Malaysia’s Lee set to delay cancer comeback again
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Lee Chong Wei is likely to miss next month’s Malaysia Open and delay his comeback from nose cancer for a second time, an official said yesterday, as the badminton great struggles to make a full recovery.
Norza Zakaria, president of the Badminton Association of Malaysia, warned fans to “lower their expectations” for the 36-year-old former world No. 1. The three-time Olympic silver medalist has been on the sidelines since July last year, when he was diagnosed with early-stage nose cancer. He underwent a gruelling program of specialist treatment in Chinese Taipei but opted not to retire and resumed training in January. Lee originally planned to play the All England Open in March but then delayed his return to the Malaysia Open, where he is the defending champion, in early April. But Zakaria said Lee looked likely to miss his home tournament and was now targeting the Sudirman Cup mixed-team event in China in May. “The probability of Lee not playing in the Malaysia Open is very high,” Zakaria said. “I don’t think that he is fully recovered physically. He needs to train properly because Malaysia Open is a very premier event. Fans should lower their expectations.”
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