The world number 16 clinched a 10-21, 21-19, 21-6 win over the world number four at the Asian Games.
HANGZHOU: National top men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia fought back magnificently to stun reigning world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn and check into the Hangzhou Asian Games quarter-finals at the Binjiang Gymnasium here today.
This is his fourth win over Kunlavut in seven meetings, with the Thai having won their last two encounters in the 2021 World Tour Finals and 2022 German Open. Zii Jia advanced to the round of 16 after eliminating Mourinho Zefi Costa Gusmao De Jesus of Timor Leste yesterday, while Kunlavut edged out Vietnam’s Nguyen Hai Dang.
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