KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 (Bernama) -- World No 1 men's singles shuttler Datuk Lee Chong Wei withdrew unexpectedly while his beau, top national women's singles Wong Mew Choo was shown the exit in the first round of the Hong Kong Super Series Wednesday.
Chong Wei, the tournament's first seed and Beijing Olympic silver medalist, who lost tamely to Lin Dan of China in the China Open Super Series last Sunday, gave a walkover to his unpopular opponent, Marc Zwiebler of Germany, who will play Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana in tomorrow's second round at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium.
The championship also saw two other Malaysian men singles players beaten by their opponents.
Wong Choong Hann was outclassed by Hong Ji Hoon of South Korea 21-12, 10-21 and 15-21, while Indonesian Taufik Hidayat outplayed Chong Wei Feng 21-9, 21-15.
Meanwhile, world No 2 Lin Dan defeated Alistair Casey of Scotland 21-10, 21-10 to advance to a second round clash with Indonesian Andre Kurniawan Tedjono.
In the men's doubles, five Malaysian pairs -- Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif/Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari; Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong; Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah; Chan Peng Soon/Lim Khim Wah; and Mohd RAzif Abdul Latif/Tan We Kiong -- sailed through to the second round.
Meanwhile in the women's singles, unseeded Mew Choo was overwhelmed by fifth seed China's Zhu Lin in straight sets 21-15, 21-11.
Nevertheless, Malaysia's fast raising star Julia Wong outclassed Goto Al of Japan 21-16, 21-18. Julia will meet Hong Kong's second seed Zhou Mi in tomorrow's second round.
Three Malaysian women's pairs -- Chin Eei Hui/Wong Pei Tty; Haw Chiou Hwee/Lim Pek Siah and Chong Sook Chin/Woon Khe Wei -- also qualified to the second round.
-- BERNAMA
Saya setuju. We are working on more coaches! “ @ManOlimpik : Malaysian junior athletes are just too ‘lembik’ http://t.co/7D7wmHWaNy ” — Khairy Jamaluddin (@Khairykj) June 10, 2014 The benchmark. Can our junior athletes train as hard as Malaysia's world No.1 badminton player, Lee Chong Wei? “IT IS okay lah. The training is not too bad lah. I will try lah … Wah, so hard lah today.” These are some of the common statements I hear from our juniors nowadays. It is not only in badminton. It is the easy-going, laid-back attitude and lack of competitiveness at grassroots level that we have problems producing quality players. I have travelled quite a bit. After ending my decade-long career with the national team, I went to play in the league in Europe. It’s different there. The European athletes know what they want. And they do it with real focus. Even the young ones possess admirable self-control and show a high level of commitment. During my time in the ...
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