Beaten Malaysia miss Lee Chong Wei in Sudirman Cup opener
Malaysia’s Lai Pei Jing and Tan Kian Meng returns to China’s Huang Yaqiong and Zheng Siwei during their mixed doubles match of the 2019 Sudirman Cup world badminton championships in Nanning in Guangxi region May 19, 2019. — AFP pic
Lee is one of the finest badminton players of all time but his career appears to be nearing a sad conclusion after he was diagnosed last year with early stage nose cancer. In his place, Lee Zii Jia, aged 21, faced China’s world number two Shi Yuqi with Malaysia already trailing 2-0 to the hosts in the city of Nanning.But the Chinese, who along with top-seeded Japan are the favourites, did not have it all their own way against the brave Malaysians.The men’s doubles also went to a deciding game with Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen saving match point for the Chinese.“Play out the last bit of your sweat.
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