Hopefuls will be a handful

Time to move up again: Leong Jun Hao is one of the more experienced players but he is in the second division because his ranking had dropped.

PETALING JAYA: The stage is set for Thomas-Uber Cup hopefuls to stake their claim in the BAM Invitational Championships starting on Wednesday.

Instead of following the Thomas-Uber Cup Finals team format, national coaching director Wong Choong Hann said they would hold individual competitions during their internal tournament at Academy Badminton Malaysia (ABM) in Bukit Kiara.