Shinta Mulia Sari's teammates were shocked during a recent training session when, instead of smiling and chatting like she usually does, the Singapore shuttler wore an expression of intense concentration that verged on being "fierce".
Laughing, the 31-year-old told The Straits Times: "The younger girls asked me why I looked so fierce and why I didn't want to smile, and I said, 'Because I have no time to smile at you'."
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