Time for junior shuttlers to step up


Hoon Thien How-Tan Wee Kiong have not even reached the final of a Super Series since they started playing together last year.

KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesia unleashed another young talent onto the world stage – Gideon Markus Fernaldi but Malaysia’s old-timers Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong just can’t seem to get it right.

On Sunday, fourth seeds Kien Keat-Boon Heong went down 16-21, 18-21 in just 33 minutes to qualifiers Gideon-Markis Kido in the men’s doubles final of the French Open in Paris and their wait for a Super Series title continues.

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