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How can BWF give another slot to China when they already have three players in the fray. Would it not made more sense to give the wild card to a country who have no representative in the world championships? A player can stay away for eight months and still be considered for the world championships! What about the others who have worked hard to qualify for the event. He is one of the players, who had conceded walkovers and turned his back on BWF’s tournaments many times. Yet, he is rewarded with a wild card. I do not know what to say about BWF’s rules and regulations any more. Rather than qualifying, I should have waited for a wild card too – Datuk Lee Chong Wei

Datuk Lee was absolutely right when he said that. This is NOT an open tournament or invitation event where an organiser can give away wild card as they wish to attract the crowds. This a World Championship event where players have to compete in many tournaments to collect as many points just to earn the right to be there. (more…)