HANGZHOU: National top men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia (pix) produced a magnificent fightback to stun reigning world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn an...
produced a magnificent fightback to stun reigning world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn and check into the Hangzhou Asian Games quarter-finals at the Binjiang Gymnasium here today.
This is Zii Jia’s fourth win over Kunlavut in seven meetings, with the Thai shuttler having won their last two encounters in the 2021 World Tour Finals and 2022 German Open. “Despite having lost many times this year, I am still trying to turn things around... sometimes, it’s just not your day. Had to accept them as a lesson... through this experience, I will be a more mature and experienced player,” he told reporters.
Meanwhile, Kunlavut said he didn’t get to prepare well for the Asiad as he was hospitalised for three days due to influenza before leaving for Hangzhou.
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