Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Malaysian Lee Zii Jia, both continuing to rebuild their badminton comebacks from injuries are through to the main draw of the Swiss Open badminton championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anthony battled through a three-game opening contest against China\u2019s Zhu Xuanchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist won 16-21, 22-20, 21-10 to seal victory after just under an hour of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He faces a tough challenge from Taiwanese Wang Tzu Wei in the first round of the main draw,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zii Jia, the Paris Olympics bronze medallist produced a confident performance to defeat Japan\u2019s Koga Minoru 21-14, 21-10 in just 27-minutes in his opening qualification match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the next round Zii Jia beat Ditlev Holm of Denmark in a hard-fought match, 21-17, 19-21, 21-16 and book his place in the main draw. The Malaysian shuttler wil play Singapore\u2019s Jason The Jia Heng in the opening main draw tie and will relish his<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also through to the main draw were China\u2019s Hu Zhean and Israeli Danii Dubovenko and Belgium\u2019s Julien Carraggi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, there were a number of upsets in opening round of the men\u2019s doubles competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second seeds Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen were shown the exit by the French duo of Adam Eloi-Rossi Leo, with the latter winning 19-21, 21-18, 22-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also suffering a first round shock were Indonesian upstarts \u2013 Raymond Indra, Nikolaus Joaquin. The fourth seeds were beaten 17-21, 17-21 by the Taiwanese pairing of Chen Cheng Kuan-Lin Bing-Wei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Top seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty of India, who were shown an early exit at the All-England last week, opened accounts with a hard-earned 21-19, 21-19 win over Singapore\u2019s Wesley Koh Eng Keat-Kubo Junsuke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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