World Tour Finals: Zii Jia, Aaron-Wooi Yik, Tang Jie-Ee Wei off to a great start
Henry Larsson
December 11, 2024 20:29 MYT
December 11, 2024 20:29 MYT
Lee Zii Jia and Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Ch posted up fine wins at the World Tour Finals in China, with Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei also coming through on Wednesday.
Lee got off the mark in style with a 21-13, 21-15 victory over Chou Tien-chen in the men's singles Group A action.
Sporting a new haircut, the Malaysian showed off some of the attacking prowess that has been missing in recent tournaments to dispose of his Chinese Taipei veteran opponent in just 39-minutes.
Bigger tests await the world number eight in the next coming days where he will face home star Li Shi Feng and Denmark's in-form Anders Antonsen, but Lee looks like he is up for the challenge.
Chia-Soh also impressed after they came away with a quality 17-21, 21-18, 21-14 victory over He Ji Ting-Ren Xiang Yu.
The Malaysians trailed after the Chinese pair made an explosive start to the contest, but grew into the contest and were well worth their success.
Chia-Soh's 63-minute victory was also one of the more entertaining matches at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre with both pairs turning in an explosive affair.
In the earlier session, Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei aced an all-Malaysian mixed doubles clash against Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai after coming from a game down to win 14-21, 21-10, 21-14.
The national pair will next face Indonesia's Dejan Ferdinansyah- Gloria Emmanuelle Widjaja on Thursday where another victory would confirm their place in the semi-finals.
Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah meanwhile put on combative display against Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida, but fell to a 21-13, 17-21, 18-21 against the Japanese pair.
The defeat means Tan-Thinaah must now win their remaining two matches against India's Tressa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Puella and world number one pair Tan Ning-Liu Sheng Shu to stand a chance of making it out of Group A.