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Mew Choo cicir, Chong Wei mara


Lee Chong Wei

RANGKULAN terhadap gelaran dimenangi tahun lalu terpaksa dileraikan Wong Mew Choo yang kecundang di tangan pemain muda tuan rumah pada pusingan kedua Siri Super Terbuka China di Shanghai, semalam.

Namun berita gembira dijelmakan pemain wanita nombor dua negara, Julia Wong Pei Xian dan tonggak veteran, Wong Choong Hann, yang masing-masing melakar kejutan untuk mara ke suku akhir.

Turut sama melangkah ialah pemain utama, Lee Chong Wei (gambar), yang mudah membenam tentangan pemain veteran Hong Kong, Ng Wei, 21-13, 21-14.

Mew Choo tampak berdepan kesukaran sejak awal pertemuan pusingan kedua dengan Zhu Jingjing apabila tewas mudah 11-21 pada set pertama. Biarpun cuba bangkit melawan, dia tidak terdaya mengelak kekalahan 14-21 pada set kedua.

Julia pula mempamer ketenangan pada detik genting set pertama 19-20, untuk menang 22-20 dan biarpun kalah set kedua 10-21, bangkit dengan aksi bertenaga untuk membenam pilihan ketiga dari Denmark, Tine Rasmussen 21-10 pada set penentuan.

Choong Hann juga membuktikan masih punya ketahanan fizikal mantap dalam pertentangan dengan pilihan kelima dari Denmark, Peter Gade, apabila menang 17-21, 21-18, 21-16 selepas bertarung selama 66 minit.

Skuad negara turut memiliki tiga gandingan ke suku akhir beregu lelaki selepas Mohd Zakry Latif-Fairuzizuan Tazari, Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong dan Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah, meneruskan langkah.

Zakry-Fairuzizuan menang 21-13, 21-16 ke atas lawan senegara, Hong Chieng Hun-Choong Hann, Kien Keat-Boon Heong mengatasi Chai Biao-Liu Xiaolong 21-10, 21-13 dan Tan Fook-Wan Wah menang 22-20, 21-8 menundukkan pasangan Korea Selatan, Kim Ki-jung-Ko Sung-hyun.

Gandingan Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui turut meneruskan rentetan prestasi baik untuk ke suku akhir selepas menang 21-13, 21-10 ke atas beregu muda tuan rumah, Deng Yuting-Tang Jinhua.

BH

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