Tze Yong reaches quarters, Zii Jia misses World Tour Finals spot


Up and down: Ng Tze Yong will play Nathan Tang of Australia in the last eight while Lee Zii Jia’s (inset) campaign is all over in the Australian Open.

PETALING JAYA: It was a day of mixed fortunes for Ng Tze Yong and Lee Zii Jia when one gained a morale-boosting win while the other suffered a double disappointment in the men’s singles second round of the Australian Open.

World No. 33 Tze Yong showed great determination and composure to bounce back from recent setbacks and book his spot in the last eight with a rousing 21-16, 19-21, 21-5 win over South Korea’s Heo Kwang-hee at Quay Centre in Sydney yesterday.

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