Fahad Al-Maliki and Yazan Saeh of the Saudi Arabia Under-17 Badminton Team reached the quarterfinals of the West Asian Badminton Championships held in Kuwait from 5 to 7 January this year. month with the participation of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, UAE, Lebanon, Bahrain and Palestine.
Qualification came after they beat the Bahraini and Lebanese players respectively 2-0. Al-Maliki will play his match in the quarter-finals of the tournament against a Lebanese international, while Al-Sayeh will meet in the quarter-finals of the tournament. final with a UAE national team player.
Abdulaziz Al-Mahawi reached the quarter-finals of the U15 tournament after defeating a UAE player 2-0 to play the tournament’s quarter-final match against a Kuwait player.