Boon Heong bets on Zii Jia’s spark and Aaron-Wooi Yik’s steel at worlds


Experienced: Soh Wooi Yik (right) and Aaron Chia have won two medals in the Olympics and they have showed that they can handle the pressure. — AFP

PETALING JAYA: One returns as underdog, the other as past champions.

But former great Tan Boon Heong has faith in both men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia and doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik to deliver at the World Championships starting on Monday in Paris.

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