INDONESIA - Olympic champion slams the door

According to Kompas, the daily newspaper from Indonesia, Markis Kido slammed the door of his National Federation PBSI this Friday after a meeting didn't turn out the way he wanted.

The relationship between some players and the National Federation PBSI has been degrading for the past few months, and after the official announcement from Taufik that he would turn professional, it is now another Olympic champion which turns his back on his Federation.

His partner Hendra Setiawan is said to have stayed in PBSI for now, but Kido could be partnering his younger brother Bona Septano - also a top Indonesian shuttler - and possibly his sister Pia Zebadiah Bernadet in the mixed double. Other players are also in the wait for the outcome of this political battle between some players and the new PBSI elected staff while others have already planned to go abroad to seek opportunities