Malaysia’s top men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia is set to make his long-awaited return to competition at the BWF World Badminton Championships in Paris from 25–31 August, following a four-month absence due to injury.
The 2021 All England champion has confirmed his entry, according to a Badminton World Federation (BWF) update on 29 July. Lee received an invitation to the tournament and has until 12 August to withdraw should he reconsider.
The 26-year-old has been sidelined for most of 2025 with a recurring left ankle ligament injury, limiting him to just two events this season—the Orléans Masters and All England in March—before the issue resurfaced.
A planned comeback at the US Open in June was aborted, and he subsequently missed the China and Japan Opens.