Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei returns to France's Brice Leverdez during their first round encounter in Glasgow yesterday

Call it luck or fate, but the fact remains that Lee Chong Wei, one of the legends of badminton, continues to be without either the World Championships title or the Olympic gold medal. Yesterday, pitted against a 31st-ranked Frenchman Brice Leverdez, Chong Wei, No. 2 in the world, crashed out 21-19, 22-24, 21-17. Before yesterday, Chong Wei's record against Leverdez was 7-1.