Malaysian men’s doubles, Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzuddin Rumsani, are increasingly motivated ahead of the 2024 Thomas Cup .
The 2024 Thomas Cup will be held in Chengdu, China, starting Saturday (27/4/2024).
Malaysian men’s doubles have a fairly good squad depth and don’t always rely on their number one pair, Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik.
Goh/Nur feels they have a big responsibility to be able to contribute points for Malaysia.
Moreover, they have just managed to emerge as runners-up in the 2024 Asian Championship.
They even managed to beat Chia/Soh in the semifinals.
Goh/Nur’s position in the world ranking is also getting better after climbing to 15th place this week.
Malaysia itself is in group D along with Denmark, Hong Kong and Algeria.
“After the Asian Championships, we are of course excited and even more motivated because this is a team event,” said Goh Sze Fei as reported by BolaSport.com from The Star.
“We feel more responsible to perform well and give our best for the team.”
Regarding the key to improving their abilities, Goh said that he and Nur discussed and motivated each other.
“We discussed a lot and encouraged each other during the match, said Goh.
“This is a small breakthrough for us and I hope it helps boost our confidence.”
badminton team in the 2020 and 2022 editions in Aarhus, Denmark, and Bangkok, Thailand.
Malaysia is 1 of 3 countries that can win the Thomas Cup more than once apart from Indonesia and China.
They have been Thomas Cup champions five times. It’s just that their last trophy happened a long time ago, almost 32 years ago in 1992 at home.
The last final that the neighboring country’s men’s team competed in was in the 2014 edition which ended in a 2-3 defeat to Japan.
Malaysia’s achievements have declined further in the last three editions of the Thomas Cup, always being eliminated in the top 8 in the 2018, 2020 and 2022 editions.
LIST OF MALAYSIAN TEAM PLAYERS IN THOMAS CUP 2024
| Player | Sector |
| Aaron Chia | (MD) |
| Soh Wooi Yik | (MD) |
| Lee Zii Jia | (MS) |
| Justin Hoh | (MS) |
| Goh Sze Fei | (MD) |
| Nur Izzuddin | (MD) |
| Muhammad Haikal | (MD) |
| Leong Jun Hao | (MS) |
| Cheam June Wei | (MD) |
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