Badminton: Top-ranked Lee survives at All-England

Lee looked dead and buried at 19-20 down in the final game.

BIRMINGHAM: World number one Lee Chong Wei managed one of his most nerve-jangling survivals on Wednesday when he saved two match points in the first round of the All-England Open.

Lee, who hopes to win back the famous title and capture it for a third time, looked dead and buried at 19-20 down in the final game with Wong Wing Ki launching a kill from an imposing position.

But the world number 18 from Hong Kong hammered it into the net, bringing a great gasp from the crowd, and a couple of minutes later the Malaysian had completed an improbable escape by 13-21, 21-6, 23-21.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 8^th, 2013.