More defeats were in store yesterday for the Malta players at the world championships in Yokohama, Japan.

In the men’s doubles, Edward Baldacchino and Daniel Bajada lost 3-0 (11-2, 12-10, 11-2) to Aleksandr Kuchuk and Pavel Platonau of Belarus.

In the men’s singles, Baldacchino lost to Vietnam’s Doan Kien Quoc 4-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-3, 11-5), while veteran Mario Genovese was also beaten 4-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-2, 11-5) by Yaroslav Zhmudenko of the Ukraine.