Three surprise inclusions in Thomas Cup team


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KUALA LUMPUR: Youngsters Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik have not played together for one year while Mohd Arif Abdul Latif has not featured in any major doubles tournaments.

But that doesn’t matter to the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) as they surprisingly included world No. 67 Aaron-Wooi Yik and the 28-year-old Arif in the men’s doubles squad yesterday for the Thomas Cup Finals in Bangkok, Thailand, from May 20-27.World No. 16 Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong and Teo Ee Yi complete the men’s doubles cast.

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