Malaysian Duo Look to Build on Gains from Last Season
Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei had mixed luck in the last event of 2023, but the Malaysians did have some positive takeaways for the New Year. With the PETRONAS Malaysia Open 2024 on home turf coming up at the start of…
· DEV SUKUMAR
Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei had mixed luck in the last event of 2023, but the Malaysians did have some positive takeaways for the New Year. With the PETRONAS Malaysia Open 2024 on home turf coming up at the start of the Olympic year, Chen and Toh will look to build on the gains from last year, when they broke into the top 10 after starting the year outside the top 100.
After a dispiriting straight-games loss to Feng Yan Zhe/Huang Dong Ping in their first match of the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2023, the Malaysians bounced back, beating Yuta Watanabe/Arisa HIgashino for the first time in three meetings. And although they did lose their last match to Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai, it was a well-contested battle.
“After we lost (the first match) I was down mentally,” said Toh. “We just decided to go all out as we’d lost in the first match. So am very happy we could win, because there are a lot of expectations and we had to fight through the pressure and win the game.”