Lee Chong Wei will take revenge with Brice Leverdez in China Open
Fuzhou: Former world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia got a chance to take revenge on Brice Leverdez of France in the second round of the China Open after beating Taiwanese opponent Hsu Jen-hao directly, 21-5, 21-7 on Wednesday.
The 7th seed Malaysia, playing a relatively easy first-round match at the Haixia Olympic Sport Center, will be beaten revenge against Leverdez who sent Lee Chong Wei out of the first round of the BWF World Championships on August 22 in Glasgow, Scotland. .
Brice Leverdez has been known to have a strong performance usually in the early round of the tournament, reaching the second round of the China Open as he knocked out Sourabh Verma India 21-14, 15-21, 21-11 in 54 minutes.
The first round of the China Open saw mixed results for the Malaysian camp. Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei's long-life partner lives longer than Chiang Kai Hsin-Hung Shih Han of Taiwan 15-21, 21-19, 21-11 while Chow Mei Kuan-Lee's Meng Yean defeats Xiao Min Lin-Wu Fang Chien as well from Taiwan 21 -6, 17-21, 21-9.
Hoo / Woon will take 6th seed Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto of Japan on Thursday, while Chow / Lee will meet 5th seed Chang Ye Na / Jung Kyung Eun in the second round.
Meanwhile, Malaysia's top three mixed doubles, including No. 8 Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing, Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai, Chan Peng Soon / Cheah Yee See were sent packed in the first half.
In the men's doubles group, unseeded Malaysian pair Goh V Shem / Teo Ee Yi pushed 4th seed Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen to the limit before falling 22-24, 21-18, 18-21 in a 67-minute battle. Ong Yew Sin / Tan Wee Kiong on the other hand was impressive to celebrate the first-round win over Denmark's Mathias Christiansen / David Daugaard 21-9, 21-10. Ong / Tan will be the reigning world champion and 5th seed Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan on Thursday.
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