Mixed doubles shuttler Lai Pei Jing's preparations for the Malaysian Open which starts on Tuesday (Jan 9) at the Axiata Arena in Bukit Jalil has been far from smooth, but she is taking it all in her stride.
Pei Jing knows that she needs to be on top of her game from the start as she and partner Tan Kian Meng, who are currently ranked No. 25 in the world, have a tough opening match against South Korea's world No. 7 Kim Won-ho-Jeong Na-eun.
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Pei Jing knows that she needs to be on top of her game from the start as she and partner Tan Kian Meng, who are currently ranked No. 25 in the world, have a tough opening match against South Korea's world No. 7 Kim Won-ho-Jeong Na-eun.
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01:24 Are you taking medicine or anything?
01:26 So far, no.
01:28 I'm just taking some supplement for my body, recovery.
01:34 So you feel OK to-- I mean, how you feel?
01:37 So far, I feel OK.
01:38 Just the coughing, like, affects a lot.
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01:58 We won last time, so hopefully, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:03 maintain the same result.
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02:36 From last year, what are you hoping to improve on last year?
02:38 Your performance was--
02:39 Yeah, actually, last year, our performance
02:41 was, like, really bad for us.
02:43 Really bad.
02:44 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:48 New year.
02:49 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:52 So hopefully, it can be better than last year.
02:55 A lot better.
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03:03 That was so bad.
03:04 So bad.
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04:12 I just want to ask you guys, the mixed doubles now
04:14 is very competitive.
04:15 Do you guys feel they should expand the qualification
04:17 to 16 pairs rather than--
04:20 no, 32 pairs rather than 16?
04:22 Now, only one country allowed two pairs.
04:24 It must be in the top eight to qualify.
04:27 Do you all think they should expand it
04:29 to allow more pairs to qualify because of the--
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04:51 But do you all agree that it's very competitive now,
04:53 mixed doubles?
04:54 Yes.
04:55 I think every category is very competitive now.
04:58 Even men doubles actually also very competitive.
05:01 And women doubles also.
05:02 Not only mixed doubles, but now mixed doubles, maybe
05:07 competitive.
05:09 I think the same, seriously.
05:10 Like men doubles and women doubles also--
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05:23 OK, thank you.
05:24 Thank you.
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05:26 Thank you.
05:27 Thank you.
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05:29 Thank you.
05:30 Thank you.
05:32 Thank you.
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