The first round of the Maybank Malaysia Open gets underway on Wednesday morning with a healthy sprinkling of local players following Monday's qualifying round.
Veteran shuttler Wong Choong Hann, one of nine local qualifiers, let his home crowd know in no uncertain terms that he still has much to offer as he beat Mohd Arif Abdul Latif 22-24, 21-17, 21-14 in the second qualifying round on Tuesday.
Chong Hann faces Spain's Pablo Abian in the first round proper on Wednesday.
Compatriot and World No. 1 Chong Wei Lee meets fellow countryman and qualifier Daren Liew at 09:30 (GMT) and will be expected to breeze through to the second round.
Four-time world champion Lin Dan, who has yet to defeat Chong Wei in the Malaysia Open, arrived for the event boldly claiming he would beat the Malaysian superstar in the final.
Lin Dan, who holds a 19-8 advantage in the pair's head-to-head battles, gets his campaign underway against Victor Alexsen of Denmark at 10:30.
Women's world number one Wang Yihan faces Adrianti Ferdisani at 09:50 as she seeks to add yet another major trophy to her growing collection.
Live streaming badminton online at bet365 on Wednesday, January 11:
- 00:30 - Rijal/Susanto v Fuchs/Michels
- 00:30 - Xin Liu v Petya Nedeltcheva
- 01:00 - Hong/Pan v Chrisnanta/Neo
- 01:00 - Kruse/Roepke vs Matsuo/Naito
- 01:00 - Tzu Ying Tai vs Eriko Hirose
- 01:30 - Cho/Shin v Cwalina/Logosz
- 01:30 - Hongyan Pi v Sayaka Sato
- 02:00 - Tien Minh Nguyen v Zhengming Wang
- 02:30 - Chen/Cheng vs Chan/Goh
- 02:30 - Hyun II Lee v Hans-Kristian Vittinghus
- 04:00 - Carolina Marin v Hsiao Ma Pai
- 04:00 - Fujii/Kakiiwa v Huan/Tang
- 04:30 - Aroon'sorn/Vorav'kul v Marinello/Michels
- 04:30 - Sho Sasaki v Marc Zwiebler
- 05:00 - Chandra/Gunawan vs Conrad-Petersen/Rasmussen
- 05:00 - Widianto/Marissa vs Laybourn / Juhl
- 05:30 - Poon/Tse vs Yixin/Zhong
- 05:30 - Tine Baun v Jie Yao
- 06:00 - Jongjit/Amitapai vs Ikeda / Shiota
- 06:00 - Xin Wang v Pui Yin Yip
- 07:30 - Dionysius Rumbaka vs Muhammad Hashim
- 07:30 - Kenichi Tago vs Boonsak Ponsana
- 08:00 - Jan O Jorgensen v Pengyu Du
- 08:00 - Peter Gade vs Wing Ki Wong
- 08:30 - Mateusiak/Zieba v Kim/Jung
- 08:30 - Xuerui Li v Inthanon Ratchanok
- 09:00 - Kindervater/Schoettler v Kawamae/Sato
- 09:00 - Wan Ho Shon v Tommy Sugiarto
- 09:30 - Chong Wei Lee vs Daren Liew
- 09:30 - Endo/Hayakawa v Ko/Yoo
- 09:30 - Eom/Jang v Jauhari/Polii
- 11:00 - Gan/Tan v Fuchs/Roth
- 11:00 - Pedersen/Juhl vs Gutta/Ponnappa
- 11:30 - Chen/Lin vs Hashimoto/Hirata
- 11:30 - Liu/Qiu v Fang/Lee
- 12:00 - Lee/Ha vs Anugrit'wan/Vorav'kul
