However, Wooi Yik, 26, admitted that he and his partner Aaron Chia will face the difficult challenge of pushing their world tour ranking to the top eight for the final championship as the duo is currently in 12th position.

What’s more, Wooi Yik, 26, said he is still not fully fit having just recovered from a fractured bone in his right toe. He said he sustained the injury during the Paris Olympics in August and needs to regain the rhythm of the game now.

“If possible, we also hope to enter (the World Tour Finals). There are three major tournaments left before the World Tour Finals and we did not play in many tournaments this year. So we are still trailing in points. Nonetheless, we don’t want to force ourselves.

“I just want to get back my rhythm. My body needs to adapt because before going to Europe I only trained for two weeks, perhaps my fitness or strength is not at its peak yet,” he said at the Federal Territories Malaysia Games (Sukma) victory incentive presentation ceremony here today.

The Kuala Lumpur-born athlete said there were only three tournaments left for him and Aaron to collect points to qualify for the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals, namely the Korea Masters, Japan Masters and China Masters, respectively, next month.

Last week, Aaron-Wooi Yik lost to the Chinese pair, Chen Bo Yang-Liu Yi 20-22, 15-21 in the quarter-finals of the Denmark Open in Odense. This was after their campaign in the Arctic Open came to an early end on Oct 10 when they were knocked out in the second round.

Meanwhile, at the presentation ceremony tonight, Wooi Yik received a windfall amounting to RM50,000 for successfully winning bronze at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris with his partner, Aaron Chia.