No fun for top guns


Tough act to follow: Lee Chong Wei is the Malaysian shuttler to hold the world No. 1 position in the men’s singles the longest, for 349 weeks until 2017. When can his successor, Lee Zii Jia, get to the top?

PETALING JAYA: It’s hard to be a world No. 1 badminton player and it’s harder to stay at the top for a long time.

And that’s why former world No. 1 Datuk Rashid Sidek has a high regard for the players still holding on to the number one positions in their respective categories.

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