. ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁round , ▁he ▁e ased ▁to ▁a ▁victory ▁against ▁Indones ia ' s ▁Simon ▁Sant oso , ▁before ▁be ating ▁K ash y ap ▁Par up al li ▁of ▁India ▁in ▁the ▁quarter - final s . ▁In ▁the ▁semi - final s , ▁he ▁beat ▁Chen ▁Long ▁of ▁China ▁in ▁straight ▁sets ▁despite ▁early ▁predictions ▁that ▁Chen ▁would ▁be ▁difficult ▁to ▁beat , ▁and ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁repeat ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 ' s ▁final ▁against ▁Lin ▁Dan . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁meeting ▁in ▁the ▁W emble y ▁Arena ▁for ▁both ▁players ▁after ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁World ▁Championships . ▁Lee ▁led ▁the ▁match ▁after ▁winning ▁the ▁first ▁game ▁but ▁Lin ▁brought ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁rub ber ▁games . ▁Despite ▁leading ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁game , ▁Lin ▁managed ▁to ▁level ▁the ▁point ▁and ▁edge ▁him ▁narrow ly ▁by ▁ 2 1 – 1 9 , ▁forcing ▁Lee ▁to ▁sett le ▁for ▁silver ▁once ▁more . ▁BBC ▁Sport ▁anal yst ▁G ail ▁Em ms ▁said , ▁" You ▁couldn ' t ▁have ▁asked ▁for ▁any ▁more ▁from ▁Lee ▁Ch ong ▁Wei ." ▁This ▁ep ic ▁episode ▁was ▁documented ▁in ▁an ▁academic ▁article ▁entitled ▁" Sil ver ▁l ining ▁in ▁winning ▁silver : ▁an ▁expl or atory ▁study ▁of ▁supp or ters ’ ▁re actions ▁and ▁cop ing ▁on ▁the ▁social ▁media ▁towards ▁Lee ▁Ch ong ▁Wei ’ s ▁London ▁Olympics ▁defeat ". ▁ ▁He ▁won ▁the ▁Japan ▁Open ▁and