Jacky wants to jump out of the box before joining seniors


PETALING JAYA: National boys’ singles shuttler Jacky Kok Jing Hong wants to shrug off his underachiever tag and end his junior career on a high this year.

Jing Hong, who turns 18 next month, has made securing podium finishes at the Asian Junior Championships (AJC) in Suzhou, China in July and World Junior Championships (WJC) in Auckland, New Zealand in October, his targets.

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