Getting top 15 players to play in 12 meets a year may prove costly


KUALA LUMPUR: Is the Badmin­ton World Federation (BWF) ready to sacrifice quality for quantity?

That’s certainly food for thought for the world body after the Perodua Malaysian Masters saw three of its biggest names in the men’s singles – world No. 2 Lee Chong Wei and China’s Chen Long and Lin Dan - crash out in the first round on Wednesday.

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