{"id":16666,"date":"2023-03-24T19:12:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T11:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16666"},"modified":"2023-03-24T19:12:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T11:12:02","slug":"swiss-open-zii-jia-sails-into-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16666","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Open: Zii Jia sails into quarter-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24<\/strong> —\u00a0National badminton ace\u00a0Lee Zii Jia continued his\u00a0excellent run in the 2023 Swiss Open by defeating Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen in the second round of the competition at St Jakobshalle Basel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zii Jia, the second seed in the tournament, took 51 minutes to defeat Nguyen, 21-19, 21-15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 24-year-old ranked fourth in the world is scheduled to meet either India\u2019s Mithun Manjunath or Taiwan’s Chia Hao Lee in the quarter-finals tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, national men’s doubles Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik were sent packing\u00a0by Japan\u2019s Akira Koga-Taichi Saito 17-21, 26-21,17-21.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Japanese duo will meet either Taiwan\u2019s Lu Ching Yao-Yang Po Han or Chinese pair Ren Xiang Yu-Tan Qiang in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men’s doubles pair Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi, who are the third seeds of the tournament, got past the second round by defeating Japanese pair Kenya Mitsuhashi-Hikori Okamura 15-21, 21-13, 21-15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yew Sin-Ee Yi are scheduled to meet either Indonesian pair Muhammad Shohibul Fikri-Bagas Maulana or Taiwan\u2019s Lee Jhe-Huei-Yang Po-Hsuan, in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National mixed doubles pair Chen Tan Jie-Toh Ee Wei also advanced to the quarter-finals by defeating China\u2019s He Ji Ting-Du Yue 11-21, 21-14, 21-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The duo will meet either the tournament’s eighth seeds, Robin Tabeling-Selena Piek from the Netherlands, or Singaporean pair Hee Yong Kai Terry-Tan Wei Han Jessica, tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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