Back-up shuttler Yee Han upsets Arif in Sabah Open


Chong Yee Han served a pleasant surprise in the Sabah Open in Kota Kinabalu when he dumped second seed and world No. 62 Mohd Arif Abdul Latif of Negri Sembilan 17-21, 21-12, 21-15 to reach the quarter-finals.

KUALA LUMPUR: Back-up shuttler Chong Yee Han may have saved himself from the axe.

On Thursday, the 20-year-old unseeded Yee Han served a pleasant surprise in the Sabah Open in Kota Kinabalu when he dumped second seed and world No. 62 Mohd Arif Abdul Latif of Negri Sembilan 17-21, 21-12, 21-15 to reach the quarter-finals.

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