Lee Chong Wei salutes Low Zi Yu-Genevie Lim, Pearly Tan-Thinaah after historic badminton weekend

Datuk Seri Lee Chong Wei congratulated World Junior champions Low Zi Yu and Genevie Lim, as well as Denmark Open winners Pearly Tan and M.

Thinaah, praising their achievements for making Malaysia proud.

He encouraged other national players to remain confident.

Additionally, he commended men's doubles pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik on their final's performance as a "glorious defeat." Low and Lim made history by becoming the first Malaysian pair to win the girls' doubles title at the World Junior Championships, while Tan and Thinaah ended an 18-year drought by claiming the women's doubles title at the Denmark Open.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — Badminton great Datuk Seri Lee Chong Wei has congratulated World Junior champions Low Zi Yu and Genevie Lim, as well as Denmark Open winners Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah, saying their achievements have made Malaysia proud and inspired the next generation.

The former world No. 1 also urged national players who fell short this past week to remain confident.

“To all our Malaysian players who fought hard this week, whether you won or lost, keep your heads high and never lose confidence. Keep believing, keep fighting, and your moment will come,” he said in a social media post today.

Lee also congratulated men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, describing their final defeat in Odense as a glorious defeat.

“Keep fighting! Malaysia is behind all of you!” he said.

In the final at Cairo International Stadium, second seeds Low and Lim defeated Japan’s Nijika Kamata and Shizuku Kashio 15-7, 9-15, 15-12 on Saturday, becoming the first Malaysian pair to win the girls’ doubles title at the World Junior Championships since the event was introduced in 1992.

Low had reached three consecutive World Junior Championships finals with a different partner each year, while her partnership with Lim was formed only four months ago.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had also congratulated the pair, saying: “Syabas (well done), keep up the momentum and continue to make Malaysia proud!”

A day later, Tan and Thinaah beat Japan’s Hinata Suzuki and Nao Yamakita 21-18, 21-11 in the Denmark Open final, ending Malaysia’s 18-year wait for the women’s doubles title since Wong Pei Tty and Chin Eei Hui won it in 2008.

It was their second title of 2026, following their victory at the Indonesia Masters in January.

Aaron and Wooi Yik had stunned world No. 1 pair Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae of South Korea 21-14, 21-18 in the semi-finals, but lost 8-21, 11-21 to Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri in a 31-minute final.

Odense was the former world champions’ first tournament since reuniting after a brief spell with different partners, and their second consecutive final after finishing runners-up at the World Championships in India in August. — Bernama

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拿督斯里李宗伟祝贺世界青年锦标赛冠军刘子瑜和林慧敏，以及丹麦公开赛冠军陈佩莉和M。

Thinaah赞扬了他们的成就，称他们为马来西亚赢得了荣誉。

他鼓励其他国家队队员保持信心。

此外，他还称赞男双组合谢家华/苏伟益在决赛中的表现是“光荣的失利”。刘銮雄/林璟创造了历史，成为首对赢得世界青年锦标赛女双冠军的马来西亚组合，而陈志远/蒂娜·马卡塔则结束了长达18年的冠军荒，在丹麦公开赛上夺得女双冠军。

吉隆坡，10月19日讯——羽毛球名宿拿督斯里李宗伟祝贺世界青年锦标赛冠军刘子瑜和林慧玲，以及丹麦公开赛冠军陈佩莉和M·蒂娜，称她们的成就让马来西亚感到骄傲，并激励了下一代。

这位前世界排名第一的选手还鼓励上周表现不佳的国家队队员保持信心。

“致所有本周奋力拼搏的马来西亚球员，无论输赢，都要昂首挺胸，永不失去信心。继续相信自己，继续战斗，属于你们的时刻终会到来。”他今天在社交媒体上发帖说道。

李还向男双组合谢亚伦和苏伟益表示祝贺，称他们在欧登塞的决赛失利是光荣的失败。

“继续战斗！马来西亚与你们同在！”他说道。

在周六于开罗国际体育场举行的决赛中，二号种子刘玉玲和林志强以 15-7、9-15、15-12 的比分击败了日本组合镰田仁花和樫尾雫，成为自 1992 年世界青年锦标赛设立以来，第一对赢得该项赛事女子双打冠军的马来西亚组合。

罗女士曾连续三年与不同的搭档进入世界青年锦标赛决赛，而她与林女士的搭档关系仅在四个月前才建立。

马来西亚首相拿督斯里安华也向两人表示祝贺，并说道：“干得好！保持势头，继续为马来西亚争光！”

一天后，谭和蒂娜在丹麦公开赛决赛中以 21-18、21-11 击败日本的铃木日向和山北奈绪，结束了马来西亚自 2008 年黄佩蒂和陈依慧夺得女子双打冠军以来长达 18 年的等待。

这是他们在 2026 年获得的第二个冠军头衔，此前他们在 1 月份赢得了印度尼西亚大师赛的冠军。

在半决赛中，亚伦和禹益以 21-14、21-18 爆冷击败了世界排名第一的韩国组合金元虎和徐承宰，但在决赛中经过 31 分钟的鏖战，以 8-21、11-21 负于印度尼西亚组合法贾尔·阿尔菲安和穆罕默德·肖希布尔·菲克里。

奥登塞站是这对前世界冠军组合在与不同搭档短暂合作后重聚的首个赛事，也是继8月份在印度举行的世界锦标赛上获得亚军后，他们连续第二次闯入决赛。——马新社

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