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Nurul Alia curi tumpuan ke separuh akhir

KUALA TERENGGANU - Nurul Elia Anuar dari pasukan Sail Putrajaya meneruskan kemaraan ke saingan separuh akhir Kejohanan Kapal Layar Piala Monsun (kelayakan Malaysia) di Pulau Duyong, semalam.

Turut ke separuh akhir ialah juragan pasukan Taring Pelangi, Hazwan Hazim Dermawan, Mohammad Razali Mansor dari Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) 1 dan Jeremy Koo dari pasukan Koo Racing Team-AC Law.

Kesemua mereka mengutip mata terbanyak dalam perlumbaan satu lawan satu pada pusingan timbal balik berbanding sembilan peserta lain.

Jeremy berjaya mengumpul 11 mata manakala Mohamad Razali serta Nurul Elia masing-masing memperoleh 10 mata dan Hazwan Hazim pula lapan mata.

Dalam saingan separuh akhir yang akan bermula pukul 10 pagi hari ini, setiap pelayar akan bertemu sesama sendiri dalam tiga perlumbaan dan mereka yang memperoleh mata terbanyak akan mara ke pusingan akhir.

Jeremy akan bertemu Hazwan Hazim manakala Nurul Elia akan menentang Mohammad Razali dalam separuh akhir.

Jeremy ketika ditemui berkata, dia akan melihat keadaan angin dan cuaca dahulu sebelum membuat sebarang strategi dalam menentang lawan.

''Apabila saya sudah mengkaji faktor-faktor ini, kemudian saya akan membuat strategi yang akan membolehkan saya mara ke peringkat akhir nanti," katanya.

Sementara kata Nurul Elia, dia akan mencari peluang mewujudkan situasi yang membolehkan dia mengawal lawan dan perlumbaan.

''Saya tidak ingin mendedahkan strategi yang ingin saya gunakan tetapi saya ingin memastikan pasukan saya mendapat tempat dalam peringkat akhir dan seterusnya muncul juara dan mendapat kelayakan ke Piala Monsun," ujarnya.

Mohammad Razali pula ingin mengurangkan kesilapan yang telah dilakukan dalam pusingan timbal balik dan memperbaiki mutu permainannya supaya tidak kecundang ke peringkat akhir.

Pendapat itu turut diluahkan oleh Hazwan Hazim yang ingin memastikan mereka membuat permulaan yang baik dan mengatasi pasukan lawan dalam setiap perlumbaan dilalui mereka. UTUSAN

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