Superb: Nova Widianto guided Toh Ee Wei and Chen Tang Jie to the world’s top 10 and helped them qualify for the Paris Olympics less than a year after he joined the BAM. Malaysia’s CHEN Tang Jie and TOH Ee Wei in action against Hiroki MIDORIKAWA and Natsu SAITO of Japan during the second round of Petronas Malaysian open championship at Axiata arena in Bukit Jalil yesterday. The Japanise pair won 24-22,21-14. _11/01/2024/ S.S.KANESAN/THE STAR (file pix)
PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles shuttler Toh Ee Wei is confident that coach Nova Widianto will succeed in his mission to develop more pairs after seeing the rise of teammates Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin.
Pang Ron-Su Yin, who only combined in November last year, reached a career-high No. 18 in the world rankings recently.The pair stole the headlines when they pulled off sensational wins over China’s world No. 2 Jiang Zhenbang-Wei Yaxin and Hong Kong’s world No. 6 Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet en-route to finishing runners-up in the World Tour Super 750 China Masters in Shenzhen last month.
