Mixed doubles shuttler Tan Kian Meng has downplayed any misunderstandings with his partner Lai Pei Jing, saying that the two had held a meeting to discuss the issues and that everything had been resolved.
Kian Meng also said the Malaysia Open from Jan 7-12 could be his last as he had many injuries.
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Kian Meng also said the Malaysia Open from Jan 7-12 could be his last as he had many injuries.
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00:00The last few tournaments, the results were up and down, you're also getting older, so
00:15you still have the energy, motivation to still go on this year?
00:20Actually for my problem is, maybe, my injury is quite a lot, a lot of injury, that's why
00:29I also very hard want to keep my body condition, I have to take care very well, so, like what
00:38I said, I still will continue until on-run, but after that, I have to see, everything
00:47I have to see, the situation.
00:48You want to see your future?
00:49Yeah, in the future, in the future, in the future, I still, we still not sure how.
00:55So for World Championship, are you still keeping hope, trying to qualify?
00:59I think I still in the list, like what I said, I have to see my sponsor situation first,
01:07but if I really cannot play already, or stop already, even I in the list, I also will give
01:15chance to our juniors, because now times, now times, we need to develop more juniors.
01:22So basically you are looking at, this could be your last year, playing as an international?
01:28I think so, I think so, after this, I think so.
01:33So you are definitely want to give the younger players, the new newcomers a chance?
01:39In future, I will still try to develop more junior players, I mean, not even the, I mean
01:46from stat, if need help, you can find me as well, I will still doing coaching and everything,
01:53try to develop more junior players too.
01:55You already have many plans to do like academy or?
01:58Yes, I already have a plan, to do like academy, everything, to develop junior, more focus
02:05on junior players, that's my plan.
02:07So everything will depend on the, if contract extended?
02:10Yeah, yeah, I still, everything still in, see it, my contract how lah.
02:14I heard rumours that you and Pei Jing, your relationship is not good, but you have any
02:19comments for this?
02:20No lah, don't listen to, maybe we have some misunderstanding, I mean past time, but it's
02:27already, we already like meeting and bincang, so it's a, really it's a misunderstanding
02:33lah, so it's not, like we didn't have any issue on relationship lah, so don't worry
02:40about that.
02:41Misunderstanding is just because of the results or?
02:44Because, actually, this is very normal, this like partnership problem, maybe like sometime
02:50I, my body condition not so well, that's why, so I skip the training, or I, not really did
03:03well in the training, then I didn't like, I didn't care about her feeling, so sometime
03:09you, sorry to say, girls like, like more emotion a bit lah, so, that's why lah.
03:16So this thing happen lah, because of the results also going down, so there was, make some pressure
03:21lah.
03:22Yeah, yeah, Pei Jing also like, maybe, she want to, really want to play well, so this
03:26is, I think this is normal lah.