Boon Heong believes that it will be a tall order for any one of the five Malaysian mixed doubles pairs to be crowned champions for the first time at the All-England this week.
Since the All-England’s inception in 1899, Malaysia has yet to taste success in the mixed doubles although the late David Choong had won it with English partner June White in 1953. Young hopefuls: Hoo Pang Ron and Cheah Yee See are one of five Malaysian mixed doubles pairs competing in Birmingham this week.
The notable absentees are China’s world No. 1 Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong, world No. 3 Wang Yilyu-Huang Dongping and world No. 2 Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand, who made a clean sweep of all three titles during the Asian leg of the World Tour in January. While acknowledging that Praveen-Jordan and Watanabe-Higashino, who skipped the recent Swiss Open, are the pairs to beat, Boon Heong also warned the Malaysians to be wary of European rivals.
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