October 10 - Malaysia's Koo Kien Keat and Wong Pei Tty (pictured), who won a bronze medal at the 2006 World Championships, have reformed their partnership.



The duo have got back together again after Kien Keat's partnership with Ng Hui Lin ended.

The 24-year-old will now be reunited with his old partner in the Denmark Open Super Series, which will be held in Odense from October 20 to 25 and the pair will compete together in the South East Asian Games in Laos in December.

Kien Keat-Pei Tty, who were beaten in the semi-final of the 2006 World Championships in Madrid by Britain's Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms, have been named for the event in Laos together with the back-up pair of Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying.
 

They have already played together once this year, at the Sudirman Cup in Guangzhou in May.

National mixed doubles coach Jeremy Gan said the decision to split up the partnership of Kien Keat-Hui Lin, who are ranked 19th in the world, was for the best.

Pei Tty, 27, had also reached the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and Asian Games in Doha with Kien-Keat in 2006.

Gan said: "Koo and Pei Tty are elite shuttlers and, at this stage, it's easier for us to plan programmes for them together."

But the pair are unlikely to stay together for the London 2012 Olympics.

Gan said: "Koo and Pei Tty, however, will have a short-term goal together.

"We are not grooming them for the next Olympic Games in the mixed doubles event.
 

“It is better for Kien Keat to give more attention to the men’s doubles event [with Tan Boon Heong]."

Gan said they were now looking for a compatible partner for the 20-year-old Hui Lin, who they are getting ready for London 2012.
 

Hui Lin teamed up with Mak Hee Chun in the Terengganu Open last week and did well to reach the semi-finals, where they lost to eventual champions Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Pei Tty.


She is currently playing with her former world junior champion partner Lim Khim Wah at the Vietnam Open in Ho Chi Minh City.


Gan said: "We decided that it would be best for Hui Lin to partner someone from her own age group. They will be groomed to make a mark at the London Games.


"In fact, I have until the end of November to test the mixed doubles combinations and name the compatible ones.

"I do not plan to make any changes next year."