Jeffer banks on Xin Yee and Shan Zi to shine in Zulaikha’s absence


PETALING JAYA: National junior head coach Jeffer Rosobin wants Ong Xin Yee and Oo Shan Zi (pic) to step up in the girls’ singles in the World Junior Championships in the absence of the country’s No. 1 Siti Zulaikha Azmi.

Zulaikha, who won bronze in the Asian Junior Championships in Yogyakarta in July, was ruled out of the world junior meet after failing to recover in time from a heel injury.

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