KUALA LUMPUR: National men's singles ace Lee Zii Jia's hopes of ending his 10-month title drought were dashed after he was knocked out by China's Shi ...
- Bernama Zii Jia, the 2021 All England champion, managed to give a stern fight to the 2018 World Championship silver medallist in the opening game, but was out of sorts in the second game, thus, ending Malaysia’s challenge in the All England. World number four Zii Jia, whose last triumph came in the Thailand Open last May and who was hoping to make amends for his inconsistent performances, went down 19-21,13-21 to Yu Qi in 43 minutes at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham.
Lee Zii Jia's gallant run at the All England came to an end at the hands of Shi Yu Qi, who won in straight games 21-19, 21-13 to send the Malaysian packing ...
Follow the results as they happen from semi-finals day in Birmingham as Shi Yuqi knocked out Lee Zii Jia and Olympic champ Chen Yufei beat Yamaguchi Akane.
[Anders Antonsen](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/anders-antonsen). [live to watch on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com](https://olympics.com/en/sport-events/2023-bwf-badminton-yonex-all-england-open-championships-birmingham) in some regions. [Shi Yuqi](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/yuqi-shi) of People's Republic of China won the battle of former champions in the first men's singles semi-final on Saturday (18 March), defeating [Lee Zii Jia](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/lee-zii-jia) 21-19, 21-13. [on Olympics.com](https://olympics.com/en/sport-events/2023-bwf-badminton-yonex-all-england-open-championships-birmingham) and the BWF website. [Tai Tzu Ying](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/tzu-ying-tai) or Republic of Korea's second seed [An Se-young](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/seyoung-an). [2023 All England Open](https://olympics.com/en/sport-events/2023-bwf-badminton-yonex-all-england-open-championships-birmingham/), the world's oldest [badminton](https://olympics.com/en/sports/badminton/) tournament.
KUALA LUMPUR: Lee Zii Jia's gallant run at the All England ended after he lost to China's Shi Yu Qi in the battle of two former champions.
Yes, it may be just a semi-final, but I'll take it step by step, and I can only get better." Zii Jia, the 2021 winner, went down 21-19, 21-13 to 2018 champion Yu Qi in 42 minutes at the Utilita Arena Birmingham on Saturday. KUALA LUMPUR: Lee Zii Jia's gallant run at the All England ended after he lost to China's Shi Yu Qi in the battle of two former champions.
PETALING JAYA: Not all is lost for Lee Zii Jia after crashing out in the semi-finals of the All-England.
Women’s singles: Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn) bt Wang Zhiyi (Chn) 21-19, 21-12; An Se-young w.o. Women’s singles: Chen Yufei (Chn) bt Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn) 21-17, 21-8. Men’s singles: Shi Yuqi (Chn) bt Lee Zii Jia (Mas) 21-19, 21-13. Men’s doubles: Liang Weikeng-Wang Chang (Chn) bt Leo Rolly-Daniel Marthin (Ina) 13-21, 21-19, 21-18; Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto (Ina) bt Shohibul Fikri-Bagas Maulana (Ina) 21-18, 21-13; He Jiting-Zhou Haodong (Chn) bt Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi (Jpn) 17-21, 21-18, 21-15; Mohd Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan (Ina) bt Liu Yuchen-Ou Xuanyi (Chn) 16-21, 21-19, 21-19. Men’s singles: Lee Zii Jia (Mas) bt Kodai Naraoka (Jpn) 21-9, 10-21, 21-13; Shi Yuqi (Chn) bt Weng Hongyang (Chn) 21-9, 21-16; Anders Antonsen (Den) bt Anthony Ginting (Ina) 21-14, 9-21, 21-17; Li Shifeng (Chn) bt Ng Tze Yong (Mas) 21-11, 21-11. 4 Malaysian intends to walk tall.
Shi battled back from 14-11 down in the opening game to secure an ultimately comfortable victory, 21-19, 21-13, over Malaysia's Lee, who had been struggling ...
I proved it here.” The world champion slumped to a 21-17, 21-8 defeat in only 37 minutes as she appeared to struggle with a shoulder problem. “I doubted myself a lot and whether I could come back again as a top player.