Malaysia's Paris Olympic Badminton Men's Singles bronze medallist Lee Zi Jia will compete at the All England Badminton Super 1000 2025 from 11-16 March, and it will be interesting to see if he returns to his pre-injury form, while he will face a slew of seeded opponents including Viktor Axelsen, Shi Yuqi and Jonatan if he wants to regain the title in 2021.

Malaysia's Paris Olympics badminton men's singles bronze medallist Lee Zi Jia

The draw for the All England was announced on Tuesday night, with 2021 All England winner Li Zijia seeding seventh this year. The 26-year-old Li Zijia is seeded in men's singles with China's top seed Shi Yuqi, Denmark's No. 2 seed Antonsen, Indonesia's defending champion and No. 3 seed Jonathan, Denmark's two-time Olympic gold medallist and No. 4 seed Viktor Axelsen, Thailand's world champion and No. 5 seed Kunlavut and China's former tournament champion and No. 6 seed Li Shifeng.

Japan's number one men's singles Kodai Naraoka is seeded No. 8, and all of them have the quality to win the All England Championships this year, and it is still unknown who will be the king. In addition, Indonesia's Anthony, Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Cheng, Singapore's former world champion Loh Kean Yew, India's Lakshya Sen and France's rising star Lanier are all in the final to challenge for the title.

In addition to Lee Zi Jia, the Malaysian national badminton team made his All England debut in the men's singles, and he did not travel to France this week to participate in the Orleans Badminton Super 300 tournament as a warm-up tournament for the All England Championships.

On the other hand, the top eight seeds in the Women's Singles are South Korea's Paris Olympic champion Ahn Se Ying, China's Wang Zhiyi, Japan's former tournament champion Akane Yamaguchi, China's Han Yue, Indonesia's top women's singles Dong Zong, Thailand's Lee Mi Miao, Japan's Yuka Miyazaki and Thailand's Subanida. Top seed and 2023 champion An Seying is the absolute favourite. Another highlight of the All England Championships is the return of China's former Olympic champion Chen Yufei, while Spain's reigning women's singles champion Marin has not been able to return after suffering a serious knee injury at the Paris Olympics.