My life has been a roller-coaster: Lee Chong Wei

In his 18th year with the national team, Chong Wei is still going strong even though his dominance seemed to have faded. He has suffered defeats against the younger generation of players, including India’s H S Prannoy and France’s Brice Leverdez. 

Chong Wei, who is eyeing a hat-trick of titles at the Denmark Open, said the thought of retirement has crossed his mind many times but he has somehow managed to continue. 

“After losing in Olympic Games, I went back and thought to stop playing but then somebody encouraged me, tell me that I can still play and I have continued,” Chong Wei said. 

“I think my life has become a roller-coaster, where I am going down and up, and down and up. “Now I am still in the top 10 but the second singles player in Malaysia is somewhere around 40 something, so I hope our coach Misbun can get someone to replace me.”