Srikanth, June Wei reach Orleans Masters 2025 main draw
Kidambi Srikanth and Cheam June Wei reached the Orleans Masters 2025 main draw on Tuesday after winning their qualifying matches.
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SRUJKANTH, JUNE WEI BOOK SLOTS IN ROUND-OF-32 MAIN DRAW
Srikanth and June Wei booked slots in the round-of-32 main draw..
Furthermore, Srikanth first defeated Danish world No.52 Mads Christophersen, 21-8, 21-14.
Moreover, the Indian world No.45 followed it up with a 21-11, 14-21, 21-12 decision over French No.63 Arnaud Merkle.
Srikanth bounced back from a second-set loss to complete the win in 55 minutes.
The Indian thus won his two qualifying matches at the Palais Sports in Orleans, France.
JUNE WEI SURVIVES TWO GRUELLUNG QUALIFYING MATCHES TO ADVANCE
June Wei had to survive two gruelling qualifying matches to advance and join Srikanth into the main draw.
Moreover, the Malaysian world No.53 opened his campaign with a 21-16, 21-14 win over Japanese Riku Hatano.
Furthermore, June Wei then had to hold off Finland’s Joakim Oldorff, 21-15, 21-17, to advance.
The Malaysian thus earned a round-of-32 matchup against Chinese Taipei’s world No.14 Lin Chun Yi on Wednesday.
June Wei holds a 1-0 edge over Chun Wei, with the former winning in their lone meeting so far at the 2019 Taiwan Open.
ZII JIA FACES TOUGH ROUTE IN BIRMINGHAM AFTER DRAW RELEASED
Lee Zii Jia faces a tough route in Birmingham after the draw was released by organizers on Tuesday.
Furthermore, the comebacking Malaysian world No.7 may reach the quarterfinals but he could face Chinese world No.1 Shi Yui Qi.
Moreover, Shi holds a 5-1 head-to-head advantage over Zii Jia.
The Chinese superstar shuttler started the year by winning the Malaysia Open title
He would later later settle for a semifinals berth at the Indonesia Masters.
Meanwhile, Zii Jia will open his campaign in the March 11 tournament when he faces Argus Ng of Hong Kong.
