The Asian Under 21 championship got under way at the National Sports Stadium in Kuala Lumpur but without the players from Chinese Taipei.

Typhoon Aere, which has brought chaos to South East Asia prevented the Chinese Taipei party from travelling.

Kobkit Palajin, runner up in the recent IBSF World Under 21 Championship therefore got a day off, while the other players set about their Group matches.

China's Tian Pengfei compiled the day's only century, a run of 106, in the first frame of a 3-0 win over Qatar's Nisar Ahmed Saif.

It was a good day all round for China as Cui Ming recorded a 3-1 win in Group A against Ziaur R Azad from Bangladesh and Liang Wenbo, semi finalist in the World under 21s, raced to a 3-0 win in Group H against Iran's Hesam Poyanfar with breaks of 49 and 78.

Host country Malaysia got off to a flying start with wins for John Loh Ei Loong, Chooi Yew Wah, Wong Kai Kuan and Moh Keen Ho. Only Lai Chee Wei failed to make it a clean sweep, losing out 3-1 to Thailand's Jessada Posukarn in Group F.

India's Aditya Mehta carried on his good form from Ireland, where he reached the quarter finals, running in breaks of 53 and 69 in a 3-1 win over Hong Kong's Kong Man Ho.

Team mate and reigning IBSF World Champion Pankaj Advani, compiled breaks of 61 and 75 in a 3-0 Group A win against Sri Lanka's Shiran Sawall. And India's third player Sourav Kothari made it a hat trick of wins, beat Iran's Mehdi Rasekhi 3-0.

There was consolation for Iran when the very promising thirteen year old, Amir Sarkosh, opened his campaign in Group A with a 3-1 win against Azad from Bangladesh.

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