Lin Dan suffers defeat in first round of Malaysia Masters

Shi Yuqi knocked out Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei 21-12, 22-20, Lu Guangzu beat Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus of Denmark 21-11, 18-21, 21-16 while their compatriot Huang Yuxiang downed Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21-16, 22-20.

The world's top women's singles shuttler Chen Yufei took out Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark 21-12, 20-22, 21-12 despite the latter's best effort in the second set.

In the mixed doubles, China's world No.1 Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong crushed India's Pranaav Jerry Chopra/Sikki Reddy Nelakurthi 21-10, 21-10 in just 23 minutes. Their teammates Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping won their match in less than half an hour.

In the men's doubles Han Chengkai/Zhou Haodong rebounded to beat Germany's Jones Ralfy Jansen/ Peter Kaesbauer 15-21, 22-20, 21-14.