Great experience to play back-to-back finals, says Msia Masters runner-up Zii Jia

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Independent men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia finished as the runner-up of the Malaysia Masters. He went down fighting to Denmark’s world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen 6-21, 22-20, 13-21 in the final on Sunday (May 26).   Despite the defeat, the 26-year-old can hold his head high after reaching his second consecutive final following his triumph in the Thailand Open last week.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/pi19F  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:08 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

00:19 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

00:28 So hopefully, I can bring these positive things

00:31 to next tournament, and next tournament, and next tournament

00:34 towards the Olympics.

00:36 You came into this match, and of course, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

00:41 You came back in the second game, very close.

00:44 So overall, what happened in the third game for you?

00:46 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

00:54 And I just try whatever I have today.

00:56 And of course, this is the result.

00:59 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

01:07 So [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

01:11 I already give my best.

01:12 So of course, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

01:15 But still, I have to accept this is my day.

01:20 So to be honest, it's not my first back-to-back final

01:25 match.

01:25 So we have to keep observing how is the next tournament,

01:29 next [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

01:31 How did I perform?

01:33 So yeah, like I said, still, there's

01:36 three tournaments to [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

01:39 Yes.

01:39 [INAUDIBLE]

01:40 You played against [INAUDIBLE] in the [INAUDIBLE]

01:42 This is your second match in [INAUDIBLE]

01:44 Where do you feel that you still are lacking to catch up to him?

01:48 [INAUDIBLE]

01:52 I mean, maybe physically.

01:54 So I think towards this, between these two weeks,

01:58 I've played a lot of matches.

01:59 And I met a lot of different kind of opponents.

02:03 So still, I'm trying to find the best version of me

02:09 to perform to be top, to be--

02:15 I mean, to be top performance.

02:17 But in terms of confidence, are you

02:20 happy with your progress so far with this back-to-back finals?

02:23 [SIGHS]

02:25 Well, it's not that satisfied, to be honest.

02:27 And because, to be honest, I think

02:30 I can-- maybe I can done better today.

02:33 But still, I think this is how it is today.

02:38 So we have to accept the situation and look forward.

02:41 Yes.

02:42 Well, like I said, at the first, when

02:46 we hired him as my head coach, he's an experienced coach.

02:52 And he's a local coach.

02:53 And he's been overseas, different kind of culture.

02:58 He has been through different kind of culture

03:02 in the badminton industry.

03:04 So I mean, with his experience, with his thoughts,

03:09 I think, like I said, he's trying his best

03:12 to help me to achieve for the Olympics.

03:18 Yes.

03:19 OK.

03:19 All right.

03:20 Thank you.

03:21 Thank you.

03:23 Thank you.

03:24 Thank you.

03:26 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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