Badminton Asia Championships 2022

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — Malaysia's top men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia produced a sizzling display as he trounced Japanese player, Kanta Tsuneyama to ...

In the meantime, national women’s doubles pair, Pearly Tan-M Thinaah, seeded seventh, failed to maintain their lead in the opening set before they were sent home packing by the fourth seeds pair of Japan, Yuki Fukushima-Sayaka Hirota, 21-14, 19-21, 16-21. Malaysia will surely have one pair in the final after Tokyo Olympics 2020 bronze medallists, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik came from behind to beat Indian pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, 12-21, 21-14, 21-16, to meet Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin tomorrow. The world number seven Zii Jia, was true in red hot form from start to finish in the quarter-finals, as he needed just 36 minutes to oust Tsuneyama in straight sets, 21-13, 21-11, in the tournament held in Muntinlupa Sports Complex.