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Zii Jia suffers first-round exit in Japan Open

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The national singles ace loses in straight games to India’s K Srikanth.

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National singles champion and world No 4 Lee Zii Jia crashed out of the Japan Open when he lost 20-22, 21-23 to India’s K Srikanth in the first round today. (AP pic)

KUALA LUMPUR:
Barely a week after suffering a last-16 defeat at the World Championships last week, national singles ace Lee Zii Jia crashed out of the Japan Open when he lost to India’s K Srikanth in the first round today.

Playing his match at the Maruzen Intec Arena in Osaka, Zii Jia, the world’s No 4, lost in straight games 20-22, 21-23 in 38 minutes.

Srikanth, ranked world No 14, has now secured his first-ever win over Zii Jia after playing him three times.

Srikanth is expected to meet either Wang Tzu Wei from Taiwan or Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama, who play each other in the first round later today.

Meanwhile, in a battle between Malaysian pairs in the mixed doubles, independent pair Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing defeated Chan Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See 21-10, 21-14.

Kian Meng-Pei Jing will meet Taiwanese pair Yang Po Hsuan-Hu Ling Fang in the second round.

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