This is because the Kuala Lumpur born player firmly believes he has the much needed fighting spirit which is what Chong Wei wants to see in other national shuttlers. During the Sea Games, Joo Ven had no problems as he helped the national team march to the semi-finals after he contributed the winning point by easily defeating Xaysomphone Vongpachith, 21-10, 21-9. In the semi-final against Singapore, he performed once again as he beat Penang born Loh Kean Yew, 9-21,2117, 21-18 to help Malaysia to the final where they faced archrivals Indonesia. "Well if I am selected then it will by my second outing for a team qualifying round after helping Malaysia last year to the quarter-finals before being defeated by hosts India 2-3,” he said. At the time Joo Ven helped Malaysia register a convincing 5-0 win over Nepal, however during the final match of the Group Stage against Japan, he lost at the hands of Kenta Nishimoto, 18-21, 19-21.

Source: New Strait Times December 23, 2017 09:11 UTC