Zii Jia faces Kenta in Australian Open quarters


Marching forward: Malaysia's men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia reaches Australian Open quarters. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Lee Zii Jia beat Soong Joo Ven in a battle between two professional badminton players to march into the men's singles quarter-finals at the Australian Open.

In a match that lasted for 41 minutes on Thursday (June 13), Zii Jia took his time to settle down before beating Joo Ven 21-18, 21-14 in the second round to set up a match against Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in the last eight match-up.

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