However, due to the new Olympic qualification requirement set by the BWF whereby each country can send two representatives for each event only if they are both in the top 8 of the world rankings in their discipline and if they are not then only the highest ranked representative will contest, Koo and Tan narrowly failed to qualify for the Olympics.
Due to the updated Olympic qualification criteria established by the BWF, which stipulates that a country can send only two representatives per event if they are both among the top eight in their respective disciplines' rankings or if neither is, then only the highest ranked will compete, Koo and Tan narrowly failed to secure an Olympic spot.