KUALA LUMPUR: National professional men’s singles player Lee Zii Jia finally managed to end his 17-month title drought after emerging as the champion ...
Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia plays against Malaysia's Ng Tze Yong during the men's singles final match of the BWF World Tour Clash Of Clans Arctic Open 2023 badminton tournament in Vantaa, Finland, on October 15, 2023. - AFPPIX: National professional men’s singles player Lee Zii Jia finally managed to end his 17-month title drought after emerging as the champion of the 2023 Arctic Open badminton tournament in Vantaa, Finland, today.
The Kedah-born shuttler displayed an encouraging performance when he won the first set 21-14 before continuing the momentum in the second set to triumph 21-15 over his opponent who is ranked world 19th.Meanwhile, in the men’s doubles finals, Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun’s hopes of claiming their career’s biggest victory were dashed by world number seven Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.
Wei Chong-Kai Wun advanced to finals after beating another Danish pair, Rasmus Kjaer-Frederik Sogaard 19-21, 21-19, 21-19 in the semi-finals, while Astrup-Skaarup eliminated three-time world champions from Indonesia, Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan 21-19, 21-12.
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