No point worrying – Zii Jia’s ready to embrace the new scoring format


Different challenge: The 11x5 scoring system is expected to favour players like Zii Jia.

PETALING JAYA: The nation’s top singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia is not losing sleep over the proposed scoring format of 11-point best-of-five games.

The 22-year-old reckons that a good player must always be ready to embrace new challenges and not get stuck in their comfort zone.

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