CHEN LONG LOST IN QUARTER-FINALS

 National No. one Lee Zii Jia achieved most likely the simplest ever results of his career, gorgeous China’s defensive Olympic champion Chen Long and qualifying for the semi-finals of the All-England badminton championships.

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The 21-year-old Malaysian put during a close to flawless performance at stage Birmingham yesterday to beat the previous world champion and world No. 5 21-12,21-18 in only forty nine minutes to storm into the last four wherever he can meet either Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen or another Chinese Shi Yuqi.

It was the world No 13’s second massive scalp of the tournament when his first-round win over world No. six and Asian Games champion Jonatan Christie of Indonesia.

Buoyed by his initial win in five makes an attempt over Jonatan within the world tour and a simple win over another Chinese lu Guangzu in the second round, he started with confidence against Chen Long, whom he has solely taken once before – during a three-game thriller at last year’s Indonesian Open.

The Malaysian continuously looked a step ahead of Chen Long, who is ten years his senior and took an 11-8 lead within the interval.

He maintained the pressure and rattled the experienced Chinese together with his glorious defence, clever net play and blistering smashes.

He ne'er appeared like relinquishing the lead and comfortably won this game 21-12.

Chen Long appeared like he was mounting a comeback within the second game however was left frustrated by the Malaysian’s calm and determination.

Zii Jia led 5-2 and 9-4 and looked on top of things of the match as he went into the interval an 11-7 advantage.

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The Chinese grabbed three consecutive points to close the gap at 10-11 because the youngster hit the shuttle long of the rear line twice, however a pumped-up Zii Jia tried that it was simply a blip and quickly picked up four points to lead 15-10.

He then wrapped the match in straight games to say his second success over Chen Long, who had taken him at the China and Denmark Opens last year, to level the score between the two.

Zii Jia can enter his semi-final match with growing confidence and looking out for a 3rd upset win. If he will create it to the final of the prestigious tournament, he can become solely the third Malaysian to form it to the final since 2003 once Hafiz Hashim won the title. solely LeeChong Wei has created it to the ultimate since then. National work director Wong Choong Hann was happy with Zii Jia’s steady showing.

“He played well and handled the tense situation with calm, ” he said. “It wasn’t simple as he created it look. Chen Long unbroken working exhausting to form a comeback throughout the match, particularly at the tailend of the second game.

“Zii Jia but, failed to consent pressure. we have a tendency to are proud of the great run he has been having here so far.

“It’s getting to get more difficult and attention-grabbing however Zii Jia simply needs to stay focused.”

RESULTS

QUARTER-FINALS

Men’s singles: Lee Zii Jia (Mas) vs Chen Long (Chn) 21-12,21-18.

Mixed-doubles: Praveen Jordan-Melati Daeva Oktavianti (Ina) vs Wang Yilyu-Huang Dongping (Chn) 15-21,21-19,21-19

WS

CHEN Yu Fei [1]                vs Ratchanok INTANON [5]                     17-21,21-15,21-17

Nozomi OKUHARA [4]    vs PUSARLA V. Sindhu [6]                      12-21,21-15,21-13

Carolina MARIN [8]          vs Akane YAMAGUCHI [3]                        21-15,21-12

TAI Tzu Ying [2]                vs Pornpawee CHOCHUWONG                   21-9,21-11

MD

Marcus Fernaldi GIDEON [1] Kevin Sanjaya SUKAMULJO  Vs  Aaron CHIA [8] SOH Wooi Yik   21-17,21-19

LEE Yang [7]  WANG Chi-Lin Vs HUANG Kai Xiang & LIU Cheng

 18-21,21-18,21-14

China’s Master lin dan six-times All-England champion still commands respect

Based on his current form, it sounds like a far off chance - however one factor is of course, the previous world No. one singles player still commands respect from his peers and it'll be no completely different once he begins his campaign at the Birmingham Arena on Wednesday.

The 36-year-old lin Dan, WHO last won a global title at the Malaysian Open in April that was his solely title last year, takes on Kunlavut Vitidsarn of PRINCESS SIRIVANNAVARI THAILAND MASTERS 2020 within the opening game in Birmingham.

If he wins, he faces associate Chen Long within the second round.


If the two-time Olympic champion goes on to drag off a surprise by beating Chen Long, he might play one in every of these players - Malaysia’s No. one Lee Zii Jia, Jonatan christie of Indonesia, Kantaphon Wangcharoen of Thailand, China’s Lu Guangzu - within the quarter-finals.

Although world No. twenty one lin Dan’s kind has been volute down, Malaysia’s coaching director Wong Choong Hann aforesaid the five-time world champion continues to be a task model for others.

“Lin Dan has not been winning titles like before however he has not given up - he keeps fighting. Others ought to emulate his perspective, ” aforesaid Choong Hann.

In fact, this year, lin Dan has lost within the 1st round of all the Masters tournaments in PERODUA Malaysia Masters 2020, DAIHATSU INDONESIA MASTERS 2020 and PRINCESS SIRIVANNAVARI THAILAND MASTERS 2020 in January.

“Every player still appearance forward to playing against him... there's abundant respect for him, ” aforesaid Choong Hann.



“Something remains keeping him going - and that i guess, that’s an equivalent motivation that different coaches hope to examine in their players.

Lin Dan is that the solely player out of 4 legends still active in badminton because the others - Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, Peter-Gade Christensen of Kingdom of Denmark and Indonesia’s Taufik Hidayat - have left the scene at different seasons for various reasons.

Choong Hann has not seen another set of dominant four players like within the era of lin Dan, Chong Wei, Peter and Taufik - though he aforesaid some have been attempting to determine themselves because the leading pack within the men’s singles.

He singled out two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan, Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan, Anthony Ginting of Republic of Indonesia, Viktor Axelsen of Denmark; and China’s Chen Long and Shi Yuqi.

Defending champion Momota had to skip the All-England this year as he's presently on a long break to get over a road crash simply a day when winning the Malaysian Masters in January.

“We’ve not seen a dominant foursome as lin Dan, Chong Wei, Peter and Taufik however many players of this era are getting a lot of consistent and dominant, ” aforesaid Choong Hann.

“Tien-chen and Anthony have raised the bar higher. It’ll be a noteworthy battle at the All-England this returning week, ” further Choong Hann, WHO additionally hopes to examine Malaysia’s sole men’s singles representative Zii Jia stepping up too.

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