Joy and despair: Ng Tze Yong (right) and Lee Zii Jia experience contrasting fortunes in the Japan Masters.
PETALING JAYA: Singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong reaches the second round of the Japan Masters but it's over for Lee Zii Jia.
Tze Yong defeated Wang Tzu-wei of Taiwan 21-12, 21-11 on Wednesday and will take on top seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark next.
Professional shuttler Zii Jia, who announced his withdrawal from the Road to Gold on Tuesday, went down 18-21, 20-22 to Anders Antonsen of Denmark in the first round.
There was also contrasting fortunes for Malaysia in the men's doubles as Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi cleared their opening round after beating Taiwan's Olympic champions Lee Yang-Wang Chi-lin 21-18, 21-14 but Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani's challenge have ended.
They lost 19-21, 14-21 to Rahmat Hidayat-Kevin Sanjaya of Indonesia.
It was a good day for Malaysia in the mixed doubles as Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing, Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei and Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie made it to the second round.
FIRST ROUND RESULTS (Malaysians unless stated)
Men’s singles: Takuma Obayashi (Jpn) bt Kantaphon Wangcharoen (Tha) 21-18, 21-8; Kento Momota (Jpn) bt Loh Kean Yew (Sin) 18-21, 26-24, 21-19; Kodai Naraoka (Jpn) bt Lakshya Sen (Ind) 21-17, 21-10; Ng Tze Yong bt Wang Tzu-wei (Tpe) 21-12, 21-11; Viktor Axelsen (Den) bt Chico Aura (Ina) 21-11, 21-7; Chou Tien-chen (Tpe) bt Kanta Tsuneyama (Jpn) 21-14, 21-9; Anders Antonsen (Den) bt Lee Zii Jia 21-18, 22-20; Lin Chun-yi (Tpe) bt Priyanshu Rajawat (Ind) 21-15, 21-12; Jonatan Christie (Ina) bt Chi Yu-jen (Tpe) 21-14, 21-9; Su Liyang (Tpe) bt Jeon Hyeok-jin (Kor) 21-15, 17-21, 24-22; Rasmus Gemke (Den) bt Angus Ng Ka Long (Hkg) 21-14, 21-19; Lu Guangzu (Chn) bt Lee Chia-hao (Tpe) 11-21, 21-10, 21-9; Weng Hongyang (Chn) bt Anthony Ginting (Ina) 21-16, 18-21, 21-17; Koki Watanabe (Jpn) bt Magnus Johannesen (Den) 21-16, 21-14.
Men’s doubles: Lee Fang-chih-Lee Fang-jen (Tpe) bt Kakeru Kumagai-Kota Ogawa (Jpn) 16-21, 21-17, 21-17; Rahmat Hidayat-Kevin Sanjaya (Ina) bt Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani 21-19, 21-14; Pharanyu Kaosamaang-Worrapol Thongsanga (Tha) bt Chen Boyang-Liu Yi (Chn) 21-19, 21-18; Lee Jhe-huei-Yang Po-hsuan (Tpe) bt Jin Yong-Na Sung-seung (Kor) 21-18, 21-15; Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik bt Lee Yang-Wang Chi-lin (Tpe) 21-18, 21-14.
