KUALA LUMPUR: Lee Zii Jia has officially ended his season after withdrawing from next week’s Syed Modi India International in Lucknow.
The world No. 63 is listed as “withdrawn” on the Badminton World Federation (BWF) tournament website.
Zii Jia has been struggling with a back injury since September, and his latest pullout confirms he will not return to competition this year.
He last played at the China Masters in September, retiring in the first round against Taiwan’s Lin Chun Yi after aggravating the injury.
Also withdrawing from the tournament are Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen, and mixed doubles pairs Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin and Jimmy Wong-Lai Pei Jing.
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