No let-up for Zii Jia in remainder of Olympics qualifiers


Planned target: Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia wants to do well in qualifying tournaments to earn a favourable seeding for the Olympics.

PETALING JAYA: World No. 10 Lee Zii Jia may have all but assured his place at the Tokyo Olympics next year, but he has no intention of taking the remainder of the qualifiers lightly when they resume in March.

The 22-year-old is out to improve on his position in the Race to Tokyo rankings in order to be one of the seeded players at the Tokyo Games from July 23 to Aug 8.

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