Australian Open: Zii Jia Suffers Opening-round Exit, Justin Advances

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 (Bernama) -- Professional men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia suffered an opening-round exit at the Australian Open 2026 after losing to Taiwan's Lee Chia Hao in Sydney today.

Zii Jia was shown the door after he went down 13-21, 22-24 to Chia Ho in the Super 500 tournament at the Quaycentre, Olympic Boulevard.

In contrast, national shuttler Justin Hoh enjoyed a winning start to his campaign, battling past India's Kiran George 21-19, 14-21, 21-15 in a gruelling 62-minute first-round match.

The world No. 47 will next face Ireland's Nhat Nguyen, who dispatched Singapore's Jason Teh 21-18, 21-11.

In the women’s singles action, national player Wong Ling Ching was made to slog for 75 minutes before prevailing in her maiden meeting against Aakarshi Kashyap from India, 21-19, 19-21, 22-20.

Awaiting Ling Ching in the second round tomorrow is eighth seed from Taiwan, Huang Yu-Hsun who eliminated American player Disha Gupta 21-17, 21-16.

Meanwhile, national mixed doubles pair Jimmy Wong-Cheng Su Yin made it to the next round as they triumphed against home duo Andika Ramadianshyah-Nozomi Shimizu, 21-15, 21-16.

Jimmy-Su Yin will set up the second round clash against Ruttanapak Oupthong-Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat from Thailand, who defeated home pair Timotius Elbert-Sylvina Kurniawan, 21-11, 21-17.

Other results

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(Note: Malaysians unless stated)

Men’s singles:

Lee Cheuk Yiu (HKG) bt Eogene Ewe 18-21, 21-10, 21-15

Mixed doubles:

Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing bt Michael Owen-Gronya Somerville (AUS) 21-17, 21-14

Loo Bing Kun-Noraqilah Maisarah Ramdan bt Calvin Devereux-Desiree Toepffer (GER) 21-1, 21-3

-- BERNAMA