KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 21 -- National men's doubles head coach Herry IP has called for a clear reset in physical preparation from Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, insisting fitness - not pressure - was the decisive factor behind their early exit at the BWF World Tour Finals (WTF).

World No. 2 Chia-Soh won only one of three Group B matches in Hangzhou and failed to reach the semi-finals, a disappointing return at an event featuring the top eight pairs on the World Tour and a winner's prize of US$252,000 (RM1.03 million).

They opened with a draining three-game win over Indonesia's world No. 8 Fajar Alfian-Shohibul Fikri, edging through 22-24, 21-18, 21-19, but were then outpaced by China's world No. 5 Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang (21-14, 21-18) and Indi...