Congratulations to Lee Zii Jia for turning his year around by winning the Chinese Taipei Open after a dip in form in the past few months and suffering a back injury. I think he deserves a thread for us to follow his progress. From what I see, he has really good netplay and retrieving ability but he tends to be very error-prone, especially smashing wide/lifting long. His consistency in the future will probably depend on how much he can further on his strengths and continue to minimize his errors.

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From http://www.bam.org.my/player/lee-zii-jia

DOB: 29 March 1998

Gender: Male

Left/Right Handed: Right

Ambition: To be a World Champion

Who Inspires You: Dato Lee Chong Wei

Which Year You Entered (BAM): 2016

Place of Birth: Kedah

Height: 186cm

International Debut (Senior): 2017

When and where I began playing and why?:
I started playing badminton when I was 6 years old out of interest in my hometown, Alor Setar.

Categories: MS

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Podium finishes as of the time this thread was opened:

BWF World Junior Championships 2016: Bronze
Polish International 2017: Champion
Chinese Taipei Open 2018 (Super 300): Champion

He doesn't need to be #1 or win any super series title. Hope he achieves where LCW has failed.

Lee Zijia was excellent the way he played and beat Chen Long yesterday at the INA Open 2019 R2. Today in the QFs against Anders Antonsen, he was not able to do the same and was even routed by his opponent who played more freely than him to get his game going smoothly.

Apparently, LZJ when playing with higher hopes and under the burden of expectations felt more pressure to deliver and couldn't perform to his potential, a common problem with most younger, less experienced players in the early stage of their career.

Somehow many MAS players,juniors and seniors, appeared more susceptible to the phenomenon, esp badminton-crazy nations, I supposed.

Still,I believe 21-year-old LZJ is a promising talent, worth careful nurturing.