Azriyn-Wee Kiong stun former world No. 1 at Japan Open
World No. 26 Azriyn-Wee Kiong defeated world No. 4 Astrup-Rasmussen 21-16, 15-21, 21-19 in the second round for their first quarter-final of the season at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
They will meet either China's world No. 11 Chen Bo Yang-Liu Yi or Taiwan's world No. 24 Liu Kuang Heng-Yang Po Han in the last eight on Friday.
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