KUALA LUMPUR: Former national men’s doubles, Datuk Seri Jalani Sidek clearly could not hide his disappointment with the Malaysia Thomas Cup squad who exited the prestigious tournament at the quarter-final stage on Thursday, as he admitted that the weakness came from doubles. "We must forge ahead and develop further, and we have to re-evaluate if the 28 doubles players that we have at present is indeed ideal. Yes the national team needs sparring players, but at the same time we also need the coaches’ intelligence and ability to grind out more positive results,” said Jalani. For Jalani, what needs to be done now is to search for and develop consistently good doubles players. At the same time Jalani also expressed sympathy towards BA of Malaysia (BAM) president Datuk Seri Mohamad Norza Zakaria who is more often than not angry and dissatisfied with the performance of the national players.

Source: New Strait Times May 26, 2018 11:03 UTC