File photo of Petaling BC's Man Wei Chong (left) and Chen Tang Jie posing with their coach Yap Kim Hock after winning the Celcom Axiata Malaysia International Youth Under-19 boys doubles title in Terengganu in 2016.
PETALING JAYA: Behind every champion lies a village of support, and for newly crowned world mixed doubles champion Chen Tang Jie, that includes his mother, a passionate club, and a corporate giant.
Tang Jie, who made history with Toh Ee Wei by stunning China’s world No. 2 Jiang Zhenbang-Wei Yaxin to lift the country's first ever mixed doubles world title in Paris on Sunday, knows he didn’t walk the journey alone.
