The list of players participating in China expanded 2025 next week without Lee Zii Jia anymore. Malaysia's No. 1 male player continued to withdraw 1 week before the tournament continued. This shows that Lee Zii Jia has not completely recovered from injury.
At the present time, Lee Zii Jia is going through a really difficult time. He had an ankle injury when attending the BWF Tour Finals at the end of 2024. At that time, Lee Zii Jia had an injury in the middle of the match, but then tried to play and made the pain worse, eventually gave up.
The injury caused Lee Zii Jia to take 3 months off. He returned to play at Orlean Masters (to the quarterfinals) and All England (round 1), unwanted achievements. After All England, Lee Zii Jia continued to quit playing, on the grounds that the player recurred injury.
Lee Zii Jia's 2nd time to play longer than before showed that his injury was going on in a really ominous direction. Half a year almost not appearing in international tournaments also seriously affected Lee Zii Jia's financial capacity, who had separated became an independent athlete and hired a team for himself.
In fact, Lee Zii Jia's achievement in the past 1 year has not happened to this tennis desire. In 2024, Lee Zii Jia entered 3 Super 500 finals, champions in Thailand and Australia. Arriving at the Paris Olympic Games, he won the men's bronze medal. In contrast, Lee Zii Jia could not go deep at All England as before.
