Zii Jia through to q-finals of Swiss Open, but Aaron-Wooi Yik crash out

Zii Jia through to q-finals of Swiss Open, but Aaron-Wooi Yik crash out

Men's doubles pair Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi also advance by beating Japanese rivals.

Lee Zii Jia beat Irish opponent Nhat Nguyen in straight games. (AP pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
Singles ace Lee Zii Jia continued his excellent run in the 2023 Swiss Open badminton championship by defeating Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen in the second round in St Jakobshalle Basel today.

Second seeded Zii Jia took 51 minutes to defeat Nguyen 21-19, 21-15.

The 24-year-old Malaysian No 1, ranked fourth in the world, will meet either India’s Mithun Manjunath or Taiwan’s Chia Hao Lee in the quarter-finals tomorrow.

National men’s doubles pair Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi, who are the third seeds, made it to the quarter-finals by defeating Japanese pair Kenya Mitsuhashi-Hikori Okamura 15-21, 21-13, 21-15.

Yew Sin-Ee Yi will meet either Indonesian pair Shohibul Fikri-Bagas Maulana or Taiwan’s Lee Jhe-Huei-Yang Po-Hsuan in the next round.

However, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik were sent packing by Japan’s Akira Koga-Taichi Saito who beat them 17-21, 23-21,17-21.

The Japanese duo will meet either Taiwan’s Lu Ching Yao-Yang Po Han or Chinese pair Ren Xiang Yu-Tan Qiang in the quarter-finals.

National mixed doubles pair Chen Tan Jie-Toh Ee Wei also advanced to the quarter-finals by defeating China’s He Ji Ting-Du Yue 11-21, 21-14, 21-14.

They will meet either Robin Tabeling-Selena Piek from the Netherlands or Singaporean pair Hee Yong Kai-Tan Wei Han tomorrow.

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