The 21-year-old singles shuttler, who is ranked 21st in the world, returned to his giant-killing ways with a classy 21-18, 21-12 victory over Japan’s world No. 10 Kenta Nishimoto at the Finda Stadium in Auckland yesterday.“It’s a great win as he’s a top 10 player and is always a very tough opponent whenever we meet,” said Zii Jia, who holds a 2-1 advantage over the Japanese.
Independent player Chong Wei Feng also worked his way into the second round while Soong Joo Ven fell in the first hurdle. Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong also moved into the second round while Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani failed to get past their opening round. Wang Tzu-wei bt Lakshya Sen 15-21, 21-18, 21-10; Sitthikom Thammasin Huang Yuxiang 21-18, 21-7, Kanta Tsuneyama bt Yu Igarashi 21-18, 21-19; Jonatan Christie bt Shesar Hiren Rhustavito 21-12, 21-10; Lin Dan bt Abhinav Manota 21-6, 21-7; Tommy Sugiarto bt Lu Guangzu 21-11, 21-15; H. S. Prannoy bt Loh Kean Yew 21-15, 21-12; Sai Praneeth bt Subhankar Dey 21-17, 19-21, 21-15.
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