Kian Meng plays down issues with Pei Jing

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Mixed doubles shuttler Tan Kian Meng has downplayed any misunderstandings with his partner Lai Pei Jing, saying that the two had held a meeting to discuss the issues and that everything had been resolved.  Kian Meng also said the Malaysia Open from Jan 7-12 could be his last as he had many injuries.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/rfymhyph   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The last few tournaments, the results were up and down, you're also getting older, so

00:15you still have the energy, motivation to still go on this year?

00:20Actually for my problem is, maybe, my injury is quite a lot, a lot of injury, that's why

00:29I also very hard want to keep my body condition, I have to take care very well, so, like what

00:38I said, I still will continue until on-run, but after that, I have to see, everything

00:47I have to see, the situation.

00:48You want to see your future?

00:49Yeah, in the future, in the future, in the future, I still, we still not sure how.

00:55So for World Championship, are you still keeping hope, trying to qualify?

00:59I think I still in the list, like what I said, I have to see my sponsor situation first,

01:07but if I really cannot play already, or stop already, even I in the list, I also will give

01:15chance to our juniors, because now times, now times, we need to develop more juniors.

01:22So basically you are looking at, this could be your last year, playing as an international?

01:28I think so, I think so, after this, I think so.

01:33So you are definitely want to give the younger players, the new newcomers a chance?

01:39In future, I will still try to develop more junior players, I mean, not even the, I mean

01:46from stat, if need help, you can find me as well, I will still doing coaching and everything,

01:53try to develop more junior players too.

01:55You already have many plans to do like academy or?

01:58Yes, I already have a plan, to do like academy, everything, to develop junior, more focus

02:05on junior players, that's my plan.

02:07So everything will depend on the, if contract extended?

02:10Yeah, yeah, I still, everything still in, see it, my contract how lah.

02:14I heard rumours that you and Pei Jing, your relationship is not good, but you have any

02:19comments for this?

02:20No lah, don't listen to, maybe we have some misunderstanding, I mean past time, but it's

02:27already, we already like meeting and bincang, so it's a, really it's a misunderstanding

02:33lah, so it's not, like we didn't have any issue on relationship lah, so don't worry

02:40about that.

02:41Misunderstanding is just because of the results or?

02:44Because, actually, this is very normal, this like partnership problem, maybe like sometime

02:50I, my body condition not so well, that's why, so I skip the training, or I, not really did

03:03well in the training, then I didn't like, I didn't care about her feeling, so sometime

03:09you, sorry to say, girls like, like more emotion a bit lah, so, that's why lah.

03:16So this thing happen lah, because of the results also going down, so there was, make some pressure

03:21lah.

03:22Yeah, yeah, Pei Jing also like, maybe, she want to, really want to play well, so this

03:26is, I think this is normal lah.

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