PETALING JAYA: Men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia kept his campaign at the Asian Championships going as he progressed into the quarter-finals.
World No. 11 Zii Jia took down Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen 21-15, 21-17 in 39 minutes at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Centre in China on Thursday (April 11).
The result marks Zii Jia’s fourth win out of nine meetings with the world No. 15 Taiwanese player.
In the opening round on Wednesday, Zii Jia defeated India’s Priyanshu Rajawat, winning the match 21-9, 21-13.
RESULTS
FIRST ROUND
Malaysians only
Men’s singles: Lee Zii Jia bt Priyanshu Rajawat (Ind) 21-9, 21-13.
Men’s doubles: Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani bt Kang Min-hyuk-Seo Seung-jae (Kor) 21-13, 21-18; Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik bt Hariharan Amsakarunan-Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi (Ind) 21-15, 21-14; Ayato Endo-Yuta Takei (Jpn) bt Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi 21-19, 15-21, 21-19; Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Vun bt Chen Boyang-Liu Yi (Chn) 21-15, 21-12.
Women’s singles: P. V. Sindhu (Ind) bt Goh Jin Wei 18-21, 21-14, 21-19.
Women’s doubles: Jeong Na-eun-Kim Hye-jeong (Kor) bt Vivian Hoo-Lim Chiew Sien 21-11, 21-10; Mayu Matsumoto-Wakana Nagahara (Jpn) bt Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah 19-21, 21-13, 21-16.
Mixed doubles: Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Tha) bt Yap Roy King-Valeree Siow 21-8, 21-15; Jiang Zhenbang-Wei Yaxin (Chn) bt Goh Soon Huat-Lai Shevon Jemie 21-15, 21-14; Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong (Chn) bt Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei 21-15, 21-15; Dejan Ferdinansyah-Gloria Emanuelle (Ina) bt Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing 21-19, 21-11.
