The ruling men's singles world no. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia is set to play the incumbent sixth-highest ranked male shuttler Son Wan Ho of the South Korea in the ongoing 2016 BWF World Superseries Finals being held in the modern city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

The 34-year-old Malaysian badminton superstar, who claimed his fifth BWF Best Male Player of the Year award last Monday, will be gunning to win his fifth World Superseries Finals title. Lee conquered the prestigious season-ending BWF event in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2013.

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The upcoming Men's Singles Group B round robin match between the two world class badminton players will be their 12th official meetings since the year 2010. Basing from Lee and Son's head-to-head matchup records in the official website of the BWF, the three-time Summer Olympic Games silver medalist enjoys a commanding 10-1 advantage with Lee winning the last six matches they played since 2014.

Son's solitary victory against the two-time Asian champion was in the year 2012 at the Yonex Sunrise India Open. The 28-year-old South Korean finished as a tournament runner up in this year's OUE Singapore Open last April, the Victor Korea Open last September, and the most recently in the Denmark Open last October.

Lee, on the other hand, won his 11th Malaysia Open, his sixth Indonesia Open, and his sixth Japan Open crowns this year along with his fifth Malaysia Masters title and his second Asia Championship trophy.

This year, the highly regarded badminton competition will be boasting a mouth-watering prize pot of USD 1 million.

In Lee's group, the Kuala Lumpur-based male shuttler will also be facing the 2016 Rio Games bronze medalist and current world no. 4 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. The top-ranked Malaysian player will also be playing the newly crowned Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open champion and world no. 4 Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong.

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