Long layoff: Ng Tze Yong will only be back in action next year after recovering from his back injury.
ODENSE: Malaysia’s men singles department will continue to lag behind if nothing extraordinary is done to restore its past glory. National No. 1 Leong Jun Hao went down in the first round of the Denmark Open while independent shuttler Lee Zii Jia did not take part due to injury.
While Zii Jia is charting his own journey under the flagship of a professional team, the focus is on the national team under the leadership of their director Rexy Mainaky from the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).
