Zii Jia meets home boy Toma in last 16, Ginting loses

Staying cool: Lee Zii Jia hopes to beat Toma Popov for a place in the quarter-finals.- OCM

PETALING JAYA: Men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia will face Frenchman Toma Popov in the last 16 of the Paris Olympics on Thursday (Aug 1 at 8.10pm).

Zii Jia was expected to take on Indonesia's world No. 9 Anthony Ginting but in a surprising twist, the latter was eliminated from the competition after he went down 19-21, 21-17, 15-21 to a spirited Popov in the last Group H match on Wednesday (July 31).