Women’s singles shuttler Wong Ling Ching reacts after losing a point while against Taiwan’s Sung Shuo Yun during the group match of Uber Cup Finals at Hi-Tech Sports Centre in Chengdu, China on Sunday. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star
PETALING JAYA: National women’s singles shuttler Wong Ling Ching has to start all over again with her latest coach Jeffer Rosobin but she is eager to learn from the Indonesian.
Jeffer, who was roped in as the national junior head coach, will be moved to train the women’s singles team under the Badminton Association of Malaysia’s new coaching structure.
Jeffer is the third coach so far for Ling Ching since she joined the national set-up two-and-a-half years ago.
She first started with James Chua, followed by K. Yogendran in 2023.
“I anticipate the challenge of adapting to new changes and different coaching styles, but I set neutral expectations to stay open in learning from new coaches,” said the 21-year-old Ling Ching.
“I look forward to what he has to teach me and implement in my game play.
“I’ve never trained under him before, but from my knowledge I know that he focuses on physical training.’’
Jeffer has a good record in guiding women’s singles top players like Siti Zulaikha Azmi, a Malaysian who won bronze in the Asian Junior Championship in July.
In Indonesia, Jeffer also groomed Gregoria Mariska, who won the world junior title in 2017 and is currently ranked No. 8 in the world.
World No. 93 Ling Ching hopes to break into the top 60 under Jeffer.
The Sarawakian did well to win the Malaysia Games (Sukma) gold in her state last August but found the going tough in the next tournament at the Macau Open when she went down fighting to Tomoko Miyazaki of Japan in the first round.
“I lost but I still returned with a great experience and hope to play better in the future,” she said.
Ling Ching is one of the few players who was retained during a recent trimming exercise by the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM). The national body, however, dropped Siti Nurshuhaini Azman and Ung Yi Xing.
Ling Ching will now focus on the Malaysia Super 100 (Oct 15-20), Indonesian International Challenge (Oct 22-27) and Indonesian Masters (Oct 29-Nov 3) in Surabaya.
