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Beban menanti Pei Tty-Eei Hui

KUALA LUMPUR - Dinobat sebagai beregu No. 1 dunia sehari sebelum berlepas ke Seluruh England sepatutnya menjadi perkhabaran gembira buat pasangan wanita negara, Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui, begitupun berita tersebut sebaliknya telah mengundang resah buat anak didik Rexy Mainaky itu.

Semalam, Pei Tty-Eei Hui memintas pasangan Taiwan, Chien Yu Chin-Cheng Wen Hsing untuk melonjak ke tangga teratas ranking terbaru Persekutuan Badminton Dunia (BWF).

Ini adalah kali kedua juara Terbuka Denmark dan Masters Akhir itu berada di puncak dunia selepas turut merampas takhta pada ranking 15 Januari 2009, namun ia hanya mampu bertahan selama seminggu.

Pasangan Korea, Lee Kyung Won-Lee Hyo Jung menduduki ranking ketiga dunia, diikuti pasangan China, Yang Wei-Zhang Jiewen, Liliyana Natsir-Vita Marissa dan juara Olimpik, Du Jing-Yu Yang.

"Saya tidak tahu apakah ini dianggap berita gembira atau sebaliknya. Saya langsung tidak teruja dengan ranking terbaru ini tetapi saya sebenarnya lebih bimbang ia akan menambah tekanan kepada kami.

"Saya tidak rasa ada perbezaan jadi No. 1 atau 2, malah pada saya beregu China, Du Jing-Yu Yang paling layak berada di tempat kami. Mereka jatuh ranking sebab tidak beraksi di Terbuka Korea dan Malaysia tetapi mereka akan kembali di Seluruh England dan Terbuka Switzerland,'' kata Pei Tty.

Skuad badminton Malaysia akan berlepas ke London malam ini untuk menghadapi kejohanan Seluruh England pada 3-8 Mac, diikuti Terbuka Switzerland dari 10-15 Mac.

Pei Tty-Eei Hui menerima undian getir pada Seluruh England kerana perlu melepasi halangan tiga pasangan China jika mahu melakar sejarah menjadi pemain wanita pertama Malaysia layak ke perlawanan akhir.

Selepas membuka kempen dengan menentang pemain pusingan kelayakan, naib juara Terbuka China, Perancis dan Jepun itu dijangka berdepan Pan Pan-Qing Tian pada pusingan kedua.

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