Rajiv Ouseph sets up tie with Lee at World Badminton

Ouseph is Britain's big hope in Paris

Briton Rajiv Ouseph will face world number one Lee Chong Wei in the World Championships third round following a 21-12 25-23 win over Jan O Jorgensen.

After easing through the first game, US Open winner Ouseph found himself 23-22 down before eventually sealing victory.

"The win means a lot because this is my first World Championships," said the 23-year-old British number one.

Britain's other men's singles hopeful, Carl Baxter, went down 21-18 21-17 to ninth seed Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand.

Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork reached the last 16 of the mixed doubles by beating Bulgaria's Stilian Makarski and Diana Dimova 21-9 21-12.

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Olympic silver medallist Robertson also enjoyed success in the men's doubles as he and Anthony Clark overcame Vitaliy Konov and Dymytro Zavadsky of Ukraine 21-11 21-9.