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Wanita negara mampu lakar kejutan


SHABERY (duduk, tengah) bersama timbalannya, Datuk Razali Ibrahim (duduk, lima dari kanan) serta barisan jurulatih dan pemain negara melaungkan "Malaysia Boleh" pada majlis makan tengah hari di Kuala Lumpur semalam.

MENTERI Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek yakin skuad wanita negara mampu mencipta kejutan besar pada Kejohanan Badminton Piala Uber yang akan berlangsung dari 9 hingga 16 Mei di Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.

Beliau berkata, barisan pemain wanita negara mampu mengulangi kejayaan seperti mana ketika mereka memenangi pingat emas pada Sukan SEA di Laos tahun lalu.

"Saya yakin skuad Piala Uber mampu ulangi kejayaan yang sama. Bukan sahaja mereka mampu sampai ke peringkat separuh akhir tetapi lebih daripada itu," katanya selepas menghadiri majlis ramah mesra dan makan tengah hari bersama skuad Piala Thomas dan Uber negara di Kuala Lumpur semalam.
Pendapat Ahmad Shabery turut dipersetujui pengurus skuad Piala Thomas/Uber negara, Datuk Syed Abu Bakar Abdullah.

"Ketika di Laos, tak sangka pemain wanita boleh mendapat emas, mengapa tidak dalam Piala Uber? Mereka cuma perlu cuba bersungguh-sungguh," kata Syed Abu Bakar.


Sementara itu, ketua skuad Piala Uber negara, Wong Pei Tty berkata, dia dan rakan-rakan menetapkan sasaran untuk menjejakkan kaki ke peringkat separuh akhir buat pertama kali walaupun sedar tugas itu sukar.
"Kita akan berjuang habis-habisan dan memberikan yang terbaik," katanya.

Malaysia diletakkan dalam Kumpulan A bersama-sama China dan Amerika Syarikat dan dilihat berpeluang untuk sekurang-kurangnya ke peringkat suku akhir.

Bagaimanapun, kecederaan yang menimpa perseorangan kedua, Lydia Cheah dan perseorangan ketiga, Julia Wong sedikit sebanyak mengganggu percaturan awal skuad negara.

Masalah itu memaksa Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM) menghantar permohonan pertukaran pemain kepada Persekutuan Badminton Dunia (BWF) Selasa lalu.

Lydia yang menduduki ranking ke-63 dunia dijangka digantikan pemain pelapis yang berada di ranking ke-99, Sanatasah Saniru manakala Julia akan digantikan oleh pemain skuad remaja, Sonia Cheah.
Skuad Piala Uber negara turut dibarisi pemain perseorangan, Wong Mew Choo dan Tee Jing Yi, beregu Chin Eei Hui/Wing Pei Tty, Woon Khe Wei/Vivian Ho dan Goh Lui Ying/Ng Hui Lin.

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