Chong Wei hails decision to maintain current crowd-drawing scoring system


Malaysia's Datuk Lee Chong Wei in action - Filepic

PETALING JAYA: Three-time Olympic Games silver medallist Lee Chong Wei is delighted and has given the thumbs-up to a decision to stick with the badminton scoring format – the good old 21x3 system.

Chong Wei says the Badminton World Federation (BWF) have made the right call to maintain the current format as that is what the players had wanted.

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