Young Dane Magnus Johannesen, runner-up at the last HSBC BWF World Tour event in April – Orleans Masters – will make his Super 500 debut at PERODUA Malaysia Masters 2023 presented by DAIHATSU.

The 21-year-old has been promoted to the main draw after the withdrawal of Indonesian Shesar Hiren Rhustavito. Johannesen will take on Sitthikom Thammasin, himself a replacement for world No.1 Viktor Axelsen, who pulled his hamstring at the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2023 on Friday.

The following players have also been promoted to the main draw.

Men’s singles

1. Kantaphon Wangcharoen (in place of Zhao Jun Peng)
2. Nhat Nguyen (Anders Antonsen)

Women’s singles

1. Lianne Tan (Supanida Katethong)
2. Aakarshi Kashyap (Saina Nehwal)
3. Putri Kusuma Wardani (Nozomi Okuhara)

Men’s doubles

1. Fang-chih Lee/Fang-jen Lee (No.5 seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty)

Mixed doubles

1. Adam Hall/Julie Macpherson (No.1 seeds Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino)

Click here to view the updated draw.

PERODUA Malaysia Masters 2023 starts tomorrow, with the first match scheduled at 10am Kuala Lumpur time (UTC +8).

Fun fact: The Orleans Masters was only Johannesen’s fourth World Tour tournament.