KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 — Malaysia’s professional singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia continued his winning streak in the 2024 Indonesia Masters by advancing to the quarterfinals after defeating Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long at Istora Senayan in Jakarta today.
Lee, the world’s 10th-ranked player, secured a 22-20, 21-15 victory in the second-round match which lasted 46 minutes.
This marks his third win against Ng, having previously defeated him at the 2019 German Open and the 2022 Asian Games.
The 2023 Arctic Open champion will face either India’s Priyanshu Rajawat or Canada’s Brian Yang in the battle for a spot in the semifinals.
Accompanying Lee are mixed doubles pair Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing, who defeated fellow Malaysians Chan Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See 21-12, 21-16.
The gold medallists of the 2022 Korea Open will next meet the top-seeded pair Zheng Si Wei-Huang Ya Qiong from China, who defeated Singapore’s Terry Hee Yong-Jessica Tan Wei 21-12, 16-21, 21-19 in another second-round match.
Based on their previous encounters, Tan-Lai have been defeated eight times by the silver medallists of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Meanwhile, another national singles player, Leong Jun Hao, faced a different fate as the third-seeded player of the tournament defeated him, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting from Indonesia, 15-21, 17-21.
Malaysian mixed doubles professional pair Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie were shown the exit by the South Korean duo of Kim Won Ho-Jeong Na Eun. They lost 10-21 and 16-21.
Another Malaysian mixed doubles pair, Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei, were eliminated by Indonesian pair Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto-Lisa Ayu Kusumawati in 21-12, 13-21, and 14-21.
— Bernama
