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Kejutan landa pemain beregu


Oleh Ahmad Khawari Isa dan Muhammad Khairil S Iswan
bhsukan@bharian.com.my

DUA beregu harapan negara ke Kejohanan Badminton Dunia, dua minggu lagi - Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong dan Fairuzizuan Tazari-Mohd Zakry Latif - jadi mangsa kejutan pada hari pertama saingan Mini Olimpik, semalam.

Kien Keat-Boon Heong, pilihan utama temasya sulung itu, gagal mara ke pertentangan kemuncak, hari ini, selepas dijinakkan gandingan veteran, Chan Chong Ming-Chew Choon Eng 21-19, 21-17 di separuh akhir.

Nasib Fairuzizuan-Zakry lebih buruk apabila tersingkir pada perlawanan pertama selepas dikejutkan gandingan muda negara, Goh Wei Shem-Vountus Indra Mawan 21-18, 21-14.

Ketua jurulatih beregu negara, Rexy Mainaky, bagaimanapun tidak bimbang dengan kekalahan itu, kerana percaya masih ada masa untuk memperbaiki kelemahan sebelum ke Hyderabad.

Cuma, gelisah tidak dinafikannya, terutama melihatkan kegagalan Fairuzizuan-Zakry untuk memanfaat kelebihan pengalaman ketika membenarkan lawan lebih muda menguasai rentak permainan.

“Memang saya terkejut melihatkan mereka tidak mengawal pemain muda. Sebaliknya, mereka biarkan emosi mempengaruhi permainan. Saya harap baki waktu sebelum ke Kejohanan Dunia nanti, mereka mampu berbuat sesuatu,” katanya.

Final beregu hari ini bakal disaingi Chong Ming-Choon Eng menentang satu lagi beregu veteran, Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah.

Kejutan bagaimanapun tidak mengganggu pemain nombor satu dunia, Lee Chong Wei, yang mudah melepasi dua halangan, semalam, buat menempah tempat ke final bertemu Hafiz Hashim, hari ini.

Chong Wei menang 21-15, 21-9 ke atas Roslin Hashim pada aksi pertama sebelum menjinakkan Sairul Amar Ayob 21-15, 21-5. Hafiz bagaimanapun ditentang hebat Wong Choong Hann pada separuh akhir sebelum menang 21-19, 19-21, 21-18.

Pilihan utama, Wong Mew Choo dan gandingan Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui juga mudah mara ke final ketika final beregu campuran bakal disaingi Fairuzizuan-Pei Tty menentang Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying.

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