KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — National men’s singles ace Lee Zii Jia has admitted that he never expected the national team to reach the semi-finals of the 2021 Sudirman Cup in Vantaa, Finland.
The 23-year-old, who hails from Kedah, said he was also impressed with the spirited performance of women’s singles ace S. Kisona and young women’s doubles pair of Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah in stretching their Indonesian rivals to rubber games during the quarter-finals. Commenting on his 22-20, 21-19 win over Japan’s Kento Momota in the semi-finals yesterday, Zii Jia said he was excited at avenging his 18-21, 10-21 loss to the world number one during their Group D tie on Thursday .
Meanwhile, national men’s doubles shuttler Aaron Chia said he was pleased with his teammates for emulating the national team’s best-ever achievement when they reached the last four in the 2009 edition in Guangzhou, China.
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