Americans’ silver show in world juniors a warning sign for Malaysian badminton

Creditable outing: (From left) Aaron Tai, Bryan Goonting, Joanne Quay (BAM junior coordinator), Low Han Chen, Pang Cheh Chang (coach) and Chong Jie Yu at the World Junior Championships in Spokane.

PETALING JAYA: United States have done better than Malaysia in the world junior championships

Yes, you heard that right as the nation known more for their American football, baseball and athletics stole the show at the home tournament when Francesca Corbett-Allison Lee went down fighting 21-12, 13-21, 15-21 to Japan’s Maya Tagauchi-Aya Tamaki in the girls’ doubles final in Spokane, Washington on Sunday.