JAKARTA: Malaysia’s Lee Tsuen Seng gained sweet revenge over Indonesian youngster Simon Santoso to reach the quarter-finals of the JVC Asian Badminton Championships at the Senayan Indoor Stadium here yesterday. Tsuen Seng, who was beaten by Simon in the first round of last month’s Malaysian Open, was stretched to the limit before winning 5-15, 15-7, 15-12 in the third round. The 24-year-old Tsuen Seng will play Hong Kong’s Agus Hariyanto today for a place in the semi-finals. In the men’s doubles, Gan Teik Chai-Koo Kien Kiat reached their first quarter-finals in an international meet when they defeated Japan’s Yusuke Shikai-Naoki Kawamae 15-2, 15-7. The Malaysians will take on Indonesian youngsters Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan in the last eight. In the mixed doubles, only Ong Soon Sock-Norhasikin Amin survived the cut. They defeated Bangladesh’s Ayesha Khatun Nuri-Aneyetullah Khan 15-3, 15-1 to set up a quarter-final meeting with Hong Kong’s Liu Kwok Wa-Koon Wai Chee.
