Zii Jia goes down fighting to Prannoy in Asiad quarters


 Zii Jia narrowly lost to India's H.S Prannoy in the quarter finals

PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Lee Zii Jia's hopes of winning a medal in the Asian Games were dashed when he went down fighting 16-21, 23-21, 20-22 to India's world No. 7 HS Prannoy in a pulsating men's singles quarter final match at the Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou on Thursday (Oct 5).

World No. 16 Zii Jia came back from 18-20 down in the second game to win narrowly.

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