Zii Jia stumbles in French Open second round, Tze Yong wins

Lee Zii Jia in action in this file picture.

PETALING JAYA: It was contrasting fortunes for shuttlers Lee Zii Jia and Ng Tze Yong in the men's singles second round of the French Open.

Zii Jia went down fighting 21-17, 11-21, 12-21 to China's Hangzhou Asian Games champion Li Shifeng at the Glaz Arena in Rennes on Thursday (Oct 26).

Tze Yong then kept Malaysian hopes alive by beating homester Arnaud Merkle 21-19, 21-8.

Tze Yong will next face either Thailand's reigning world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn or Taiwanese veteran Chou Tien-chen in the quarter-finals.