PETALING JAYA: Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun are now household names after their fighting show in the Malaysian Masters but they could have risen to stardom even earlier if not for injury woes.
Hopes were on reigning world champions Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Asian Championships runners-up Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi to hog the limelight in the home tournament, which ended on Sunday, but Wei Chong-Kai Wun, both 23, had the right attitude to surpass their teammates by reaching the final before finishing runners-up.
Kai Wun suffered an ankle injury while Wei Chong hurt his knee during the men’s team final against Thailand. They came out of it to win the Taiwan Open last July but aggravated their old injuries and had not gone past the early rounds of any tournaments. They had stunned reigning Olympic champions and home favourites Lee Yang-Wang Chi-lin in the final of the Taiwan Open and captured the Syed Modi International last year January, and qualified for their first ever All-England before going down fighting to world champions Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi of Japan in the first round in Birmingham.
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