• 7 months ago
World No. 10 men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia says he just wants to rest and eat well for Sunday's Malaysia Masters final. The 26-year-old has extended his winning streak to nine matches now after outclassing Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long 21-15, 21-17 in the semi-finals.

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00:29 Yes.
00:31 I mean, as long as nothing injuries, I can do [NON-ENGLISH]
00:36 Yes.
00:37 Yeah.
00:38 OK.
00:38 For you, first final here in Malaysia,
00:41 Axelson never win a title this season.
00:44 How explosive is the final going to be tomorrow?
00:48 I don't think it that far how it's
00:51 going to be for tomorrow match.
00:53 I just want to calm down myself, have a good rest,
00:56 have a good meal, and let myself refresh and get it fresh
01:03 for tomorrow match.
01:04 Yes.
01:05 Yeah.
01:05 [INAUDIBLE]
01:09 Yeah.
01:10 I mean, in the second set, I wasn't
01:11 expect that I could won.
01:17 Because at that time, my coach already
01:19 told me to give up on the second set
01:21 and let's just focus on the third set.
01:24 But at that moment, I just told myself
01:27 that let's just try a few points.
01:29 Let's see how is the situation going.
01:31 But it keep getting better and better and better.
01:34 So yeah.
01:35 I mean, it's out of my expectation
01:37 that I can close up the game today.
01:40 But you're pretty clear you reached second consecutive
01:43 finals.
01:44 Well, yeah.
01:46 I mean, it's not--
01:48 to be honest, not my first time to back to back to finals.
01:50 But this final means a lot to me because it's
01:53 in KL, in hometown, in Malaysia.
01:56 So I had never, never make it to the finals in Malaysia Open.
02:00 So yeah, it means a lot to me.
02:02 And yeah, I'm very looking forward for tomorrow match.
02:05 Yeah.
02:05 One last question.
02:06 OK.
02:07 Yeah.
02:07 OK.
02:08 Yeah.
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