The former Malaysian badminton coach believes that the Chia Su pair has regained their footing at the top and the mixed doubles competition is more open

Tan Bin, the former head coach of the men's doubles team of the Malaysian national badminton team and the current doubles coach of the badminton team of Hong Kong, China, pointed out before his birthday that both the men's doubles and mixed doubles teams in Malaysia currently have the strength of the world's top pairs.

Tan Bin Seng (right), who is currently coaching the Hong Kong team, pointed out that Malaysia's men's doubles and mixed doubles teams are currently capable of being among the best in the world

Tan Bin Sang, who went to Hong Kong in mid-February this year to coach the Malaysian badminton team, said in an interview with Malaysian media at the end of the group stage of the Hong Kong team at the 2025 Sudirman Cup in Xiamen, China: "I had a shoulder injury before Dingfeng, and the injury will make the players have some scruples and affect their performance." "But I saw that they (the Xie Su pair) played very well at the Asian Badminton Championships and their form has returned."

At the same time, the 41-year-old also affirmed the changes brought about by Indonesian coach Pang Wei Xin after taking charge of the Malaysian Men's Doubles: "Every coach has a different style, and Coach Pang Wei Xin's rich experience has definitely given Malaysian Men's Doubles a new idea. "It's like when I go to Hong Kong to coach, I see things that the Hong Kong team didn't notice before, and I offer some new directions, and maybe it brings about a change."

Chen Binsheng pointed out that the current men's doubles landscape in the world is still dominated by a few strong teams: "China's Wang Chang and Leung Wei Keng, South Korea's new pair Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae, and Denmark and Indonesia's men's doubles are all major title contenders. India's Savisela and Zella have not been competing recently due to injury, but they have been contenders before. Unlike when he was a player and coached the Malaysian team, Tan Po Sang, who is now in Hong Kong and has both women's doubles and mixed doubles, further analyzed that the mixed doubles landscape in the current badminton world has become more open than in the past.

Today's mixed doubles competition is much more open. "With the retirement of world No. 1 Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, and the reorganization of many teams after the Paris Olympics, such as Japan, which broke up many of the original combinations, the mixed doubles competition is now much more open than before," he said.

Tan Binsheng also has confidence in the Malaysian mixed doubles: "Tan Tang Kit and Du Yiwei, as well as Wu Xun and Lai Jiemin, there will definitely be opportunities in this pattern. The Valve Min-Lai duo have been doing well overall lately, only with a little lower form in the middle or two, but they have the ability to rush to the front. ”

Although Chen Binsheng used to coach men's doubles, he doesn't see much of an obstacle to becoming a mixed doubles coach, "For me, the core of coaching is to solve problems. Whether it's Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles or Mixed Doubles, as long as you see the problem, you know where to start. I like to analyse the game, study tactics, and if I find the crux of the problem, I can get the right solution. ”

The clever hand of Hong Kong mixed doubles returns to the top. Since joining the Hong Kong badminton team, the Malaysian coach has quickly helped the mixed doubles "double left-handed pair" Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet to regroup, and the two recently won the 2025 Badminton Asian Championships. "They already have top-level quality, and we (the Malaysian coaches) just provide some new perspectives and let them see different styles of play again," said Tan humbly.

"We talk about how to play, I share opinions, I listen to their ideas and then we combine them. In this way, maybe they saw some new angles, and they achieved results so quickly. "What we brought about was not just a change in training, but a re-engineering in terms of communication, thinking and tactics. As long as the players absorb quickly, they will soon see results. ”