KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Mixed doubles shuttler Toh Ee Wei has admitted that the national mixed doubles camp is becoming more competitive with the emergence of new talents like Loo Bing Kun and Chan Wen Tse.
Toh, who won the Korean Open mixed doubles title in 2024 with Chen Tang Jie, said these new talents have been stealing the show during training sessions at Akademi Badminton Malaysia (ABM) in Bukit Kiara by displaying a high level of discipline and commitment.
"They are very disciplined and work very hard. So, I believe that if they can keep this up, they have the potential to be among the world's best combinations.
"As (a senior player) I want to help Bing Kun do well so that more people will know who he is. Hopefully, our brief time as partners will be meaningful for him,” she told the press at the Axiata Arena yesterday.
Toh partnered Loo to a quarter-final finish in the 2025 Taiwan Open but the pair marked the end of their brief partnership with a second-round exit in the ongoing Malaysia Masters after losing 21-19, 20-22, 18-21 to Taiwan’s Ye Hong Wei-Nicole Gonzales Chan.
Previously, she formed the country's top mixed doubles partnership with Chen, but they were temporarily split up due to the pair's strained relationship, which is believed to have started at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
However, world number five Toh and CHen have agreed to resume their partnership, starting with next week's Singapore Open.
— Bernama
