To be able to make this trip to Malaysia - and India - is what I crowdfunded for last year. I am so lucky and thankful that I get to start 2016's tournament schedule with Asia!
Right now, mixed feelings of both great excitement and slight anxiety have a hold on my mind and body. It's the first time that I will be travelling to Asia for an individual purpose. That doesn't offer the 'under the radar'-notion that playing in a team event for my country would give. However, it does up the ante as to what I expect from myself and perhaps others expect from me as well.
I will play my first match of 2016 on Wednesday, January 20th against Busanan Ongbumrungpan from Thailand - winner of this tournament back in 2012! - and I invite you to read the tournament preview on badmintonline.nl. More background about the tournament: click here.
