KUALA LUMPUR: Mixed doubles world champion Toh Ee Wei has spoken candidly about a dip in her form and confidence ahead of the Indonesia Masters, which starts at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old admitted her rhythm was disrupted after she and partner Chen Tang Jie were knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Open, a slump that carried into the India Open where they surprisingly fell in the first round.
"I feel that after the Malaysia Open, my confidence was slightly affected," said Ee Wei, who won the world title with Tang Jie in Paris last year.
"In India, even though I tried my best, my performance was not good and it affected my confidence even more."
Ee Wei stressed that the Indonesia Masters is part of a rebuilding process rather than a tournament defined by results alone.
"Whether I win or lose (at the Indonesia Masters) is not the main thing because what matters is doing my best for the country and my family," she said.
"I have to get back my rhythm and my confidence in Jakarta."
At last year's tournament, Ee Wei-Tang Jie lost in the quarter-finals to Thailand's world No. 4 Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Supissara Paewsampran in a three-game encounter.
Compare to her title winning-form at last year's World Championships, Ee Wei said her current level is not there.
"At the World Championships, everything was very different and beyond expectations because I managed to play at the highest level," she said.
"We can't always perform at the top level but we need to trust the process of finding what needs to be done to regain that same form we showed in Paris," said Ee Wei, who is currently ranked world No. 3 with Tang Jie.
