Kuala lumpur: Malaysia Stadium Corporation (PSM) has assured that issues involving a leaking roof and condensation at Axiata Arena, Bukit Jalil during previous editions of the Malaysia Open and Malaysia Masters will not recur this year. PSM chief executive officer Ilyas Jamil stated the replacement of the old roof at the venue has been fully completed, adding that several tests have already been conducted ahead of the Malaysia Open 2026, which gets underway on Tuesday.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Ilyas Jamil emphasized that the roof repair works are complete and attributed the issues during last year's Malaysia Masters to condensation. He noted that necessary steps have been taken to ensure these problems do not happen again. "Insya Allah, we carried out testing a few weeks ago and we are confident the same issue will not occur this year," he told Bernama recently.

In the previous year, the Axiata Arena experienced a roof leak during the first round of the 2025 Malaysia Open, resulting in water droplets entering the venue and causing several matches to be temporarily halted. A similar issue also occurred during the Malaysia Masters, although it was caused by condensation rather than a roof leak.