Three tournaments to benchmark Zii Jia for training programme
KUALA LUMPUR: The performance in the three closest tournaments will be used as a benchmark for coach Wong Tat Meng in structuring a suitable training programme for the country’s top professional singles player Lee Zii Jia. For that purpose, Tat Meng, who entered the second day of coaching Zii Jia, said he first wanted to […]
Zii Jia cruises into quarter-finals
KUALA LUMPUR: National top men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia has booked a berth in the quarter-finals of the All-England Badminton Championship in Birmingham. The world number four ousted Japanese player Kenta Nishimoto 21-15, 21-10 in just 40 minutes in the second round early today. Zii Jia began the 2023 season without qualifying for the […]
Zii Jia distracted by potential legal issue with ex-coach
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian professional men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia just wants to focus on achieving his best performance level even though his former coach Indra Wijaya may take legal action against him for alleged breach of contract. The world number four ranked player was also perplexed about the whole matter, saying that the two […]
Denmark Open: Zii Jia falls to unseeded Yu Qi in final
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s professional men’s singles ace, Lee Zii Jia faltered in his bid to claim his maiden Denmark Open title after losing to China’s Shi Yu Qi in Odense, yesterday (Oct 23). Fourth seed Zii Jia got off to a shaky start but managed to secure a three-point margin lead at 9-5 before the […]
Lee Zii Jia is a pro, leave him alone
As a professional athlete, a lot is going to be said about you. But I just keep going forward and try to achieve my goals. – LeBron James, US basketball legend How many years of a playing career do professional sportspeople have? To answer that, I suppose it depends on the type of sports. If […]
A disappointing move by Zii Jia
That was the reaction from the deputy chef-de-mission (CDM) to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Monteiro Gerard Clair, upon knowing that national professional men’s singles ace, Lee Zii Jia had pulled out from the Games. ‘’I am disappointed because this is the Commonwealth Games and we were definitely hoping for him to bring us a medal,’’ Monteiro […]
I am sorry, Malaysia
TOKYO: National men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia has apologised to all Malaysians for failing to contribute a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after his heart-breaking loss in the round-of-16 tie today. The 23-year-old, who was eliminated by 2016 Rio Olympics gold medallist Chen Long of China, admitted that he was aware that many […]
Zii Jia, Nur Shazrin, Jinq En lift the gloom on Day Three in Tokyo
TOKYO: While others around them continued to flounder, it was left to national men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia, woman sailor Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif and swimmer Phee Jinq En to save the day for Malaysia on Day Three of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics today. Zii Jia’s smashing performance on his Olympic debut was like […]
Zii Jia replaces Khairul Anuar as flag bearer for Tokyo Olympics
KUALA LUMPUR: National men’s singles badminton ace Lee Zii Jia will replace archer Khairul Anuar Mohamad as one of the two flag bearers in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23. Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) president Tan Sri Mohamad Norza Zakaria confirmed this, saying Khairul Anuar had asked to be replaced […]
Zii Jia to get RM25,000 incentive from Kedah govt
ALOR SETAR: The Kedah government will give Lee Zii Jia a RM25,000 incentive for winning the All-England men’s singles title last month. Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said the incentive would be handed to Zii Jia when he is back in Kedah. “We don’t want to disrupt Zii Jia’s tight training schedule because his […]
