Men’s No. 1 seed Lee Chong Wei, women’s top seed Zhou Mi reach round of 16 at badminton worlds

Lee Chong Wei, Zhou Mi advance at badminton worlds

HYDERABAD, India — Men’s top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia moved into the round of 16 at the badminton world championships with a 21-11, 21-14 win over Nigeria’s Ola Fagbemi on Wednesday.

Lee, the world’s No.1-ranked player and silver medalist at last year’s Olympics, set up a third-round clash with Vietnam’s Tien Minh Nguyen, who ousted France’s Brice Leverdez 21-14, 21-16.

In other men’s singles matches early in Wednesday’s play, third-seeded Dane Peter Gade advanced with a 21-11, 21-12 victory over Japan’s Sho Sasaki and Indonesian sixth-seeded Sony Dwi Kuncoro also moved on with a 21-12, 21-13 defeat of Poland’s Przemyslaw Wacha.

The women’s No.1 seed Zhou Mi of Hong Kong also advanced, defeating New Zealand’s Michelle Chan Ky.