KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s top men’s singles player Lee Zii Jia fulfilled his prediction of getting past the first round of the BWF 2021 World Badminton Championships in Huelva, Spain, tonight.
But the 2021 All-England champion ran into resistance from a steadfast Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada and had to wait until the deciding game to confirm a place in the second round.
The 23-year-old shuttler from Alor Setar, Kedah who was seeded sixth in the tournament, finally wrapped up his victory 21-10, 17-21, 21-11 to book a meeting with Brazilian player Ygor Coelho.
Accompanying Zii Jia to the second round was national professional men’s singles player Liew Daren who also sealed success in the opening round today after another professional shuttler Cheam Jun Wei was stranded in yesterday’s action.
Daren, the world’s 36th ranked player, beat Misha Zilberman of Israel 21-14, 21-14 and is scheduled to meet the winner of the match between Prannoy H. S. of India and eighth seed Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong. - FMT
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