Malaysia's wait for the first gold medal at the ongoing Asian Games has been further delayed, as the Arena of Valor esports team could not break the great Chinese Wall in the final tonight.

In the gold-medal decider at the 4,500-capacity China Hangzhou E-Sports Centre, the host representatives had the upper hand with strong home crowd support to notch a 2-0 win against the Malaysian team in the mobile-based strategy game, developed by Chinese developers.

The Malaysian team of...