Zii Jia loses to Kodai, Singapore's Jia Min reaches semis in India

Bows out: Lee Zii Jia loses to Japan's Kodai Naraoka in the Indian Open quarter-finals. - S.S. KANESAN / The Star

PETALING JAYA: It is the end of the road for men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia at the Indian Open after he lost to Japan’s Kodai Naraoka 13-21, 21-9, 21-16 in the quarter-finals on Friday (Jan 19) at the K.D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi.

Zii Jia was in commanding form in the first game as he led all the way to win but world No. 6 Naraoka staged a remarkable comeback by launching stinging attacks and superb netplay to win the second game and closed out the match in the decider.