Xin Yee-Carmen have potential to flourish, says coach Rosman
PETALING JAYA: Young shuttlers Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting have the potential to go far in the women's doubles.
National women's doubles coach Rosman Razak believes that Xin Yee-Carmen, who are both 18, are a pair to watch out for in the future.
In the Malaysian Masters which ended on Sunday, the youngsters showed signs of their capabilities when they gave Paris Olympics champion Jia Yifan and her new partner Zhang Shuxian a tough fight before going down 11-21, 21-17, 13-21 in the first round.
Xin Yee-Carmen are gaining valuable experience through competing in higher tier competitions this year including the World Tour Super 1000 Malaysian Open in January and Asian Championships last month.
The pair, who captured bronze in the Asian Junior Championships last year, managed to reach the second round of the Super 300 Taiwan Open last month.
It might only be a small step forwards but will have given the young pair lots of confidence as they attempt to make a breakthrough in senior level.
Playing in more top tier competitions has helped Xin Yee-Carmen move up six spots to a career high No. 47 in the latest world rankings.
Although still having a long way to go to match national No. 1 and world No. 4 Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah, Rosman feels his young charges' progress is encouraging.
'In the Malaysian Masters, Xin Yee-Carmen played three games against Yifan-Shuxian. They are still young and I understand their level is still far but we are working on developing them,' said Rosman.
'As everyone knows, besides Pearly-Thinaah, the level of Malaysian women's doubles is quite far compared to other countries and we are trying to close the gap.'
Currently, world No. 24 Teoh Mei Xing-Go Pei Kee are the closest to Pearly-Thinaah in Malaysia.
Mei Xing-Pei Kee did well to beat China's Chen Qingchen-Wang Tingge in the first round in the Malaysian Masters before losing to Yifan-Shuxian.
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