Thailand Open: Zii Jia, Jun Hao brush aside opponents to enter round-of-16

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Zii Jia will take on Jeon Hyeok Jin of South Korea for a place in the quarter-finals while Jun Hao will face a tough encounter against home favourite and former world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand. However, Malaysian men’s doubles pair, Junaidi Arif-Yap Roy King sprang a surprise when they ousted the tournament sixth seeds, Lu Ching Yao-Yang Po Han of Chinese Taipei 16-21, 21-13 and 21-16 in 63 minutes.Junaidi said that their key enroute winning the battle lies on the game plan in the second and third sets.

Another Malaysian men’s doubles pair who sailed into the second round are Choong Hon Jian-Muhammad Haikal who beat Christopher Grimley-Matthew Grimley of Scotland in straight sets, 21-16, 21-11 in 32 minutes and tomorrow they will face the Thai pair of Pharanyu Kaosamaang-Worrapol Thongsa-nga who earlier defeated another Malaysian pair, Chia Weijie-Liew Xun 21-14, 18-21 and 21-19 in 55 minutes.

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