Hendrawan ‘the whisperer’ to calm players in world meet

National singles coach Hendrawan (left) will play the role of 'psychologist' at the world championships in Denmark starting on Aug 25. - Filepic

KUALA LUMPUR: Badminton singles coach Hendrawan has taken the role of “psychologist” to motivate Lee Chong Wei and Chong Wei Feng at the World Championships in Copenhagen from Aug 25-31.

The former men’s singles world champion and Tey Seu Bock are among the five coaches accompanying the Malaysian squad. The others are Pang Cheh Chang, Rosman Razak and Jeremy Gan. They will leave for Copenhagen on Tuesday.