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.
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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.
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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.
03:20 Thank you.
03:21 Thank you.
03:23 Thank you.
03:24 Thank you.
03:26 [BLANK_AUDIO]