However, world No. 30 women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah saved Malaysia the blushes when they pulled off an upset win over world No. 10 compatriots Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean 10-21,21-14,21-16 to reach the final.
Zii Jia slipped to No. 11 in the world and his outing in Basel may just be the tonic he needs ahead of the All-England in two weeks time.“I won against him before but he is a different player now. Playing their first tournament as an independent, they defeated India’s world No. 19 S. Rankireddy-Ashwini Ponnappa 21-17,16-21,21-18 on Friday.
Mixed doubles: Mathias Christiansen-Alexandra Boje bt Marcus Ellis-Lauren Smith 21-16,23-21; Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue bt Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing 21-19,21-10.Men’s singles: Viktor Axelsen bt Shesar Hiren Rhustavito 21-17,21-12; Lee Zii Jia bt Sai Praneeth 21-14,21-17; Kunlavut Vitidsarn bt Ajay Jayaram 21-9,21-6; K. Srikanth bt Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-19,21-15.
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