A 17-year-old Chinese player has died after collapsing on court during an international tournament in Indonesia.
Zhang Zhijie was taken ill during a match late Sunday against Japan's Kazuma Kawano at the Asian Junior Badminton Mixed Team Championships in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
The score was 11-11 in the first game when Zhang suddenly fell to the floor.
A doctor and medical team were quickly on the scene and he was taken to hospital by ambulance within minutes, but passed away.
"China's Zhang Zhijie, a singles player, collapsed on the court during a match in the evening," Badminton Asia and the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) said in a joint statement on Monday.
"He was sent to the hospital where he passed away at 11:20pm local time yesterday.