Men’s Singles top seed, Lee Chong Wei, has withdrawn from the CR Land BWF World Superseries Finals due to injury to his right leg.
The world No. 1 and Malaysian star is suffering from a quadricep muscle strain and has pulled out of the year-end tournament at Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, China.
Earlier this afternoon, the three-time Finals winner was beaten in his first Group A match by China’s Du Pengyu 12-21 21-16 22-20. He was also scheduled to play Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand and Hu Yun of Hong Kong in the Group stage.