ANAHEIM (California), Aug 17: Fifth seed Lee Chong-Wei, who is making his world championship debut, defeated Czech Jan Frohlich 15-10, 15-0 in the opening round of the world championships here on Tuesday.

“The first game was a little tougher because I wasn’t warmed up,” Lee said.

The reigning Malaysian Open champion advances to the second round to face either Martyn Lewis, of Wales, who outlasted Chris Dednam 6-15, 15-2, 15-3.

Lee, who needed just 27 minutes to dispatch Frohlich, is in the lower half of the draw together with second seed Kenneth Jonassen, of Denmark, and fourth seed Bao Chunlai.

He could face his Malaysian compatriot and 10th seed Wong Choong Hann or Bao for a place in the semifinals.

Lee beat world number one Lin Dan to capture the Malaysian Open title last month.

This was the first meeting between Lee and Frohlich. Lee agreed with most of the other competitors that the wind in the venue was affecting the shuttlecock.

In other men’s singles matches on Tuesday, Austria’s Juergen Koch defeated Scott Evans, of Ireland, 15-12, 15-7 and Shon Seung-Mo, of South Korea rolled over American Marc Lai 15-0, 15-3.

Two-time Olympic silver medallist Mia Audina Tjiptawan demolished Helen Reino 11-0, 11-1 in their women’s singles match.

Audina Tjiptawan, who is seeded 13th, posted 16 straight points before allowing Reino, of Estonia, her only point of the 12-minute match.

The Indonesian-born Dutch Audina Tjiptawan won a silver medal in Atlanta for Indonesia and a silver medal in Athens for adopted homeland of the Netherlands.

Eighth seeded Zhou Mi, of China, became the first major seed to be upset, losing to Germany’s Juliane Schenk 11-2, 11-9 in the first round of women’s singles.

Zhou blamed her defeat on a lack of conditioning and jet lag from the long journey to Anaheim.

In women’s doubles, top seeds Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei, of China, became the first to reach the third round with a 15-0, 15-2 demolition of Bulgaria’s Diana Dimova and Linda Zechiri.

Results

Men’s singles (first round)

Bao Chunlai (CHN) bt Bobby Milroy (CAN) 15-1, 15-6; Lee Chong Wei (MAS x5) bt Jan Frohlich (CZE) 15-10, 15-0; Taufik Hidayat (MAS x6) bt Rodrigo Pacheco (PER) 15-7, 15-3; Liao Sheng-Shiun (TPE) bt Miha Sepec (SLO) 15-9, 15-7; Wong Choong Hann (MAS) bt Geoffrey Bellingham (NZL) 15-1, 15-5; Juergen Koch (AUT) bt Scott Evans (IRL) 15-12, 15-7; Shon Seung-Mo (KOR) bt Marc Lai (USA) 15-0, 15-3; Bjoern Joppien (GER) bt Kestutis Navickas (LTU) 15-9, 15-12; Kendrick Lee Yen-Hui (SIN) bt Erwin Kehlhoffner (FRA) 15-3, 15-4; Aamir Ghaffar (ENG) bt Erick Anguiano (GUA) 15-6, 15-0; Hugi Heimersson (SWE) bt Carlos Longo (ESP) 15-8, 15-5; Martyn Lewis (WAL) bt Chris Dednam (RSA) 6-15, 15-2, 15-13; Agus Hariyanto (HKG) bt Yuichi Ikeda (JPN) 15-2, 15-5; Boonsak Ponsana (THA) bt Arvind Bhat (IND) 15-6, 15-9; Eric Pang (NED) bt Shai Geffen (ISR) 15-9, 15-2.

Women’s singles (first round)

Juliane Schenk (GER) bt Zhou Mi (CHN) 11-2, 11-9; Mia Audina Tjiptawan (NED) bt Helen Reino (EST) 11-0, 11-1; Cheng Shao-Chieh (TPE) bt Anna Larchenko (SUI) 11-3, 11-13, 11-4; Larisa Griga (UKR) bt Anu Nieminen (FIN) 11-4, 11-5; Maja Kersnik (SLO) bt Lucia Tavera (ESP) 11-6, 11-5; Wong Mew Choo (MAS) bt Xing Aiying (SIN) 11-8, 11-8; Shannon Pohl (USA) bt Michelle Edwards (RSA) 9-11, 13-10, 11-5; Rebecca Bellingham (NZL) bt Ragna Ingolfsdottir (ISL) 13-11, 11-4; Anna Rice (CAN) bt Claudia Rivero (PER) 11-0, 11-3; Agnese Allegrini (ITA) bt Tatiana Vattier (FRA) 4-11, 11-3, 11-1; Aparna Popat (IND) bt Petya Nedeltcheva (BUL) 11-6, 11-9; Eriko Hirose (JPN) bt Lili Zhou (USA) 11-5, 11-9; Sara Persson (SWE) bt Jeanine Cicognini (SUI) 11-5, 11-4.—Agencies