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SUKAR buat perseorangan utama negara, Lee Chong Wei memburu kejuaraan di Siri Super Seluruh England 9-14 Mac depan apabila undian dikeluarkan, semalam bagaikan tidak menyebelahinya.
Chong Wei yang diletakkan sebagai pilihan pertama bakal berdepan cabaran Chetan Anand dari India, sebelum pemain Indonesia, Sony Dwi Kuncoro atau pemain muda China, Du Pengyu menanti di pusingan kedua.
Ranjau berliku terus menanti jaguh negara itu apabila pemain muda dan jaguh Denmark, Jan Jorgensen dan Peter Gade selain Taufik Hidayat, Simon Santoso (Indonesia) serta Chen Long (China) mungkin berada dalam laluannya ke separuh akhir.


Jika lepas, Chong Wei akan berdepan Lin Dan dari China yang juga pilihan kedua di perlawanan akhir.

Seorang lagi pemain negara, Muhd Hafiz Hashim akan berdepan pemain Taiwan yang pernah menewaskannya di Terbuka Malaysia, Januari lalu, Hsieh Yu Hsing di pusingan pertama sebelum Lin Dan yang juga juara Olimpik, menantinya di pusingan kedua.

Dalam kategori perseorangan wanita, Wong Mew Choo turut menerima ujian sukar seawal pusingan pertama apabila diundi menentang pilihan ketiga dari China, Jiang Yanjiao.

Pasangan utama negara, Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong yang juga pilihan utama kejohanan dan beregu nombor satu dunia akan diuji jaguh Denmark, Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen di pusingan awal, sebelum Ko Sung Hyun/Yoo Yeon Seong dari Korea Selatan menanti di pusingan kedua.

Bagaimanapun, laluan agak mudah buat beregu wanita, Wong Pei Tty/Chin Eei Hui apabila ujian sebenar hanya menanti mereka di separuh akhir apabila dijangka menentang pilihan utama China, Du Jing/Yu Yang.

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