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Character Introduction
Lee Zii Jia is a Malaysian national badminton player. Born in a sports family, his father Lee Chee Heng and mother Liew Suet Ping were both former basketball national players, his elder sister Lee Tze Yu is a former badminton national player and his younger brother Lee Twin is a former state player. He started playing badminton at the age of 5 under his parents’ arrangement and spent his elementary school years at Alor Setar Kee Chinese School. Lee Tzu-Cha also enjoyed playing basketball from a young age and NBA basketball superstar Kobe Bryant is his idol.
He was soon selected to join the Bukit Jalil Sports School due to his impressive performance in the Under 12 Badminton Tournament. However, his results during his six years at the school were not too impressive. It was only in 2015 that he made more progress, winning the Perak and Kuala Lumpur Open youth titles, and also playing in international tournaments; he was finally selected for the national team at the end of the year in the National Badminton Reserve Selection Tournament with his outstanding performance.
In November 2016, he represented Malaysia in the World Junior Badminton Championships in Bilbao, Spain, playing as the second seed in the men’s singles competition, losing 0-2 (18-21, 19-21) to Indonesia’s Zico in the semifinals, finishing third.
In September 2017, Li Zijia played in the Poland Badminton International Tournament, defeating teammate and tournament second seed Song Joon Yang 2-0 (21-17, 21-16) in the men’s singles final to win the adult tournament and his first international series men’s singles title.
On October 7, 2018, the men’s singles final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) 300 tournament – Chinese Taipei Open was won by Malaysia’s Lee Tsz-Ka 2-1 Riichi Takeshita of Japan .
On December 9, 2019, in the men’s singles badminton final of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, Lee Tzu-Cha collected his first ever gold medal of the mixed games with two 21-18 victories over Singaporean player Lok Kin Yew.
In the men’s singles final of the 2021 All England Open Badminton Championships, Li Zijia defeated Anselmo Ansalon to win the title, which was Li Zijia’s first appearance at the event .
On July 6, 2021, Lee Tzu-Cha was the flag bearer of the Malaysian delegation at the Tokyo Olympics.
On November 8, 2021, Li Zijia withdrew from the men’s singles final of the 2021 BWF Tour Super 500 HYLO Germany Open due to a back injury, and Locke Jianyou won the title.
On January 26, 2022, he announced on social media that he had reached a settlement with the Malaysian Badminton Federation and successfully left the team to become a free agent.
At the end of April 2022, Lee Zijia played as the third seed in the Asian Championships held in Manila, Philippines. In the final, Lee Zijia faced the 2018 Asian Games Men’s Singles Champion, Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie, and eventually Lee Zijia took down his opponent in straight sets (21-17, 23-21) to win the title. The title was also the first for Lee Tzu-Cha since he turned freelancer while Lee Tzu-Cha is also the sixth Asian Championships men’s singles champion in Malaysia’s history.
In October 2023, Lee broke a 17-month title drought when he won the Arctic Badminton Open final against Wong Chi Yung in straight sets, 21:14, 21:15, to win the title.
World Ranking – Men’s Singles 7, Week 30, 2024
Olympic Points – Men’s Singles 10, 69856 points
Finals Ranking – Men’s Singles 3, 58900 points
Equipment Used
ASTROX 100ZZ; ASTROX 100ZZ Antique Red; ASTROX 99 Pro; THRUSTER RYUGA; THRUSTER RYUGA II; VBS-66 NANO; A970ACE; THRUSTER RYUGA METALLIC; THRUSTER F Falcon; NANOGY 95
Major Achievements
- 2024 Australian Open Badminton Men’s Singles Champion
- 2024 Malaysia Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2024 Thailand Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
- 2024 Thomas Cup Men’s Team 3rd Runner-up Member
- 2024 Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Team Runner-up
- 2023 Denmark Open Badminton Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2023 Arctic Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
- 2023 Australian Badminton Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- Member of the Third Place of Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Competition 2023
- 2023 Swiss Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finalist
- 2023 All England Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2022 Denmark Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2022 Indonesia Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2022 Thailand Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
- 2022 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Singles Champion
- 2022 All England Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2022 Germany Badminton Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2022 Asian Badminton Team Championships Men’s Team Champion
- 2021 World Badminton Tour Finals Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2021 Hailu Badminton Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2021 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2021 All England Open Men’s Singles Champion
- 2021 Swiss Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2020 Malaysia Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2020 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Team Runner-up
- 2020 All England Badminton Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2019 Southeast Asian Games Badminton Men’s Team Silver Medal
- 2019 Southeast Asian Games Badminton Men’s Singles Champion
- 2019 Thailand Open Badminton Men’s Singles Quarterfinals
- 2018 Korea Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2018 Chinese Taipei Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
- 2018 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Team 3rd Runner-up
- Men’s Singles Quarter-finalist of Bitburger Badminton Golden Grand Prix 2017
- 2017 Poland Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
- 2017 Southeast Asian Games Badminton Men’s Team Silver Medal
- Men’s Singles Quarterfinals of Chinese Taipei Badminton Open 2017
- 2017 Thailand Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Quarterfinals
- 2016 Badminton India International Series Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2016 World Junior Badminton Championships Men’s Singles 3rd Runner-up
- 2016 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Runner-up
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[…] Lee Zii Jia is set to defend his Arctic Open title, but the men’s singles player faces a challenging path in the tournament starting today. […]
[…] Lee Zii Jia will face off against Koki Watanabe in the quarterfinals for a much-anticipated rematch. In today’s round of 16 at the Arctic Badminton Super 500 tournament, world No. 14 Koki Watanabe comfortably defeated China’s Lu Guangzu 21-11, 21-13, advancing to the quarterfinals where he will meet Lee Zii Jia. This win marked Watanabe’s first victory over Lu in their three encounters. Earlier, Malaysian men’s singles player Lee Zii Jia also cruised into the quarterfinals, defeating another Japanese player, Yushi Tanaka, in straight sets. […]
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