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Pei Tty-Eei Hui kini beregu No. 2 dunia

Oleh RADIAH SAORI


PEI TTY (depan) dan Eei Hui mara ke pusingan suku akhir Terbuka Hong Kong semalam.

BEREGU wanita No. 1 negara, Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui terus mengharumkan nama negara.

Selepas mencipta kejayaan sulung pada Kejohanan Badminton Terbuka Denmark bulan lepas, Pei Tty-Eei Hui kini mencipta satu lagi sejarah apabila muncul beregu wanita pertama negara yang berjaya menghuni ranking No. 2 dunia.

Dalam senarai ranking terbaru Persekutuan Badminton Dunia (BWF) semalam, Pei Tty-Eei Hui melonjak tiga kedudukan daripada ranking No. 5 dunia minggu lepas.

Pei Tty-Eei Hui yang memulakan musim ini dengan menduduki ranking ke-11 dunia, mengumpul 63,829 mata berbanding beregu No. 1 dunia dari China, Du Jing-Yu Yang yang memperoleh 79,710 mata.

Kejayaan Pei Tty-Eei Hui menduduki ranking kedua dunia itu merupakan hasil kejayaan mereka mara dalam dua perlawanan akhir berturut-turut iaitu pada Terbuka Perancis dan China bulan ini.

"Ini merupakan ranking terbaik kami dan sudah tentu kami gembira menjadi beregu No. 2 dunia.

"Namun kami tidak ingin terlalu memikirkannya. Buat masa ini, kami hanya ingin mempamerkan aksi terbaik dan bergembira dengan latihan yang dijalankan.

"Saya rasa, ini lebih penting buat kami ketika ini," kata Pei Tty menerusi khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) yang dikirim dari Hong Kong semalam.

Dalam pada itu, Pei Tty-Eei Hui yang sudah mengesahkan slot ke Final Masters bulan depan, mara ke pusingan suku akhir Terbuka Hong Kong selepas mudah menewaskan beregu England, Jenny Wallwork-Gabrielle White 21-18, 21-5 semalam.

Pada pusingan suku akhir hari ini, Pei Tty-Eei Hui yang diletakkan sebagai pilihan kedua akan menentang beregu pilihan keenam, Lena Frier Kristiansen-Kamilla Rytter Juhl.

Turut mara dua beregu lelaki utama negara, Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong serta Zakry Latif-Fairuzizuan Tazari.

Kien Keat-Boon Heong yang menduduki ranking kelima dunia sekali gus merampas kedudukan beregu No. 1 negara daripada Zakry-Fairuzizuan semalam, menewaskan beregu England, Chris Adcock-Robert Blair 18-21, 21-19, 21-16.

Begitupun, Kien Keat-Boon Heong akan berdepan laluan sukar apabila dijadual menentang beregu No. 1 dunia, Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan dari Indonesia.

Zakry-Fairuzizuan pula mudah menundukkan beregu senegara, Chan Peng Soon-Lim Khim Wah 21-19, 21-18 untuk bertemu beregu Korea, Cho Gun Woo-Yoo Yeon Seong.

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