Malaysia Open: Ayush Shetty stuns Lee Jii Zia; Lakshya Sen also advances

Ayush Shetty knocked out Olympic bronze medallist and former All England champion Lee Jii Zia 21-12, 21-17 while Lakshya Sen also advanced in the Malaysia Open BWF Super-1000 tournament in Bukat Jalil on Tuesday.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Lakshya downed Jia Heng Jason Teh of Singapore 21-16, 15-21, 21-14. Lakshya will face Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong, who stunned World Tour Finals winner Christo Popov of France 13-21, 21-19, 23-21. Malvika Bansod faltered against Thai Ratchanok Intanon 11-21, 11-21 and HariharanArjun lost to Japan’s Hiroki Midorikawa and Kyohei Yamashita 10-21, 20-22 in men’s doubles. Fast-rising 20-year-old Ayush toyed with Lee in the 39-minute clash.Lee, the top singles shuttler from Malaysia, failed to match Ayush’s pace. In the second round, Ayush plays reigning world and Olympic champion Shi Yu Qi of China.PV Sindhu, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand will play their first round matches on Wednesday.