Nadi Arena (17/3/25)
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00:00ZAKIE ZANNAL
00:06That's the end of the campaign for the 2025 All-England Championship.
00:10Now, let's move on to the preparation of the national squad
00:12for the Sudirman Cup, which will be held in Gusaran.
00:16This is the follow-up to the incident
00:18that affected the women's team of Perlitan
00:20and the national professional men's team,
00:22Lizzy Jia in Birmingham.
00:24For the next development, we are with Zakie Zannal.
00:28With the end of the All-England Championship in 2025,
00:31the struggle of all the national players has come to an end,
00:35regardless of the Association of Malaysian Badminton
00:38or the professional camp.
00:40And of course now,
00:41the focus is on their reputation
00:44to promote the championship in the future.
00:48In addition to the Swiss Open,
00:49which will be held from 18 to 23 March,
00:52the Asian Badminton Championship and the Sudirman Cup
00:54will be held for all the players who will represent the country.
00:58But the question is,
00:59who is qualified to represent the country to the Sudirman Cup?
01:04For the head of the Malaysian Badminton Academy,
01:07Reksy Mainaki,
01:08the big challenge awaits the Malaysian team
01:10in the Sudirman Cup
01:11when they are nominated in Group C
01:13along with Japan, France and Australia.
01:16We still have five weeks left for the Sudirman Cup.
01:21We hope that in the next two weeks,
01:24we will be able to recover quickly.
01:29In Japan, we have to calculate.
01:31We have men's singles,
01:33we have women's singles.
01:36We can say 80-20 for women's singles.
01:41For men's singles,
01:42we still say 50-50.
01:47For men's doubles,
01:49I don't want to say 60-40,
01:52but it's 55-45.
01:54For women's doubles,
01:57we say 60-40 for Japan.
01:59For mixed doubles,
02:00we just have to solve it.
02:03Solving all these problems,
02:04I think we can do it.
02:08That's it?
02:09That's all?
02:10So, we are now focused.
02:12It doesn't mean that we won't focus on Japan.
02:14We will focus on France.
02:16France also has a strong point in some sectors.
02:22So, we have to prepare.
02:25I look back and prepare our players well.
02:31One by one,
02:32we have to develop the team spirit.
02:35In that regard,
02:36the national professional athlete,
02:37Theo Kok Siang,
02:38also stated that,
02:39is the focus of the national professional camp
02:41under his leadership,
02:42the end of the All-England Championship 2025?
02:45And when asked about the readiness to work with BAM
02:49to compete in the All-England Championship 2025,
02:51based on the quality of the World's No. 2 men's doubles,
02:54Goh Zofie and Nor Izuri Rumsani,
02:56as well as Goh Sun Wat and Shei Wan Lai,
02:58who are the World's No. 3 mixed doubles players,
03:00this is Theo Kok Siang's response.
03:04For the next tournament,
03:05we will prepare for Switzerland.
03:07After that, we will go back.
03:09For the next BAC,
03:12we will prepare for BAC.
03:16I think,
03:18we...
03:20We play for Malaysia.
03:22So, we are always prepared
03:24and ready to play.
03:25If BAM calls us,
03:28we are ready to play.
03:31We are ready,
03:32but the final decision is with BAM.
03:36So, we all respect BAM's decision.
03:42They fit into Sudirman Cup.
03:44So, we are always ready for the world.
03:49Alright, guys.
03:50Thank you so much.
03:52Will Malaysia be able to repeat
03:54the history of 2021 and 2023
03:56to reach the semifinals
03:59or become the All-England Champion in 2025?
04:03Let's wait and see.
04:04Zaki Zainal reporting from Utilita Arena, Birmingham.
04:08For the last time,
04:09with Azri Malik,
04:10the camera man for Nadi Arena.