Malaysia’s juniors enjoyed a strong start to their campaign, defeating Slovenia 2-0 on the opening day.

Captain Kong Wei Xiang set the tone with an 11-9 victory over Matic Cerar as the first men’s singles, before Carine Tee quickly stretched Malaysia’s lead to 22-19 in just six minutes.

Isyraf Hafizin-Zulwaqqarizal Ahmad wasted little time in extending Malaysia’s advantage, dispatching Nikita Peshekhonov-Jurij Vodan Jecelj 33-21 in just four minutes.

Genevie Lim-Low Zi Yu maintained Malaysia’s dominance, brushing aside Tinkara Alič-Tija Horvat 44-25 in a swift five-minute encounter.

Low Zi Yu returned to the court alongside Zulwaqqarizal Ahmad in the mixed doubles, wrapping up the opening round with a 1-0 win over Nikita Peshekhonov-Tija Horvat (55-27).

The second round followed a similar script, with Tiew Wei Jie thrashing Nikita Peshekhonov 11-2 followed by Lee Kay Xin cruising past Tija Horvat 22-7 in just six minutes.

Damien Ling-Shazmir Irfan made light work of Matic Cerar-Maks Ian Mattias, leading 33-11 before Rachel Tan-Teh Xin Ying continued the winning run with a 44-19 triumph over Tinkara Alič-Tija Horvat.

The match concluded with Shazmir Irfan-Genevie Lim sealing a commanding 55-22 win over Matic Cerar-Tinkara Alič in just four minutes.

With a winning start secured, Malaysia now turn their attention to Poland in tomorrow’s next group-stage tie.