KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 (Bernama) -- Despite being paired at the 11th hour with Joachim Johansson in the inaugural US$1 million (RM3.5 million) Malaysian Open tennis championship, Malaysia's top player Si Yew Ming is optimistic of gaining valuable experience and exposure.
"Though time is against us, we will find some time to train together before our first round main draw match on Wednesday," said Yew Ming who was given a wildcard to play in the men's doubles main draw with the Swede.
Johansson is world ranked 446th and had represented his country in the Davis Cup semi-final against the United States this year.
The pair will be up against Marcelo Melo of Brazil and Andre Rezende of South Africa in their first match.
On Saturday, Yew Ming, one of the seven Malaysian players who featured in the singles qualifying, put up a stiff fight before bowing out to Poland's Mariusz Fyrstenberg 6-4, 5-7, 7-6.
"I've learnt a lot of new things playing in this tournament and I need to improve my playing skills, particularly to hit the ball as hard as possible," he said.
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PETALING JAYA, April 24 (Bernama) -- National head coach Datuk K. Rajagobal was let off the hook by the Football Association of Malaysia's (FAM) Disciplinary Committee after finding no evidence that he had violated FAM's Article 88, as claimed. FAM Disciplinary Committee chairman Datuk Taufik Abdul Razak said the committee had decided not to charge Rajagobal after carefully analysing the video of the post-match press conference by the 56-year-old coach. "After listening to the recording of the post-match press conference, we decided to drop the charge against Rajagopal as he did not make such a statement. "Maybe his (Rajagobal) assessment and comments of the match was misconstrued by the media. There was no mention of the FAM policy throughout his comments," said Taufik after emerging from a three-hour Disciplinary Committee meeting at Wisma FAM in Kelana Jaya, here, Wednesday. Rajagobal who does not mince his words when asked to com...
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