V Shem-Wee Kiong were also a disappointment in the final Group D tie when they lost to Denmark's Mads Pieler Kolding-Mads Conrad Petersen in the second match. "They are still Malaysia's best pair and I believe they can still make a difference," said Soon Kit on Friday. "Perhaps all this while we have been depending too much on V Shem-Wee Kiong, but we saw that our other pair (Aaron Chia-Teo Ee Yi) were reliable. On whether Malaysia's strategy to scratch the second pair backfired, Soon Kit added: "I don't think so. Soon Kit, however, declined to comment much on the rationale of selecting Arif Latif.

Source: New Strait Times May 25, 2018 10:07 UTC