The Injured Badminton God

Tan Wee Kiong is down with a left knee injury while V Shem has a slight back pain. The world No. 4 men’s doubles shuttlers were dropped from this week’s Indonesian Open because of injuries but hold on yet because all is not lost for Tan Wee Kiong – Goh V Shem ahead of the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, from Aug 21-27.

Chea Soon Kit, the newly-appointed men’s doubles head coach said that there were alternate plans to ensure that Wee Kiong-V Shem enough tournaments to prepare for the World Championships. The injured kings are likely to be sent for the Australian Open Superseries in Sydney from June 20-25.

They are also being considered to participate on their second-tier tournaments, either the US Open in July or the New Zealand Open that will take place in August.

They were very well aware that Wee Kiong and V Shem ranking will drop but they are okay with that. The injuries are not that serious and they are in training. They need to play in one of two tournaments as part of their build-up to the world meet. We’re working on building them up again,” said their head coach, who just started on his first day as head coach at the Academy Badminton Malaysia (ABM) in Bukit Kiara yesterday.

It was really a tough call to withdraw Wee Kiong and V Shem from the Indonesian Open. They are recuperating from their injuries and for sure everyone on their camp wouldn’t want to risk everything.

Also the independent shuttlers Chong Wei Feng, Lee Jian Yi-Lim Zhen Ting and Tan Boon Heong and his Indonesian partner Hendra Setiawan won their opening qualifying matches at the US$1min (RM4.3mil) Indonesian Open yesterday.

Being injured is a temporary status in a players career it is a normal thing for players who plays on the highest level of intensity and it requires a lot of discipline and mental toughness to overcome one injury but one thing is for sure it will make you a better and a stronger player once you come back.

Nevertheless we all know that a lot of people are very exciting to see them wield their badminton rackets again.

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