REIGNING world and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat admitted yesterday that he was wrong to walk out of his match at the Hong Kong Open three weeks ago and apologised to the fans for his actions.
But the Indonesian star player fell short of saying sorry to the International Badminton Federation (IBF) and insisted that he needed to take the action to highlight the faults plaguing the sport.
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