Man on fire


LEE Chong Wei views his fourth All-England victory as sort of a fresh start towards the tail-end of his badminton career. The last six months have been quite a challenge: picking up a hamstring injury at the Denmark Open last October; suffering a demoralising quarter-final exit in the World Superseries Finals in Dubai in December; injuring his knee during training in February; and getting involved in a dispute with Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) technical director Morten Frost. Then, with just 10 days of intensive training, the 34-year-old showed that there is still fire in his belly by bagging his fourth All-England title on Sunday.  Inspired, he tells StarSport’s RA JES PAUL that he plans to keep on playing ... maybe even until the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Q: You made it look easy with your 21-10, 21-12 win over French Open champion Shi Yuqi of China in the All-England final. How is that?

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