The Malaysian badminton doubles pair, who won four World Tour titles, exceeded expectations, and Pang Weixin was the driving force behind it

The Malaysian badminton doubles pair have been in excellent form recently, winning four titles in three consecutive weeks, a performance Malaysia has never had before on the World Tour, and Malaysia's men's doubles coach Pang Wei Shun admitted that Ma Yu's performance over the past month has exceeded all expectations.

Su Weiyi (left) and Xie Dingfeng have been out of control since winning the Asian Championships, and then won two championships and one runner-up in three consecutive World Tour finals

Pang Wai Shun has called Malaysia's performance at the All England Championships in March a "disaster". At that time, the Malaysian national team was eliminated in the first round of the men's doubles, and Peng Weixin called his lowest point. What I didn't expect was that the slump of the Malaysian team did not last long. Since Chia Tingfeng and So Wei Yi won the Asian Championships (non-World Tour) in April, the Malaysian team has embarked on a revival.

The Thailand Open (Super 500) was followed by world No. 3 Xie Dingfeng and Su Weiyi, and world No. 4 Chen Kangle and Tina Tina won the men's and women's doubles titles respectively.

Cheng Kaiwen (left) Wan Wei Cong defeated Chia Ding Feng and So Wei Yi in the Malaysia Super 500 to prevent Xie Su from winning three consecutive tournaments

In the subsequent Malaysia Masters (Super 500), world No. 7 Wan Wei Cong and Zheng Kaiwen defeated Xie Dingfeng and So Wei Yi to win the men's doubles title. Chia Tingfeng and So went on to bounce back to win the Singapore Open (Super 750) to win their second World Tour title, Xie Su's third title of the year and her fourth World Tour title in Malaysia.

"Winning three consecutive titles in men's doubles is beyond my imagination." Peng Weixin said. At the recent Indonesia Open (Super 1000), Chen Kangle and Tina lost to the Chinese pair Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning in the women's doubles final in three games, and Ma Yu missed the fifth crown. Wan Weicong and Zheng Kaiwen also stopped in the men's doubles semifinals.

Thailand Open Women's Doubles champions Tina and Tan Kangle lost to Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning in the final of the Indonesia Open

Wilson Pang is behind the scenes. The four-week tournament required a tremendous amount of physical and mental stamina, and the Malaysian doubles performance was superb, with Pang Wai Shun considered to be behind it. "Xie Dingfeng and Su Weiyi have shown incredible resilience, and Wan Weicong and Zheng Kaiwen have improved both physically and mentally, which is a positive sign for all players. They started playing like my previous Indonesian group. We introduced a similar way of training and they adapted very well. ”

"The success of the Malaysian team is also reflected in the world rankings." Wilson Pang added.

Pang Wai Shun is seen as the driving force behind the Malaysian badminton team's recent impressive performances

The Japan Open continues its momentum. Keep in mind that Malaysia will only win 8 titles (Super 500 and above) in the whole of 2024. In less than half a year this year, we have won 6 championships (including the Asian Championships), and there will be more in the future. In the latest world rankings, Xie Su will rise to No. 2 in Men's Doubles, while Wu Shifei and No. Neu Zuting will rise to No. 1 in the world for the first time. Chen Kangle and Tina also rose one level to No. 3 in the world. The World Tour will next resume at the Japan Open in July, and Malaysia will be looking to continue this strong momentum.