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Patna : World No 31 Sameer Verma, 26, India, upset World No 10 Lee Zii Jia, 22, Malaysia, in a three-game thriller in first round of Toyota Thailand Open at Bangkok, Thailand, on January 19, 2021. It is an HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1,000 Badminton tournament.
Sameer beat 8th seed Jia 18-21, 27-25, 21-19 in 74 minutes rallying back from one game down to enter the 2nd round. Sameer won 66 frallies in the match to 65 by Jia. He won 7 consecutive points during the match to 8 by the Malaysian. Jia, however, still leads Sameer 4-2 Head to Head.
WorldNo 14 Kidambi Srikanth, 27, India, beat World No 25 Sitthikom Thammasin, 25, Thailand, in straight game 21-11, 21-11 in 38 minutes to enter the 2nd round. Srikanth won 42 rallies in the match to 22 by Thammasin. Srikanth won 5 consecutive points during the match to 3 by Thammasin. Srikanth now leads Thammasin 3-0 Head to Head.
World No 30 Sourabh Verma, 28, India, lost to 5th seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, 24, Indonesia, 16-21, 11-21 in 36 minutes in first round. Ginting won 42 rallies in the match to 27 by Sorabh. Ginting now leads Sourabh 3-0 Head to Head.