Change of plan for champion


Wanted man: Lee Zii Jia hopes to dislodge Augus Ng (above) as the eighth seed for the Tokyo Olympics.

PETALING JAYA: Newly crowned All-England champion Lee Zii Jia will compete in next month’s Indian Open after all.

The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) have made a U-turn on the world No. 8’s participation by entering him for the May 11-16 meet so that he could get a better seeding at July’s Tokyo Olympics.

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