Zii Jia crashes out with Aaron-Wooi Yik in semi-finals


Point taken: Lee Zii Jia congratulating Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen after he won their Indonesia Open semi-final match at Istora Senayan. — AP

PETALING JAYA: It was heartbreak for Lee Zii Jia who came agonisingly close to upstaging Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the Indonesia Open semi-finals.

Zii Jia saved five match points only to see Axelsen deliver a killer blow in the third game for a 19-21, 21-11, 23-21 win in a gripping semi-final that lasted 70 minutes at the Istora Senayan Stadium in Jakarta yesterday.

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