I’m glad, over these years, I’ve built a good relationship with Chong Wei, Zii Jia and other players too. Last week, Zii Jia defeated two world champions – Kento Momota of Japan and Viktor Axelsen of Denmark en route to winning the All-England men’s singles title. Zii Jia was given a show cause letter to buck up and fans hurled all kinds of hurtful criticism via social media. 10 Zii Jia withdrew into a dark place, where he allowed self-doubt to eat away at him. Zii Jia is a young player, so the way I deal with him is different.

Source: The Star March 27, 2021 23:03 UTC