Lee was a two-time men's singles
national champion of 2000 and 2005. He was the youngest to ever win the title when he won his first, at the age of 15. Lee was the silver medalists at the
2002 World Junior Championships, became the first Singaporean to reach the World Junior finals. He competed at the
2002 Commonwealth Games in
Manchester, and was part of the team that clinched the silver medal. In 2003, he finished as the semi-finalists at the
Polish International and
Malaysia Satellite tournament. Lee won his first senior international title at the 2004
Mauritius International in the mixed doubles event partnered with
Li Yujia. After that, he won the singles event at the
Smiling Fish and
Cheers Asian Satellite tournament. In 2006, he competed at the
Commonwealth and
Asian Games. Notable achievements include the semi-final appearance in the
2006 Chinese Taipei Open after defeating China's
Chen Hong. In October 2007, he managed to end his 3-year drought by claiming the
Dutch Open men's single's crown, beat
Poland's
Przemyslaw Wacha in the final. At the
24th SEA Games held in
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, he was the national flag-bearer. He was quoted as saying that it's an honour he does not take lightly. Compiled with the recent win in the
Netherlands, it gave him more motivation to do well. Kendrick defeated World no.6
Sony Dwi Kuncoro in the first round. He went on to beat Malaysia's
Kuan Beng Hong in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, he once again took everyone by surprise by disposing Thai favourite,
Boonsak Ponsana, in 2 straight sets on Boonsak's homesoil. He made history for being the first Singaporean to feature in the finals of the men's singles event after 24 years. However, he lost to reigning
Olympic champion
Taufik Hidayat in the finals, adding another silver medal to the silver medal he has already gotten earlier for the men's team event. == Awards ==