Potential party pooper: Lee Zii Jia has a tricky opening match against world No. 27 Frenchman Christo Popov at the Arctic Open in Finland today. — AFP
PETALING JAYA: Men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia faces a tough task to defend his title in the Arctic Open starting today.
Zii Jia, who is hoping to rediscover the form that saw him capture bronze in the Paris Olympics, has been placed in the top half of the draw along with Denmark’s world No. 3 Anders Antonsen, Indonesia’s world No. 9 Anthony Ginting and Taiwan’s world No. 10 Chou Tien-chen.
