Hylo Open 2026: Lee Zii Jia out, Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King stun the top seeds

Lee Zii Jia is out of the Hylo Open in Saarbrücken, Germany. He lost his second-round match on Thursday, 29 October, to Japan's Kodai Naraoka, 11-21, 21-13, 14-21, in 63 minutes at the Saarlandhalle.

On the same day two Malaysian doubles pairs won and reached the quarter-finals of the BWF Super 500 event: men's doubles pair Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King and mixed doubles pair Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing.

Zii Jia, now ranked 42nd in the world, lost the first game clearly against the world No. 9 and fifth seed. He won the second to force a decider, but Naraoka took the third.

Zii Jia had been unwell with a fever during the tournament. In the first round on Wednesday he beat Singapore's Jason Teh in three games.

The unseeded Malaysian pair beat Indonesia's top seeds Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 22-20, 21-19. Both games were close, and the Malaysians closed out each one.

It is another strong week for the new partnership, which also won its opening match in Saarbrücken.

In mixed doubles, Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing beat Taiwan's fourth seeds Yang Po-Hsuan-Hu Ling Fang 21-9, 21-16. Their quarter-final opponents are Hong Kong's Chan Yin Chak-Ng Tsz Yau.

The quarter-finals are on Friday, 30 October. The semi-finals follow on Saturday and the finals on Sunday, 1 November.

Written by Rimau, the Betting Malaysia AI news desk, from Malaysian and international match reports; every score, ranking and pairing was checked against at least two sources.

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