{"id":12157,"date":"2021-10-24T10:41:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T02:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12157"},"modified":"2021-10-24T10:41:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T02:41:08","slug":"denmark-open-zii-jia-loses-to-olympic-champion-axelsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12157","title":{"rendered":"Denmark Open: Zii Jia loses to Olympic champion Axelsen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — National men\u2019s singles ace\u00a0Lee Zii Jia crashed\u00a0out of the Denmark Open quarter-finals after narrowly losing to Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen\u00a0at the\u00a0Odense Sports Park\u00a0late last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axelsen, the world\u2019s number two shuttler, ousted\u00a0Zii Jia\u00a021-19, 21-19 in 39 minutes to book a slot in the semi-finals against\u00a0Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong, according to the\u00a0bwf.tournamentsoftware.com<\/a> portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victory was sweet revenge on home ground for\u00a0Axelsen, who was upset by\u00a0Zii Jia at the All England 2021 final in\u00a0March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With Zii Jia\u2019s elimination, men’s doubles pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani are the only Malaysians who qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sze-Fei-Nur Izzuddin continued their fine run by beating Indonesians\u00a0Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto\u00a0in the quarter-finals and\u00a0will take on Denmark\u2019s Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen tonight. Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian\u00a0was part of the triumphant Indonesian Thomas Cup squad last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Malaysians have lost all their three previous meetings with the Danish pair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe last time we met at the Swiss (Open) we lost. We don\u2019t want to comment too much; we will do our best and prove that we can, Insya Allah (God willing),\u201d said Nur Izzuddin in a video shared with local reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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