Badminton: Zii Jia suffers shock first round exit in French Open

PETALING JAYA: Globe No. 8 Lee Zii Jia has actually experienced a surprising preliminary leave at the French Open after shedding to Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew on Wednesday (Oct 27).

The 23- year-old dropped 22-24, 14-21 to note his initial loss to the globe No. 40 in 4 conferences.

Zii Jia had actually formerly pipped the Penang-born Kean Yew to the gold medal at the Philippines SEA Gamings in 2019.

Playing in his 4th competition in as numerous weeks could have taken its toll on Zii Jia.

The suit versus Kean Yew was his 11 th in the period of 30 days.

Zii Jia has actually additionally been gone into for the Hylo Open in Germany following week, however it stays to be seen if he will certainly wage the strategy.

In the guys’s increases, Olympics bronze medallists Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik have actually removed their opening obstacle by beating compatriots Goh V Shem-Low Juan Shen 25-23, 21-12

Newly-formed females’s increases set Lee Meng Yean-Yap Cheng Wen are additionally with adhering to a 21-12, 21-17 sway Ukraine’s Mariia Stoliarenko-Yelvzaveta Zharka.

In the blended increases, Chen Flavor Jie-Peck Yen Wei provided an excellent account of themselves by pressing 2nd seeds Praveen Jordan-Melati Oktavianti to the limitation prior to decreasing 20-22, 19-21