Badminton News: Malaysia’s world number 5 badminton player in men’s singles, Lee Zii Jia, remains in the hunt for the World Championship title after advancing to the third round on Wednesday (24/8).

Lee Zii Jia, who missed the 2022 Commonwealth Games championship earlier this month to stay fresh for the world championships, has certainly looked to play a part as he crossed paths with Portugal’s Bernardo Atilano in back-to-back 21-9 matches and 21-13 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Japan. .

It was exactly the result Zii Jia needed as he looked effective on the pitch without straining himself.

But it’s the next round that gets tougher for Zii Jia as he takes on either Chinese Zhao Junpeng or shrewd Indian veteran Kidambi Srikanth for a place in the quarter-finals.

In another match, world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore had to work hard before beating Kevin Cordon of Guatemala with a 21-12, 11-21, 21-12 draw.

“I think I played well on one side of the pitch and struggled to adapt on the other side,” admitted Kean Yew.

“I think Kevin also deserves to be congratulated because he played a really good game today.”

The Singaporean will next face Hong Kong’s Angus Ng Ka Long, who eliminated his compatriot Wong Wing Ki Vincent 21-16 and 21-9, for a place in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Championships.

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