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BAM sasar separuh akhir

KUALA LUMPUR - Sasaran separuh akhir diletakkan Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM) bukan saja untuk skuad Piala Thomas, malah Piala Uber yang akan berlangsung di Kuala Lumpur, Mei ini.
Malah, tiga bekas jaguh kebangsaan, Wong Choong Hann serta pasangan Choong Tan Fook dan Lee Wan Wah menerima nasib berbeza pada kejohanan 9-16 Mei itu.

Ketiadaan pemain perseorangan lelaki yang meyakinkan menyaksikan bekas kapten Malaysia, Choong Hann berada dalam senarai awal skuad Piala Thomas 2010.

Bagaimanapun, Tan Fook-Wan Wah tercicir daripada senarai beregu diketuai oleh Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong dan Mohd. Fairuzizuan Tazari-Mohd. Zakry Abdul Latif.


Jaguh No. 1 dunia, Datuk Lee Chong Wei mengetuai senarai awal perseorangan lelaki bersama Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, Kuan Beng Hong, Tan Chun Seang, Chong Wei Feng dan Chan Kwong Beng.
Dalam beregu lelaki, selain Kien Keat-Boon Heong dan Fairuzizuan-Zakry, turut disenarai Hoon Thien How-Ong Soon Hock, Chan Peng Soon-Lim Khim Wah, Mak Hee Chun-Tan Wee Kiong dan Goh Wei Shem.

Hanya 10 pemain akan melengkapkan senarai akhir untuk diserah kepada badan badminton dunia, BWF sebelum kejohanan.

"Wong Choong Hann masih mempunyai kemampuan dan tahap fizikal yang baik untuk membawa cabaran tetapi ia bergantung kepada sejauh mana dia boleh menerima syarat yang ditetapkan, termasuk soal penajaan.
"Sebaik tersenarai, setiap pemain wajib menjalani latihan pusat bermula pada 21 April dan wajib menyertai kem bina semangat yang diadakan dari 23-27 April.

"Bagi Tan Fook-Wan Wah, kami tidak menutup peluang mereka biarpun tiada dalam senarai awal. Rexy (Mainaky, ketua jurulatih beregu) bersedia mempertimbangkan mereka jika menyerlah pada Seluruh England (bulan depan),'' kata Setiausaha Agung BAM, P. Ganga Rao selepas mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kejurulatihan dan Latihan BAM, semalam.

Sementara itu, Ganga bersetuju sasaran Malaysia pada Piala Thomas tidak sepatutnya kurang daripada separuh akhir, malah selaku juara Sukan SEA, skuad Piala Uber juga berpotensi ke separuh akhir, bergantung kepada undian.

Wong Mew Choo dan beregu Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui mengetuai cabaran Piala Uber. Turut disenarai, Lydia Cheah, Julia Wong, Tee Jing Yi, Sannatasah Saniru, Woon Khe Wei-Vivian Hoo, Ng Hui Lin-Goh Liu Ying, Lim Yin Loo-Ng Pau Ling, Yang Li Lian-Sonia Cheah.

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