NewzLee Zii Jia will face a tough second-round match tomorrow against All England champion Lee Chun Yi from Taiwan or Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: Men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia showed glimpses of his past form at the Taipei Open today as he battled a home shuttler for 63 minutes before booking a place in the last-16.Zii Jia, who managed to enter the semi-finals of the Canadian Open earlier this month, put up another encouraging performance to beat the younger Liao Jhuo Fu 22-24, 21-12, 21-15.While his return to competitive badminton over the past seven months has been a turbulent journey marked by persistent early-round exits, his cool and controlled performance at the Taiwan Arena showed promise of better things to come.He faces a tough second-round match tomorrow against All England champion Lee Chun Yi from Taiwan or Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.Meanwhile, newly paired men’s doubles shuttlers Tee Kai Wun-Yap Roy King lost to South Korea’s new combination Na Sung Seung-Wang Chan 21-18, 19-21, 17-21 in 56 minutes.Mixed doubles shuttlers Lee Yi Bo-Lim Chiew Sien went down easily to Taiwan's Wu Guan Xun-Lee Chia Hsin 18-21, 17-21.The lone Malaysian women’s singles representative, Goh Jin Wei, lost to Canada's Zhang Wen Yu 17-21, 20-22 despite a strong comeback in the second game.
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