Tall order: Leong Jun Hao will play India’s Lakshya Sen in the quarter-finals.
PETALING JAYA: Ng Tze Yong and Leong Jun Hao defied the odds to book their places in the men’s singles quarter-finals of the Thailand Open yesterday as three mixed doubles pairs fell by the wayside.
World No. 24 Tze Yong stunned Taiwan’s world No. 7 Chou Tien-chen 23-21, 23-21 in the second round while Jun Hao claimed a hard-fought 20-22, 21-13, 21-19 win over Frenchman Christo Popov at the Huamak Indoor Stadium in Bangkok.
