Don’t lose hope: Lai Pei Jing (right) and Tan Kian Meng play a shot to China’s Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong during their mixed doubles quarter-final match in the Indonesian Masters on Friday. They lost 21-18, 18-21, 13-21. — AP
PETALING JAYA: There is still hope for mixed doubles shuttlers Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing in the race to qualify for the Paris Olympics if their battling performance in the Indonesian Masters is anything to go by.
World No. 25 Kian Meng-Pei Jing’s chances looked bleak at the beginning of the year and that was compounded after the duo suffered first-round exits in the Malaysian and Indian Opens.
