Soh wonderful – that’s the way you make me feel, Aaron-Wooi Yik

By Rajes Paul

THE phone would not stop buzzing yesterday – the calls were coming in by the dozens, many with messages of congratulations.

I had done nothing! It was all down to the success of Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik who dumped three-time world champions Hendra Setiawan-Mohammed Ahsan of Indonesia to become the first-ever Malaysian badminton players to win a world title.

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