PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's challenge in the men's singles at the Indonesian Masters ended with the defeats of Justin Hoh and Lim Ming Hong in the second round at Djarum Arena in Kaliputu.
Justin went down fighting 12-21, 20-22 to Sun Cao of China while Ming Hong lost 14-21, 12-21 to Zhu Xuanchen of China.
Xuanchen had a day earlier defeated another Malaysian in Eogene Ewe with a hard-fought 21-13, 8-21, 21-14 in the opening round.
It is also the end of the road for Oo Shan Zi after losing 20-22, 10-21 to Xu Wenjing of China in the women's singles second round.
Top seed Wong Ling Ching and Eng Ler Qi had failed to clear their opening round matches on Wednesday.
Hopes were on Kang Khai Xing-Lok Hong Quan in the men's doubles event but they went down 22-24, 19-21, 15-21 to Na Sung-seung-Wang Chan of South Korea.
