Wang, Lee ready for IndonesiaJUGGLING COMMITMENTS: Taiwan’s Lee Yang said that he and Wang Chi-lin are protecting themselves and others, while doing ‘our best to prepare for each match’Staff writer, with CNAOlympic gold medalists Wang Chi-lin and Lee Yang depart today for Bali, Indonesia, to compete in the three-tournament Indonesia Badminton Festival, looking to regain the form that carried them to victory for Taiwan at the Summer Games in Tokyo. 44 Yoshinori Takeuchi and Keiichiro Matsui of Japan in the first round of the Super 750 Indonesia Masters, which offers prize money of US$600,000. Wang and Lee are also seeded third as the festival continues with the Super 1000 Indonesia Open, which opens on Nov. 23 with a US$850,000 purse. Taiwan’s Lee Yang, left, returns as Wang Chi-lin positions himself during their men’s doubles badminton final against China’s Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo on July 31. To advance to the top in Indonesia, Wang and Lee might need to face the two top-seeded Indonesia teams, which they defeated under pressure-packed conditions at the Olympics, as well as the in-form pairing of Hoki and Kobayashi.

Source: Taipei Times November 09, 2021 22:05 UTC