The world No. 27 pair, women’s doubles Ng Hui Lin-Ng Hui Ern were disappointed when they learned they were not included in Malaysia’s Uber Cup team.
The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) picked world No. 23 Woon Khe Wei-Vivian Hoo, world No. 30 Amelia Anscelly-Soong Fie Cho and Lee world No. 44 Meng Yean-Lim Yin Loo as women’s doubles players in the Uber Cup Finals. Continue reading Hui Lin-Hui Ern’s Uber Cup hopes dashed
Indian’s Thomas Cup and Uber Cup badminton team will undergo a boot camp at the Siri Fort Sports Complex starting May 7 under the guidance of chief national coach Pullela Gopichand. A 30-member core team will prepare for 
the upcoming team championships, out of which 10 men and 10 women shuttlers will be selected to play for India later in the week. Continue reading India ready for Thomas and Uber cup
Singapore: Singapore’s top female badminton player 23-year old Gu Juan has quit the Singapore national team. According to a statement from the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA), the world No. 22 Gu Juan 
submitted her resignation on April 30, she expressed a “desire to look after her aging parents and nagging injuries”.
She will not be representing Singapore in the upcoming Uber Cup finals in New Delhi from May 18 to 25. Continue reading Gu Juan quits Singapore’s women’s team
The events committee of Badminton World Federation (BWF) may try to shorten the format of play in Thomas and Uber Cup finals by reducing the number of events from five to three – one singles and two doubles events. 
BWF will discuss this proposal at this year’s council meeting, which will be held during the Thomas-Uber Cup Finals from May 18-25 in New Delhi. Currently, the Finals are decided over three singles and two doubles. Continue reading Potential rule changes in Thomas-Uber Cup Finals
KUALA LUMPUR: If you ever see Goh V Shem and Lim Khim Wah play, it’s always dire and scary to see Lim Khim Wah serves. They almost allowed the China pair to force a rubber game in the Malaysia Open on January, due to several service faults called against the Malaysian pair at the end of the second set in men’s doubles final.
Although Lim Khim Wah and Goh V Shem were able to capture the Malaysian Open title eventually, but they have been struggling for form since. Continue reading Lim Khim Wah needs to go back to the basics to fix his serve problem
KUALA LUMPUR: National singles coach Rashid Sidek wants to have a team-building camp to prepare the national shuttlers for this year’s three major team events.
The three team events are the Thomas-Uber Cup Finals in New Delhi from May 18-25, Commonwealth Games in Glasgow from July 21-Aug 4 and Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, from Sept 28-Oct 5.
At the Commonwealth Games, there are medals for the mixed team event while the men and women will contest in their respective team events in the Asiad.
Rashid said he had made a proposal to the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) management.
“If all goes well, the camp should take off next month. This is a year full of team events and we want to get a head start. Once we get the green light, we will decide on the venue,” added Rashid.
