No double jeopardy


Raise your game: Wooi Yik and Aaron were gold medal contenders at the Commonwealth Games but returned with a bronze.

PETALING JAYA: National doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky, following the setback in the men’s doubles at the Commonwealth Games, is hoping for a silver lining at the World Championships which begins in Tokyo tomorrow.

Malaysia’s top pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik’s agonising wait for an elusive title continued after subdued performance in Birmingham two weeks ago only presented them with a bronze.

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