Yoke Meng ‘smashes’ top players for letting team down at World Juniors


Ooi Jhy Dar and Yap Roy King at national under-18 badminton finals at Stadium Juara. AZMAN GHANI/ The Star

PETALING JAYA: National junior head coach Kwan Yoke Meng feels Malaysia could have enjoyed a better outing at the World Junior Championships had the top players performed to their true abilities.

Yoke Meng was disappointed with the “average” performance from the likes of Yap Roy King, Ooi Jhy Dar and Gan Jing Err, who were playing in their last major junior meet in Kazan.

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