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Terbuka India: Satu lepas, dua tersungkur


JULIA terpaksa akur kepada kehebatan Pi Hongyan pada perlawanan akhir perseorangan wanita Terbuka India semalam.

NASIB berbeza dialami kem badminton negara pada Kejohanan Terbuka India semalam apabila pasangan beregu veteran berjaya muncul juara ketika dua lagi pemain perseorangan tersungkur di peringkat akhir.

Pilihan utama, Chong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah mempamerkan kelas tersendiri dengan menumpaskan pasangan Singapura, Hendri Kurniawan Saputra-Hendra Wijaya 21-9, 21-11 untuk menjuarai acara beregu lelaki pada aksi di Stadium Gachibowli, Hyderabad itu.

"Mereka tidak bermain dengan baik, banyak melakukan kesilapan dan kami pun terus mengutip mata untuk memenangi permainan sejak set pertama.

"Ia satu perlawanan yang agak mudah bagi kami," kata Wan Wah mengenai kejayaan mereka semalam.

Begitupun, nasib berbeza pula menimpa dua pemain perseorangan negara, Mohd. Hafiz Hashim dan Julia Wong Pei Xian yang tumpas di peringkat akhir.


TAN FOOK (kanan) dan Wan Wah mudah mengenepikan pasangan Singapura dalam acara akhir beregu lelaki semalam.

Meskipun memulakan permainan dengan baik, Hafiz bagaimanapun hilang tumpuan ketika berdepan pemain No. 7 dunia, Taufik Hidayat dari Indonesia dan terpaksa akur dengan kekalahan staright set, 18-21, 19-21.

Dengan kepantasan dan ketepatan hantaran, Taufik yang tampil lebih yakin sebagai pemain pilihan kedua kejohanan, mudah menjinakkan Hafiz dan membawa pulang hadiah kemenangan AS$9,000 (RM32,557).

Dalam kategori perseorangan wanita pula, Julia yang membuat kejutan memenangi set pertama ke atas pemain yang lebih berpengalaman, Pi Hongyan dari Perancis, gagal menyaingi kehebatan lawannya itu dalam dua set seterusnya.

"Dia membuka kembali permainan dan membuatkan saya berlari segenap penjuru gelanggang sekali gus menyebabkan saya membuat banyak kesilapan dan kehilangan beberapa mata.

"Saya sangat kecewa. Ini kekalahan ketiga saya dalam perlawanan akhir," kata Julia yang masih memburu kejuaraan pertama dalam kariernya.

Dalam kategori beregu wanita pula, pasangan China, Jin Ma- Xiaoli Wang menewaskan pasangan Indonesia, Vita Marissa- Nadya Melati 21-14, 21-13 untuk muncul juara.

Pasangan Indonesia, Flandy Limpee-Vita Marissa pula berjaya menyekat hajat pasangan tuan rumah, India Diju Valiyaveetil-Jwala Gutta apabila menang 21-14, 21-17 untuk merangkul gelaran beregu campuran. - Bernama

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