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Tze Yong smashes into last 16 at Commonwealths

KUALA LUMPUR: Ng Tze Yong recorded an effortless win to smash into the men's singles last-16 at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham today,

World No 42 Tze Yong cruised to a comfortable 21-10, 21-9 win over Pakistan's Irfan Saeed Bhatti and plays Maldives' Afjan Rasheed in the next round.

A win tomorrow will see Tze Yong take on reigning world champion and top seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the quarter-finals.

Tze Yong is on fire in the individual event after leading Malaysia to a 3-1 upset win over India in the mixed team final on Tuesday.

In the mixed doubles, Chan Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See thrashed Singapore's Andy Kwek-Jin Yujia.

They won 21-8, 21-13 and will face Jack Yu-Kaitlyn Ea of Australia next.

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