xiao Min-Peng Yu Wei in straight games (21-17, 21-10).
However, seventh seeds Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting suffered a narrow defeat to Thailand's Hathaithip Mijad-Napapakorn Tungkasatan (19-21, 17-21).