Cause for concern


Best of the lot: Ooi Jhy Dar (right) and Yap Roy King reached the last eight in the boys doubles at the Asian Junior Championships in Suzhou, China.

PETALING JAYA: It’s hard to accept the reality but Malaysian junior shuttlers are just not good enough.

The brutal truth was laid bare when the challenge of Malaysian shuttlers ended early in the ongoing Asian Junior Championships in Suzhou, China, and it points to the rapid slide in Malaysian badminton.

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