Malaysia arrived in Xiamen to compete in the 2025 Sudirman Cup, first qualifying from the group and then aiming for the semi-finals

At the Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Tournament in Xiamen, China, from 27 April to 4 May, Malaysia will be hoping to at least equalise their best record of reaching the semi-finals and winning the bronze medal, while Malaysia's National Badminton Doubles Coaching Director Raisi has set a pragmatic initial goal of qualifying from the group to the quarterfinals.

Malaysia's national doubles coach director Raisi first pragmatically set the initial goal of qualifying from the group to the top 8

The Malaysian badminton team, which gathers 20 Malaysian national badminton and free man players, has conducted a 10-day intensive training camp at the Malaysian Badminton Academy since last Tuesday to prepare for this year's Su Cup, and the team will play in Xiamen, China on the 24th local time.

After the team simulation match on Tuesday morning, Raisi spoke to the Malaysian media on the 22nd about the team's overall preparation and the team's goals in the past 10 days. "Before we leave on Thursday, we'll look at how the players are doing and the form we want to be," said Raisi. Because on Thursday, the day we arrived in Xiamen, we had no training schedule. So we're probably going to use that time to take stock and mainly analyse the content of each of the players. ”

Although the Malaysian team has a strong doubles line-up, especially in the men's doubles, Raisi stressed that the whole team must be team-oriented: "I don't say which group of strengths we rely on, but the whole team is a 'solid team'." "We have to learn from the mistakes of the past, where we used to emphasize that certain groups were strong, only to make others feel neglected and unmotivated." "That's the mindset we want to change, and we're starting with a 'robust' team this time."

As for whether the Malaysian team can break through the previous best record this time, they will win the bronze medal one by one. "I can't say too early because every team has the same goal to win the championship one by one. But that doesn't mean that our 'solid team' will win, and these things will not be seen until the 'decisive day'. "Because we arrived in Xiamen on Thursday, we started training on Friday and then our first race was next Tuesday [when we started on Sunday], so we still had a few days to settle in there. At that time, we will also have to observe the weather changes, environmental changes, etc., and through those few days of training, we can judge who is in the best state of preparation. ”

"However, as we have three opponents in the group stage, we will evaluate the performance of the players on a game-by-game basis, and the key is to aim for the group to qualify for the last eight." "After qualifying from the group and going to the knockout round, we will draw lots again, and then we will see who the opponent is and then we will react." We don't need to look too far ahead, we should take it one step at a time. But our goal is to at least equal the bronze medal we won in the Soviet Cup. ”

In addition, regarding the impact of the free players and Malaysian national players training together for nearly two weeks during the training camp, Raisi pointed out: "In fact, their participation has a great impact on both sides." "For our national team, we can't be too far apart. And the fact that the free agent came here to train with us really had a positive impact. "So it's a win-win for the national team and for the libero, both for the team as a whole and for the individual players because we train together every day."