KUALA LUMPUR: Lee Zii Jia should have no problems clearing his group stage at the Paris Games following the Olympic draw today.
The world No 7, seeded seventh, was drawn in Group G with world No. 72 Viren Nettasinghe of Sri Lanka and world No. 63 Pablo Abián of Spain
However, things could get tricky for Zii Jia in the last 16 where he is expected to face the winner of Group H which has Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia, Toma Junior Popov of France and American Howard Shu.
The draw was held at the Badminton World Federation headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today.
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HL
Pearly-Thinaah drawn with China's World No. 1 pair in Olympics
By Faizal Salim
KUALA LUMPUR: Women's pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah were handed a daunting Olympic draw today.
Malaysia's world No. 13 were drawn with China's world No 1 duo Chen Qing Chen-Jia Yi Fan who are seeded first at the Paris Games.
Joining Pearly-Thinaah in Group A are Japan's world No 6 Mayu Matsumoto-Wakana Nagahara and Indonesia's No. 9 Apriyani Rahayu-Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti.
The draw was held at the Badminton World Federation headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today.
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them in the group are
first seeds and world No 1 duo Chen Qing Chen-Jia Yi Fan of China
Pearly and Thinaah have a poor record against Qing Chen-Yi Fan having lost their previous five of six meetings against them. Their only win was in the second round of the All England in March.
They have a winning record against Matsumoto-Nagahara leading it 3-2, while they are dead even against Apriyani-Siti Fadia at 3-3.
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