PETALING JAYA: National men’s doubles shuttler Wan Arif Wan Junaidi is feeling a sense of relief following the diagnosis of his injury as a minor one and he is raring to go all out to make up for the training he missed. The 21-year-old Arif was progressing rapidly in his partnership with Yap Roy King before...
PETALING JAYA: The biggest challenge for Teo Ee Yi at the moment is to recover from his knee injury and the potential obstacles he is set to face at the World Championships in Copenhagen with his men’s doubles partner Ong Yew Sin in Copenhagen next week. Ee Yi suffered the right knee injury during the Australian...
PETALING JAYA: Focus and patience are the two areas Aaron Chia has repeatedly stressed on to his partner Soh Wooi Yik as they defend their world men’s doubles title in Copenhagen next week. Aaron-Wooi Yik (pic), the world No. 4, became Malaysia’s first world champions in badminton in Tokyo last year but they have not won...
PETALING JAYA: Coach Wong Tat Meng doesn’t believe in miracles and he just wants independent singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia to enjoy playing rather than pushing for instant results at the World Championships in Copenhagen next week. Zii Jia, the world No. 13, is unseeded and is drawn to play fifth seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia...
PETALING JAYA: South Korean sensation An Se-young (pic) underlined her dominance by heading the money list in badminton this year. The 21-year-old women’s singles shuttler incredibly reached nine World Tour finals and captured seven titles so far in the year to pocket more than RM1mil. According to the Badminton World Federation (BWF), world No. 1 Se-young comfortably...
PETALING JAYA: Rexy Mainaky wants more from Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah at the World Championships in Copenhagen from Aug 21-27. So far, the national women’s doubles pair have not managed to build on their brilliant run to the final of the Malaysian Masters at Axiata Arena in May. World No. 11 Pearly-Thinaah had to pull out of the...
PETALING JAYA: Rexy Mainaky wants more from Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah at the World Championships in Copenhagen from Aug 21-27. So far, the national women’s doubles pair have not managed to build on their brilliant run to the final of the Malaysian Masters at Axiata Arena in May. World No. 11 Pearly-Thinaah had to pull out of the...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Goh Jin Wei has the best training arrangement going into the World Championships as she has been sparring with different players from different countries, including Taiwan’s top men singles shuttler Chou Tien-chen. And hopefully, it will help her in a big way to lift the gloom in her badminton career. The 23-year-old Jin Wei...
PETALING JAYA: Men doubles shuttlers Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun are praying that their Malaysian Masters form will resurface so that they can turn their World Championships debut in Copenhagen into a memorable outing. Wei Chong-Kai Wun pulled off their careers’ best performance in the home meet in May. They had beaten top Denmark pair Kim Astrup-Anders...
PETALING JAYA: National singles coach Hendrawan’s confidence in Ng Tze Yong is growing by the day. So don’t be surprised if the 23-year-old justifies his coach’s faith in him by serving up pleasant surprises in his second World Championships campaign from Aug 21-27 in Copenhagen, Denmark. A wiser Tze Yong will step into unknown territory in the...
