Malaysia Masters: Zii Jia beats Antonsen to the delight of home crowd in quarters

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Malaysia's top men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia overcame Denmark's Anders Antonsen 21-15, 19-21, 21-11 in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Masters on Friday. His winning streak has now been extended to eight matches since his win in the Thailand Open last week.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 World No. 10 men's singles shuttler Li Xizhe extended his winning streak to eight matches

00:06 after beating Anders Antonsen of Denmark 21-15, 19-21, 21-11 in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia

00:14 Masters on Friday.

00:16 The 26-year-old Malaysian will look to go another step further in his pursuit of the

00:21 title.

00:22 He will face Hong Kong's Ng Ke-long in the semifinals on Saturday.

00:26 Ng defeated China's Li Shifeng 21-15, 21-16 in the other quarterfinal clash.

00:34 Li who won the Thailand Open last week delighted the home crowd with a string of solid performances

00:39 throughout this week.

00:40 The win by Li over Antonsen was his third against the Dane in their eight meetings.

00:45 Li had not gone past the quarterfinals since the 2020 edition.

00:49 He lost to Japan's Kento Momota in straight sets in the semifinals of that edition.

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