Peng Soon will be counting on fans cheering from afar


It’s game on: Chan Peng Soon (back) and Goh Liu Ying open their Group D campaign against Hong Kong’s Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet. — AFP

PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles ace Chan Peng Soon is no illusionist. But he can imagine and hear millions of Malaysian fans cheering loudly when the Olympics badminton competition gets under way on Saturday at the 10,000 capacity but empty Musashino Forest Sports Plaza.

The 33-year-old admits that it will be strange to be playing his first Olympics without fans but nothing is going to stop him from playing his heart out for all the Malaysians who will be watching him and partner Goh Liu Ying in action live from their TV and online.

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