Spin serve brings new twist to Sudirman Cup

Ready for Suzhou battle: Malaysian shuttlers (from right) Ong Yew Sin, Aaron Chia, Teo Ee Yi and Soh Wooi Yik taking a break during a training session in China ahead of the Sudirman Cup.

PETALING JAYA: Decades after Malaysia’s Sidek brothers saw their unique serve – the Sidek-serve – outlawed, the similar spin serve has now been banned, but it will not affect our national doubles shuttler Aaron Chia.

Of all the Malaysian players, Aaron is the one who seems to fancy the spin serve the most but his is not that bad, said national doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky.