Odds heavily stacked against Zii Jia to survive group


None but the best: Lee Zii Jia has drawn top guns Viktor Axelsen, Chou Tien-chen and Anthony Ginting in Group A of the World Tour Finals.

PETALING JAYA: World No. 10 Lee Zii Jia needs to do a lot more to salvage his pride at the World Tour Finals today.

The odds are heavily stacked against the 22-year-old debutant, who is seen as the weakest player in Group A comprising Denmark’s world No. 4 Viktor Axelsen, Taiwan’s world No. 2 Chou Tien-chen and Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting who is ranked No. 6.

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