Zii Jia went down to new coach Wong Tat Meng's former charge Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong, yesterday.
The independent men’s singles shuttler, who was making his comeback to competitions after taking a break for a month, went down 15-21, 21-18, 17-21 to Tat Meng’s former charge Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong in the first round at the Jinnam Stadium in Yeosu yesterday.
In the highly anticipated match, which was also the first for Angus under the tutelage of former Malaysia’s singles coaching director Wong Choong Hann, the Hong Kong star displayed greater tenacity in the deciding game to come away with the win.World No. 14 Angus was leading 19-13 when Zii Jia tried to mount a fightback but it was too late.
The latter won four points to come to 17-19 but Angus managed to hold on to get the last two points for victory.A clearly uphappy Zii Jia said: “I have nothing much to say. I tried my best .It was the 25-year-old’s fifth straight early-round defeat in individual tournaments. Zii Jia had also suffered the same fate in the Asian Championships, Malaysian Masters, Singapore Open and Indonesian Open.Meanwhile, national player Ng Tze Yong made it into the second round after brushing aside India’s Mithun Manjunath 21-11, 21-4.Both players are evenly matched based on the head-to-head record that stands at 1-1.
Tze Yong stunned Angus in the Singapore Open last year but lost to him in the Thailand Masters in January.
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