Lee Zii Jia, Malaysia’s top singles shuttler, is set to make his comeback at the Japan Open (July 15–20) after recovering from a right ankle ligament injury sustained at the World Tour Finals last December.

His absence has been deeply felt, as current No. 2 Leong Jun Hao and No. 3 Justin Hoh have struggled to deliver standout results. Jun Hao’s best was reaching the Singapore Open Super 750 quarter-finals (May 27–June 1), while Justin’s top showing was the Taiwan Open quarters in May.

Zii Jia hasn’t officially registered for the China Open (July 22–27) yet, though it’s likely he’ll join if fully fit after Japan.

He had initially planned to return at the US Open but decided to delay it to avoid any risk of re-injury ahead of the World Championships in Paris (Aug 25–31).

At the Japan Open, Zii Jia will be joined by Leong Jun Hao. The official draw will be released on July 8.

kelong king is Malaysia's top shuttler? kek sial

His performance, sometimes I feel it's either first round out or masuk final.

Unfortunately yes even after his ranking dropped to 22

Second highest is Leong Jun Hao at 27

He's well known for 1 day trip ... Don't worry .. give him 2D1N...

kunlavut can throw this LG dude far far.... sao pei la

He is very inconsistent

Sometimes super good and can beat anyone

But unfortunately, his super bad days are more than good

This post has been edited by 30624770: Jun 11 2025, 04:55 PM

Dew, mau go jepun shopping cakap terang2 lor.

consider not bad already, 50% masuk final

comeback stronger comback

🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

How old is he?

Currently no!

nameslessone1973 is back

27

This period should be his peak period because once reach 30, most players start to go downhill

Got 3 more years to proof whether he is good enough of he's just another Wong Tat Meng

indeed... even with all these injuries, he still the top male badminton player in Malaysia. Our current state for male single is pathetic.

then kelong, injury and holiday again. Good luck to sponsors.

kelong or not?

and same with jojo's case
the person who criticize him now also can't and never hold a badminton racket before

max 8 only

Depends bookie rate kot

later first round exit malu yo

lzj, please la. don't kelong first round on your re-appearance

Now he's so low ranked, so expect him to do very well 😝

Athletes won't suddenly become strongest overnight. Need consistent improvement.

He is an average player and sadly, strongest player in MY.

Better don't put any hope on him

Mr R32

To be fair, he's a gifted player but he just don't have the winning mentality

Visit Shida's family le. Hehe

no need talk about him. Talk about how useless our WS players are. BAM really useless! So many decades still cant produce any strong WS player. WTF is BAM doing?? Thailand used to be the whipping girls for Malaysia ... and now Thai WS players are thrashing our girls!!

This post has been edited by empire: Jun 11 2025, 07:05 PM

And who is the latest BAM president now? Never heard a single comment from him about badminton after taking the post. No comments even on the gold medal achievements from the tournaments lately. i wonder if he can even spell the word BADMINTON correctly!

This post has been edited by ceras: Jun 11 2025, 07:21 PM

Making a motivation song probably

Good luck

No energy to comment anymore on LZJ.

Just hope Malaysia will eventually develop a 18 years old prodigy who is on Lin Dan's level to make Malaysia the strongest in men singles badminton one fine day in the future before I die.

😬

This post has been edited by Etude8891: Jun 11 2025, 07:50 PM

the fool says he need 100 days to get feedback from stakeholders

but knowing the fool, he won't achieve anything

Ko serious

very gifted. raw power x99.

but lack of refinement. he doesn't have a great sifu to polish him and his ego prevents him from becoming a champion player.

inb4 PM wife no hug him.

Joker

name almost tenggelam dy.

Just tell u the men’s singles quality.

tikam time… first round out and sing song at night, live.

Owai… why I so jahat