Badminton: Zii Jia makes it safely into second round of Swiss Open


Lee Zii Jia. -filepic

PETALING JAYA: Second seed Lee Zii Jia made it safely through the opening round of the Swiss Open in Basel on Wednesday (March 3), defeating Russia's Sergey Sirant 21-12,21-14.

The world No. 11 took 37 minutes to get past the 2017 Russian Open champion and will face Denmark's Victor Svendsen for a place in the quarter-finals later Thursday (March 4).

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