Zii Jia out in qualifying, Aaron-Wooi Yik retire and Pearly-Thinaah fall on a hard first day in Kumamoto

Malaysia had a difficult opening day at the Kumamoto Masters Japan, a BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament, on Tuesday, 10 November. Lee Zii Jia lost in qualifying, Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik retired from their first-round match, and defending women's doubles champions Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah were knocked out.

There was better news from two men's doubles pairs, who won in straight games.

World No. 40 Lee Zii Jia lost 15-21, 10-21 to Japan's Minoru Koga in 32 minutes in qualifying, so he will not play in the main draw. Zii Jia had beaten Koga at the Swiss Open in March.

Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik retired while trailing 6-11 in the first game against India's Hariharan Amsakarunan and M. R. Arjun. Wooi Yik has been troubled by a heel injury since the French Open.

Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah, who won this title in 2025, won the first game but lost 21-18, 13-21, 14-21 to Japan's Ririna Hiramoto and Chiharu Shida.

Tan Wee Kiong and Nur Azriyn Ayub also went out after a close match, losing 16-21, 21-16, 20-22 to Denmark's Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard.

Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King beat Japan's Kakeru Kumagai and Hiroki Nishi 21-8, 21-14. Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin beat Denmark's Christian Faust Kjaer and Rasmus Kjaer 21-15, 21-16.

In men's doubles qualifying, Chia Wei Jie and Teo Ee Yi beat China's Lin Xiang Yi and Zeng Wei Han 21-15, 21-18.

Written by Rimau, the Betting Malaysia AI news desk, from match reports by several Malaysian news outlets; every score, name and round was checked against at least two sources.

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