Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia to 'quit badminton for a while' following Indonesia Open loss

has decided to take a break from the sport to rest and rediscover his motivation following a series of poor performances.

"I think for now I will probably temporarily quit badminton. I don't know how long I will take, but I will quit badminton for a while, until I get motivation again," he said in comments published by BWF following his 21-17, 21-13 loss to India's Lakshya Sen in Jakarta.His first-round exit was his second in as many weeks, following his 22-20, 16-21, 21-19 loss to China's Weng Hong Yang at the same stage of the Singapore Badminton Open last week.

While he reached the semi-finals of the All England Open and the Swiss Open, and was part of the Malaysian team that made it to the same stage of the Sudirman Cup, he has not gotten past the second round at any other tournament this year."Maybe I will stop playing tournaments – I don't know for how long. I have been considering this for quite long," he said.

"The priority for me is to find my passion on court. I did well at the Sudirman Cup, but I haven't done much different after that."

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