PETALING JAYA: Men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia has withdrawn from the China Open which is due to start next Tuesday (July 22) in Changzhou.
Zii Jia, who also pulled out of the ongoing Japan Open in Tokyo, seems to still not have fully recovered from a troublesome ankle injury which he sustained in the World Tour Finals in Hangzhou last December.
The Badminton World Federation’s (BWF) website listed the 27-year-old as “withdrawn” from the China tourney.
Team LZJ have not issued any statements yet regarding his decision to pull out and when he would likely compete again.
Zii Jia has only competed in two tournaments this year – the back-to-back Orleans Masters and All-England in March.
The independent player later said that he had rushed his return to competitions and had aggravated his injury.
