All-England draw: Zii Jia faces Angus, Jun Hao vs defending champion

Lee, seeded seventh at the badminton’s oldest event, will play for the first time this year against an opponent he has beaten five consecutive times in the last two years.

For Leong, who will be making his All-England debut, a chance to upset the defending champion is on the cards.

The Malaysian will fancy his chances having beaten Christie twice in their previous three meetings, with his last victory coming at last year’s Kumamoto Masters.

In the women’s doubles, Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah are up against Chinese Taipei pair Chun Hsun-teng-Chu Yun-yang.

Malaysia has six pairs in the men’s doubles and matches involving the country’s top combinations are poised to be tricky affairs.

Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik have Denmark’s Rasmus Kjaer-Frederik Sogaard for company, while Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun play China’s He Ji Ting-Ren Xiang Yu.

Second seeds Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin will meanwhile take on South Korea's Kim Sa-rang-Kim Gi-jung. In the mixed doubles, Malaysia has the top two seeds in Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai and Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei.

Goh-Lai will contest against Thailand’s Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Supissara Paewsampran, while Chen-Toh are up against Indonesians Rehan Kaufal-Gloria Widjaja.