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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 tournam...