Aaron-Wooi Yik need to improve weaknesses, remain confident - Kien Keat
29 Aug 2022 11:19am
Soh Wooi Yik (left) and Aaron Chia - Bernama Photo
This is because champions will become the focus of many rivals who will study their game and approach in every match.
"When I was 21 and won the 2006 Asian Games (gold medal) and became the 2007 All-England champion, people started monitoring us and reading our game plan in detail.
"Keep up the trust in coach and move forward for other bigger tournaments like Asian Games and Olympics,” he said when contacted by Bernama today.
2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallists Aaron-Wooi Yik ended Malaysia’s 45-year wait when they beat three-time Indonesian champions Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan 21-19, 21-14 in the 40-minute finals at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, just days ahead of the National Day celebrations on Aug 31.
Kien Keat, who won the silver with his partner Tan Boon Heong at the 2010 World Championship in Paris said that Aaron-Wooi Yik has a clearer game plan compared to previously.
"To me, they still don’t have a particular ‘weapon’ but this time they played very clearly. They had a game plan where both players understood their roles on the court,” he said.
This was Aaron-Wooi Yik’s fourth showing at the World Championship having made it to the quarterfinals stage in the 2018 edition in Nanjing, China.
Malaysia has made it to the finals a total of nine times since the championship began in 1977, five times in the men’s singles and four in the men’s doubles.
Former national champion Datuk Lee Chong Wei has made the most appearances, four in total, in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Other players who made appearances in the championship are Wong Choong Hann (2003), double’s pairs Datuk Seri Jalani-Datuk Razif Sidek (1987), Cheah Soon Kit-Soo Beng Kiang (1993), Soon Kit-Yap Kim Hock (1997) and Kien Keat-Boon Heong in 2010. - BERNAMA
