(BRIEF CAPTION) Malaysia shuttler Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin in action againts Datuk Lee Chong Wei during the men single final match of the Malaysia Master badminton tournament at SPICE Arena in Relau, Penang .Star pic by: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star / 24 January 2016.
PETALING JAYA: National No. 2 Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin (pic) can certainly count himself lucky after world No. 2 Chen Long of China pulled out of the Taiwan Open at the 11th hour.
World No. 32 Iskandar, who was initially drawn to meet Chen Long in the second round, grabbed the good fortune with both hands to thump Singapore’s Derek Wong 21-10, 21-14 in the second round at the Taipei Arena on Wednesday.
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