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REXY Mainaky is unfazed by the National Sports Council's call to slash his salary.

But the Indonesian coach, who is a former Olympic champion, hopes the BA of Malaysia (BAM) will judge him on his performance as the women's doubles and mixed doubles chief coach before taking any action.

Given the task of ensuring that wome's doubles Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui and mixed doubles Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying qualify for next year's London Olympics, Rexy only started his new duties three weeks ago.

Although Rexy agreed that the Olympic expectations on Pei Tty-Eei Hui and Peng Soon-Liu Ying are not as high as compared to Lee Chong Wei or Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong, he feels that there is always the pressure to make players perform in the Olympics.

"All I can say at the moment is give me time until the London Olympics and judge me on the performances of my charges in the major event," said Rexy.

"Women's doubles and mixed doubles are not as high profile as men's singles and doubles but my responsibility to make Pei Tty-Eei Hui perform in the Olympics is the same.

"Jeremy Gan will be guiding the mixed doubles but I have to take responsibility on the overall performance and must make sure they, too, qualify.

"We are not just looking at qualifying but also at playing well and fighting for a medal. There is an outside chance and with a bit of luck, we may able to do it. That is going to be my battle.

"It is also good if BAM includes performance-based increment or reduction in the coaches' contracts as we can now see the consequences early."

BAM secretary Ng Chin Chai had stated that a reduction of Rexy's salary is unlikely at the moment. 

Rexy's main task is to get Pei Tty-Eei Hui ready for the Denmark Open on Oct 18-23 where they will face Japan's Mizuki Fujii-Reika Kakiiwa in the first round and also help Woon Khe Wei-Vivian Hoo continue their progress and do well in the Europe. 

"Pei Tty-Eei Hui have been training hard and I am expecting them to overcome the Japanese pair after losing to them in the World Championships in three games. 

"They need to do well and earn more world ranking points as they are currently 25th while Khe Wei-Vivian also have a good chance to survive the qualifiers and go as far as the last eight."

They will also play in the French Open in Paris which begins on Oct 25.

National Malaysia doubles coach Rosman Razak has made a request to train players at the Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) following the Badminton Association of Malaysia’s (BAM) move to hire a new doubles coach – Yoo Yong-sung of South Korea.

Rosman, who has been with the national set-up since 2002, feels that there were enough doubles coaches in the national team.

Besides two-time Olympic Games silver medalists Yong-sung, the other coaches in the doubles department are Pang Cheh Chang, Rexy Mainaky, Chong Kien Ling and Jeremy Gan.

All of them are under the charge of chief coach Tan Kim Her.

“I think there are enough coaches in the doubles department and I have requested to be designated as a coach at the BJSS.

“I have learnt a lot as a coach with the national team and I can contribute to the young doubles shuttlers in the school,” said Rosman.

Rosman has worked closely with the elite shuttlers, which includes Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong, prior to BAM’s recent re-structuring move.

He also had guided youngsters Vountus Indra Mawan-Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid to a shock victory over world and Olympic champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia to reach the Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold last eight this year.

Yesterday, BAM secretary Ng Chin Chai confirmed that Rosman had made the request but he said that the matter would be discussed at their exco meeting which will be chaired by Datuk Seri Nadzmi Mohd Salleh on Saturday.