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Badminton: Malaysia Open postponed due to surge in COVID-19 cases
Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia hits a return during his men s singles final match against Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia at the Malaysian Open Super Series 2014 badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 19, 2014. (Photo: Reuters/Samsul Said)
07 May 2021 05:27PM (Updated:
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Open, scheduled for May 25 to May 30, has been postponed due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in the Southeast Asian country, organisers said on Friday (May 7).
Malaysia on Wednesday imposed movement restrictions in the capital Kuala Lumpur due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 infections in recent weeks.
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Published on: Wednesday, May 05, 2021
By: Bernama
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Lee Zii Jia receiving his second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the DBKL Sports Complex on Tuesday. – Bernama photo
Kuala Lumpur: Reigning All England champion Lee Zii Jia hopes to do well in the two remaining Olympic qualifying tournaments – Malaysia Open and Singapore Open – so as to boost his confidence ahead of the Tokyo Games in July.
The 23-year-old Kedahan said both the tournaments were important warm-ups to the July 23-Aug 8 Tokyo Olympics.
Having just resumed training last Friday after nearly two weeks of quarantine following the detection of 15 Covid-19 cases at the Akademi Badminton Malaysia (ABM), Zii Jia admitted that time was running out to get ready for the Malaysia Open (May 25-30) and Singapore Open (June 1-6).
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