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Public invited to witness no holds barred simulation ties

KUALA LUMPUR: The squads for the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals will be involved in simulation ties at the Juara Stadium in Bukit Kiara tonight (6pm).
And national singles coach Misbun Sidek is hoping that the public will turn up to show their support for the players.

Malaysia are hosting the Finals of the world men’s and women’s team championships at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil from May 9-16.

Tough task: Reserve Tan Chun Seang will take on Lee Chong Wei in the simulation match today.
“We are staging the simulation ties in the evening to follow the schedule for the Finals and it is also to get the public to come and see our players action,” said Misbun.
“We have assembled the best players we have for the event. I hope the Malaysian fans will turn up to fill the stadium to help us create the environment to get the players into the mood before the Finals.
“I am sure the shuttlers will hold nothing back as we are also giving cash incentives to the winning team.
“The simulation ties will involve all the selected shuttlers for the Finals and some of the back-up players. We will use the same format of three singles and two doubles.” Malaysia will only be allowed to use the actual competition venue from May 5 as the Badminton Association of Malaysia were unable to secure bookings for the teams to train there earlier.


For the Thomas Cup simulation tie, world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei will be going up against reserve singles player Tan Chun Seang in the first match.
The other singles matches involve Wong Choong Hann and Mohd Hafiz Hashim against back-up players Chan Kwong Beng and Liew Daren.
The top doubles pair Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong will take on Ong Soon Hock- Hoon Thien How while Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif will play against Mak Hee Chun-Tan Wee Kiong.

The match-ups for the Uber Cup ties will be decided today.


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