Eain Yow, Sivasangari lead Malaysia's bid to hit 6-gold target

NAGOYA: Malaysia could achieve their six-gold medal target at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games today while also advancing in a number of sports.

The national squash squad could get the job done as defending champions Ng Eain Yow (men's singles) face India's Abhay Singh, while S. Sivasangari (women's singles) takes on India's Anahat Singh in their respective finals.

In diving, Lee Yiat Qing-Ong Ker Ying will compete in the women's 3m springboard synchro final, while Elvis Priestly Clement-Enrique Maccartney Harold will feature in the men's 10m platform synchro final.

In archery, the compound team events see Malaysia face Bhutan in the men's 1/8 elimination round and Vietnam in the women's 1/8 elimination round, with both teams looking to advance to the quarter-finals.

The compound mixed team will also face Indonesia in the 1/8 elimination round.

In the recurve events, Malaysia will meet Timor-Leste in the mixed team 1/12 elimination round, alongside team entries in both the men's and women's 1/12 elimination stages.

In badminton, Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah take on India's Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand in the women's doubles quarter-finals, while Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin face China's Liang Weikeng-Wang Chang in the men's doubles quarter-finals.

In athletics, Andre Anura features in the men's long jump qualification, while Danish Iftikhar Roslee will line up in the men's 200m final.

Umar Osman and Wan Fazri Wan Zahari will compete in the men's 800m preliminaries.

In eSports, Malaysia face Kazakhstan in the Honor of Kings group stage before taking on the Philippines, while the Pokemon Unite team meet Indonesia in the quarter-finals.

In sailing, Iqbal Nazham Musmuliadi and Adam Aierell Mohd Azizol (boys' skiff, race three), Aina Zulaikha Azizul Rahman and Nor Izniey Humaira Azri (girls' skiff, races three and four), Juni Karimah Noor Jamali and Fauzi Kaman Shah (mixed dinghy, races three and four), Nur Hafizanah Zailan (girls' dinghy, races one and two), Danyal Marczqui Rahmat Haron Muzaffa and Nur Aina Norhazram (youth mixed dinghy, races one and two), and Aiman Aqeel Firdaus (boys' dinghy, races one and two) will all see action.

In surfing, Mona Rasidah Abdul Rashid features in round two of the women's shortboard, while Lucas Santiago competes in round two of the men's shortboard.

In shooting, Nurul Syasya Nadiah Ariffin and Alia Sazana Azahari take aim in the women's 25m pistol qualification round.

In BMX cycling, Nur Airen Sofea Nor Aszeril is set to compete in the women's park final.

In sepak takraw, the men take on Vietnam in the inter-regu, while the women's doubles team face Myanmar and Laos in their preliminary matches.

In field hockey, the women's squad must beat South Korea to reach the semi-finals.