ALOR SETAR, Oct 30 (Bernama) -- Three national singles players, two males and a female, advanced to the boys' quarter finals of the World Junior Badminton Championship at the Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium here this Friday's morning.
Iskandar Zulkarnain, who took to the court as a second pick, was forced into three sets by Thai challenger, Pisit Poodchalat before winning 18-21, 21-15 and 21-17.
Another national single, Misbun Ramdan Mohamed Misbun, joined Iskandar after defeating Nikolaj Persson of Germany 21-18 and 28-26.
However, Zulfadli Zulkifli failed to join his mates after being sent off the court by Chinese first choice, Tian Houwei 21-19 and 21-17.
Meanwhile, Tee Jing Yi continued Malaysia's quest in the girls' event after easily defeating Ying Suet Tse from Hong Kong with straight sets of 21-9 and 21-10.
Sonia Cheah Su Ya's journey ended when she was defeated by Chinese first pick, Chen Xiaojia, 17-21, 19-21.
Girls' doubles pair Ng Hui Ern and Lai Pei Jing advanced to the quarter finals after overcoming Indonesian combination Claudia Ayu Wijaya and Della Destira Haris 22-20 and 22-20.
However, the Shevon Jemie Lai-Ong Boon Hui duo were knocked out after losing to Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Sen and Vu Thi Trang 15-21, 10-21.
Boys' doubles pair Chooi Kah Ming and Ow Yao Han also advanced further by beating the Swedish pair Simon Bergstron-Patrick Lundvit in straight sets of 21-17 and 21-12.
The Goh Jian Hao-Phang Zheng Lin pair failed to make it to the quarter finals when they were defeated by Thailand's Tin D.Caballes-Nipithon Phuangphuapet duo 21-13 and 18-21.
The mixed doubles pair of Ow Yao Han and Lai Pei Jing beat Indians Pranav Chopra-Prajakta Sawant by 21-13, 21-13 to advance to the quarter final.
The quarter finals will played at 6pm this evening.
--BERNAMA
Saya setuju. We are working on more coaches! “ @ManOlimpik : Malaysian junior athletes are just too ‘lembik’ http://t.co/7D7wmHWaNy ” — Khairy Jamaluddin (@Khairykj) June 10, 2014 The benchmark. Can our junior athletes train as hard as Malaysia's world No.1 badminton player, Lee Chong Wei? “IT IS okay lah. The training is not too bad lah. I will try lah … Wah, so hard lah today.” These are some of the common statements I hear from our juniors nowadays. It is not only in badminton. It is the easy-going, laid-back attitude and lack of competitiveness at grassroots level that we have problems producing quality players. I have travelled quite a bit. After ending my decade-long career with the national team, I went to play in the league in Europe. It’s different there. The European athletes know what they want. And they do it with real focus. Even the young ones possess admirable self-control and show a high level of commitment. During my time in the ...
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