PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Lee Chong Wei had to huff and puff his way into the second round of the Japan Open.
The former world No. 1, who went through two rounds of qualifying for the first time in a Superseries event, needed to use every trick in his book to pull off a 10-21, 21-15, 21-16 win over Thailand’s Boonsak Ponsana in the first round in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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