KUALA LUMPUR, January 23 – As the spotlight remains on the dispute between the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and the country’s top men’s singles player Lee Zii Jia, the national line-up of young players added feathers to their caps at two international tournaments today.

Men’s Doubles Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun and Women’s Doubles Anna Ching-Teoh Mei Xing trick each their first title of the 2022 season at the Syed Modi India International Championships in Lucknow, India.

In the final at Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Wei Chong-Kai Wun, as sixth seed, defeated the home pair and eighth seed Krishna Garaga-Vishnuvardhan Panjala 21-18, 21-15 in 33 minutes.

Anna-Mei Xing, seeded eighth in the tournament, needed just 32 minutes to beat the host pair and seventh seeded Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Pullela, 21-12, 21-13.

At the same time, the single player Kok Jing Hong won the men’s title at the Swedish Open 2022 after teammate Yeoh Seng Zoe withdrew after an injury in the final at IFU Arena in Uppsala.

The success made Jing Hong win his first international title.

But Chia Weijie-Low Hang Yee did not succeed in Sweden, as they lost to Singapore’s Danny Bawa Chrisnanta-Andy Kwek 13-21, 21-23 in the men’s doubles final. – Bernama