Women’s singles: Liang Ting-yu (Tpe) bt Asuka Takahashi (Jpn) 17-21, 21-16, 21-18; Tomoka Miyazaki (Jpn) bt Saena Kawakami (Jpn) 21-13, 21-17; An Se-young (Kor) bt Pai Yu-po (Tpe) 22-20, 21-13; Aya Ohori (Jpn) bt Hsu Wen-chi (Tpe) 21-13, 21-19; Carolina Marin (Spa) bt Sung Shuo-yun (Tpe) 21-13, 21-10; Tai Tzu-ying (Tpe) bt Manami Suizu (Jpn) 21-8, 21-13; Yeo Jia Min (Sin) bt Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Tha) 21-17, 22-20; Natsuki Nidaira (Jpn) bt Huang Ching-ping (Tpe) 21-17, 21-10; Chen Yufei (Chn) bt Huang Yu-hsun (Tpe) 21-8, 21-13; Lalinrat Chaiwan (Tha) bt Lin Hsiang-ti (Tpe) 21-18, 18-21, 21-18; Supanida Katethong (Tha) bt Lin Sih-yun (Tpe) 21-4, 21-7; Zhang Beiwen (US) bt Yu Chien-hui (Tpe) 21-17, 21-14; Kirsty Gilmour (Sco) bt Yvonne Li (Ger) 22-20, 21-16; Kim Ga-eun (Kor) bt Putri Kusuma Wardani (Ina) 11-5 rtd; Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Ina) bt Nozomi Okuhara (Jpn) 21-19, 21-19.
Women’s doubles: Sayaka Hobara-Yui Suizu (Jpn) bt Anna Cheong-Teoh Mei Xing 14-21, 21-19, 15-7 rtd; Keng Shuliang-Zhang Chi (Chn) bt Jeong Na-eun-Kim Hye-jeong (Kor) 21-11, 21-19; Sung Shuo-yun-Yu Chien-hui (Tpe) bt Kim So-yeong-Kong Hee-yong (Kor) 7-11 rtd; Chang Ching-hui-Yang Ching-tun (Tpe) bt Cheng Yu-pei-Sun Wen-pei (Tpe) 21-17, 21-16; Nicole Gonzales Chan-Yang Chu-yun (Tpe) bt Li Wenmei-Liu Xuanxuan (Chn) 21-15, 21-11; Rui Hirokami-Yuna Kato (Jpn) bt Francesca Corbett-Allison Lee (US) 21-16, 22-20.
Mixed doubles: Kyohei Yamashita-Naru Shinoya (Jpn) bt Yang Po-hsuan-Hu Ling-fang (Tpe) 21-15, 21-18; Hiroki Midorikawa-Natsu Saito (Jpn) bt Robin Tabeling-Selena Piek (Net) 21-11, 21-17; Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino (Jpn) bt Mark Lamsfuss-Isabel Lohau (Ger) 21-19, 21-12; Kim Won-ho-Jeong Na-eun (Kor) bt Mathias Christiansen-Alexandra Boje (Den) 16-21, 24-22, 21-12; Seo Seung-jae-Chae Yu-jung (Kor) bt Yuki Kaneko-Misaki Matsutomo (Jpn) 21-15, 21-17; Reginald Lee Chun Hei-Ng Tsz Yau (Hkg) bt Lu Chen-Cheng Yu-pei (Tpe) 21-13, 21-18; Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong (Chn) bt Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet (Hkg) 21-23, 21-18, 21-16; Jiang Zhenbang-Wei Yaxin (Chn) bt Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto-Lisa Ayu Kusumawati (Ina) 21-12, 21-13; Rinov Rivaldy-Pitha Haningtyas Mentari (Ina) bt Lee Jhe-huei-Hsu Ya-ching (Tpe) 21-17, 22-20; Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei bt Wei Chun-wei-Nicole Gonzales Chan (Tpe) 21-11, 21-10; Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing bt Chen Zhi-ray-Yang Ching-tun (Tpe) 20-22, 21-13, 21-15; Feng Yanzhe-Huang Dongping (Chn) bt Wu Hsuan-yi-Yang Chu-yun (Tpe) 24-22, 21-10; Chang Ko-chi-Lee Chih-chen (Tpe) bt Presley Smith-Allison Lee (US) 21-17, 21-15; Hiroki Nishi-Akari Sato (Jpn) bt Yuta Eto-Ayumi Kamiyama (Jpn) 21-15, 21-17; Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie bt Adam Hall-Julie Macpherson (Sco) 21-11, 21-11; Ye Hong-wei-Lee Chia-hsin (Tpe) bt Chiu Hsiang-chieh-Lin Xiao-min (Tpe) 21-18, 22-20.
