Nothing like a good scare


Old foe: Cheam June Wei will play Indonesian Shesar Hiren Rhustavito in the quarter-finals of the Spain Masters today.

PETALING JAYA: National shuttler Cheam June Wei has never progressed beyond the quarter-finals on the World Tour, but there’s an opportunity for him to break the duck.

The 24-year-old booked his place in the last eight of the Spain Masters after surviving a second-round scare against world No. 57 Felix Burestedt of Sweden in Huelva yesterday.

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