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Pengorbanan Zakry-Fairuzizuan


ZAKRY (kanan) dan Fairuzizuan galas cabaran Malaysia pada Terbuka Jepun di Tokyo, Selasa ini.


APA lagi yang mampu diungkap selain mengharapkan keberkatan Syawal dalam misi menakluk Kejohanan Badminton Terbuka Jepun.

Bagi pemain beregu lelaki negara, Mohd. Zakry Abdul Latif, dia terpaksa melupakan seketika Aidilfitri tahun ini kerana bakal menggalas cabaran negara pada Terbuka Jepun yang bermula Selasa ini.

Begitupun, Zakry tidak pernah mengeluh, sebaliknya berharap dapat pulang ke tanah air dengan reputasi sebagai juara.

"Ketika umat Islam lain bergembira menyambut Aidilfitri, saya pula terpaksa meninggalkan keluarga untuk menyertai Terbuka Jepun pada malam 1 Syawal," kata Zakry.

"Mujur keluarga memahami dan sudah terbiasa dengan situasi saya selaku pemain sepenuh masa.

"Ini bukan kali pertama saya tidak dapat menyambut perayaan lebih lama di Malaysia. Malah, saya juga pernah tidak menyambut Aidilfitri selama dua tahun berturut-turut.


ZAKRY (belakang) dan Fairuzizuan.


"Bagaimanapun, saya tidak terlalu ralat kerana sekurang-kurangnya saya tetap bersama mereka pada pagi Syawal tahun ini.

Zakry yang bergandingan bersama Mohd. Fairuzizuan Tazari menambah: "Saya amat berharap dapat menjuarai kejohanan ini sebagai hadiah untuk keluarga dan saya percaya, di bulan yang mulia ini, pasti ada rezeki untuk saya."

Dalam pada itu, Fairuzizuan juga berjanji akan mencuba yang terbaik dan memastikan tidak ada apa yang mampu mengganggu tumpuannya untuk meraih kejayaan di Jepun.

"Pagi raya saya sempat bersama keluarga di Taiping, Perak tetapi saya tidak sempat untuk bertemu tunang tersayang kerana harus berlepas ke Jepun," kata Fairuzizuan.

"Begitupun, saya akan pastikan tumpuan saya tidak terjejas dan akan mencuba yang terbaik."

Zakry-Fairuzizuan yang diletakkan sebagai pilihan ketujuh pada Terbuka Jepun, akan memulakan aksi menentang beregu Thailand, Songphon Anugritaywon-Sudket Prapakamol pada pusingan pertama sebelum dijadual menentang pilihan ketiga dari Korea Selatan, Jun Jae Sung-Lee Yong Dae pada pusingan ketiga.

Selain Terbuka Jepun, Zakry-Fairuziuan turut menanam impian untuk merangkul pingat emas pada temasya Sukan SEA di Laos, Disember depan.

Beregu No. 2 negara itu bakal membuat penampilan pertama di pentas Sukan SEA selepas Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM) memutuskan untuk menghantar barisan elit negara.

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