With five top-ranking doubles teams at this week’s world championships in Paris, Malaysia has high hopes for a badminton resurgence
But in recent years, fresh challenges have emerged. The rise of pickleball and padel tennis has lured younger generations to air-conditioned courts and glossier facilities, threatening badminton’s long-held supremacy.
However, as Malaysia sends its most formidable squad in years to the World Badminton Championships in Paris this week, interest in the sport appears to be rallying.
Five Malaysian doubles pairs, all ranked in the world’s top eight, are poised to restore the nation’s badminton reputation and ignite fresh inspiration for a new generation of shuttlers.
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