Malaysia still struggling to produce young singles stars


KUALA LUMPUR: The just concluded Asian Junior Badminton Championships showed that Malaysia are still scrapping the barrel as far as producing quality singles players are concerned.

Only Mohd Syawal Mohd Ismail brought some cheer when he defeated top seed Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand in the fourth round. But the 17-year-old ran out of steam against China’s Gao Huan in the quarter-finals.

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