PETALING JAYA: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the Badminton Association of Thailand (BAT) must be sweating over how things would pan out with just eight days to go before the Asian leg of the World Tour kicks off.
The organisers of the US$3.5mil (RM14.1mil) three-tournament series, comprising Thailand Opens and the season-ending World Tour Finals from Jan 12-31, suffered a crushing blow following the withdrawal of the Japanese team.
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