{"id":16599,"date":"2023-03-17T14:07:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T06:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16599"},"modified":"2023-03-17T14:07:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T06:07:39","slug":"zii-jia-cruises-into-quarter-finals-of-all-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16599","title":{"rendered":"Zii Jia cruises into quarter-finals of All-England"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17<\/strong> —\u00a0National top men\u2019s singles shuttler\u00a0Lee Zii Jia has booked a berth in the quarter-finals of the All-England Badminton Championship in Birmingham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world number four\u00a0ousted Japanese\u00a0player\u00a0Kenta Nishimoto\u00a021-15, 21-10 in just 40 minutes\u00a0in the second round early today.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Zii Jia began the 2023 season without qualifying for the quarter-finals of all four tournaments he participated when he was eliminated in the first round in Malaysia Open, followed by second round in the India Open, Indonesia Masters and the latest German Open last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 All England champion will face another Japanese player, Kodai Naraoka in the quarter-final action which is expected to start at 6 pm today (Malaysia time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naraoka\u00a0has beaten Zii Jia once at the Malaysia\u00a0Open last January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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