KUALA LUMPUR: Mixed doubles Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai started their Indonesia Masters campaign with a dominant 21-16, 21-15 win over home pair Dejan Ferdinansyah-Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti at Istora Senaya Stadium today.
The Malaysia's world No. 4 showed the same ruthless form that had taken them to the semi-finals of the Malaysia Open and India Open early this month. They took only 37 minutes to do the job.
Though Dejan-Siti are a new pairing, they are calibre shuttlers. Siti was a silver medallist in women's doubles at the 2023 World Championships with Apriyani Rahayu, and Dejan was a world top 10 player in mixed doubles with Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.
The husband-wife team of Soon Huat and Shevon will face Indonesia's Marwan Faza-Aisyah Salsabila Putri Pranata in the second round.