▁Swiss ▁Open ; ▁the ▁Bad m inton ▁Asia ▁Championships ; ▁and ▁Thomas ▁Cup ▁in ▁Jak arta , ▁Indones ia ▁where ▁Lee ▁helped ▁Malays ia ▁advance ▁to ▁the ▁semi - final . ▁In ▁the ▁semi - final ▁he ▁defeated ▁Lin ▁Dan ▁to ▁give ▁Malays ia ▁a ▁ 1 – 0 ▁lead ▁in ▁its ▁cl ash ▁with ▁def ending ▁champion ▁China , ▁but ▁Malays ia ▁eventually ▁lost ▁ 2 – 3 ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁defeat ▁of ▁its ▁first ▁doubles ▁team ▁in ▁the ▁vital ▁final ▁match . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Olympic ▁Games , ▁Lee ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁by e ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round . ▁He ▁cru ised ▁to ▁straight ▁game ▁vict ories ▁over ▁Ron ald ▁Sus ilo ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁round , ▁K ę st ut is ▁Nav ick as ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁round , ▁and ▁Sony ▁D wi ▁Kun cor o ▁in ▁the ▁quarter - final s . ▁In ▁the ▁semi - final s ▁Lee ▁Hy un - il ▁gave ▁him ▁a ▁t ough ▁fight , ▁but ▁eventually ▁Lee ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁beat ▁the ▁South ▁Korean ▁and ▁reach ▁the ▁final . ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁one - s ided ▁final , ▁as ▁Lee ▁was ▁completely ▁out play ed ▁by ▁Lin ▁Dan ▁and ▁salv aged ▁only ▁ 2 0 ▁points , ▁losing ▁ 1 2 – 2 1 , ▁ 8 – 2 1 . ▁He ▁came ▁second ▁place ▁overall . ▁ ▁Lee ▁participated ▁in ▁several ▁tournament s ▁after ▁the ▁Olympic ▁Games ▁without ▁capt uring ▁a ▁title . ▁He ▁advanced