Zii Jia extends mastery of Angus in Indonesia Open; Sen triumphs
Lee Zii Jia extended his mastery of Angus Ng of Hong Kong at the Indonesia Open, while Lakshya Sen of India also won on Tuesday.
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ZII JIA EXTENDS MASTERY OF ANGUS IN JAKARTA
Zii Jia extended his winning streak over Hong Kong’s Angus by posting a 21-17, 21-16 victory at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta.
The new world No.7 won despite still recovering from a minor hamstring injury.
Zii Jia admits that he is taking things slow to get full recovery and get in full game shape for the Paris Olympics.
“To be honest, I’m not in my best shape because I only had one week to recover,” the Malaysian shuttler said.
“I’m probably playing at about 70% to 80% of my ability. I think most of the players are like this,” he added.
SEN TRIUMPHS, BEATS TSUNEMAYA TO REACH SECOND ROUND
Sen triumphed in his opening-round match after eating Kanta Tsunemaya of Japan, 21-12. 21-17.
The star Indian shuttler needed only 40 minutes to dispose of Tsunemaya to advance into the second round.
Sen will next face the winner of the match between Anthony Ginting of Indonesia against Japanese Kenta Nishimoto.
The 22-year-old world No.14 sneaked into Olympic qualification after getting semifinal finishes at the French Open and All-England Championships.
Another Indian shuttler, however, was not as lucky.
Kiran George absorbed a 21-11, 10-21, 20-22 loss to Hong Yang Weng of China.
MALAYSIAN PAIR STUNS SOUTH KOREAN WORLD CHAMPS
Meanwhile, Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun of Malaysia stunned reigning world champions Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung Jae of South Korea, 20-22, 21-16, 21-17.
Furthermore, the world No.20 men’s doubles pair bounced back from a game down to outplay Kang and Seo.
Wei Chong and Kai Wun will next face Rasmus Kjaer and Sogaard of Denmark or Chinese pair Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi.
Additionally, Tokyo Olympic champions Lee Yang and Weng Chi Lin of Chinese Taipei ousted Malaysia’s Choong Hon Jian and Haikal Nazri, 18-21, 21-16, 21-17.
Another Malaysian pair, Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, also advanced by beating Vinson Chiu and Joshua Yuan of the US, 21-14, 21-11.
