Game over: Kento Momota plays a shot to Lee Zii Jia during their quarter-final match. — AFP
PETALING JAYA: Lee Zii Jia redeemed himself in style to reach the semi-finals.
The 22-year-old turned on the power to beat a rusty two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan for the first time in seven attempts when he pulled off a 21-16,21-19 win in the quarter-finals at Arena Birmingham yesterday.
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