Chong Wei pertahan gelaran

JAGUH badminton negara, Datuk Lee Chong Wei (gambar) meraih kejuaraan Terbuka Indonesia buat kali kedua berturut-turut di Stadium Istora Senayan semalam.

Pemain No. 1 dunia itu menewaskan pemain tuan rumah, Taufik Hidayat 21-19, 21-8 dalam permainan yang mengambil masa 37 minit sahaja.

Ini merupakan kejuaraan keempat Chong Wei tahun ini selepas terlebih dahulu menjuarai Terbuka Korea Selatan, Malaysia dan juga Seluruh England.

Malah kemenangan Chong Wei ke atas Taufik semalam mengulangi kejayaan sama tahun lepas.

Taufik yang juga pemenang pingat emas Sukan Olimpik Athens 2004, berjaya memberikan tentangan hebat pada set pertama tetapi selepas kedudukan terikat 4-4 dalam set kedua, Chong Wei terus mendahului sehingga ke mata penamat.

Untuk rekod, Chong Wei menang lapan daripada 13 pertemuan dengan Taufik sebelum ini.
Dalam pada itu, pemain India, Saina Nehwal muncul juara bagi acara perseorangan wanita.
Saina yang juga juara Terbuka India dan Terbuka Singa- pura, menewaskan pemain Jepun, Sayaka Sato 21-19, 13-21, 21-11.

Acara beregu lelaki pula menjadi milik pasangan Taiwan, Chieh Min Fang-Sheng Mu Lee yang menewaskan beregu Korea Selatan, Cho Gun- woo/Kwon Yi-goo 21-16, 21-15.

Begitupun, kekecewaan Korea Selatan ditebus oleh beregu wanita Kim Min-jung/ Lee Hyo-jung yang muncul juara selepas menewaskan beregu Taiwan, Wen Hsing Cheng/Yu Chin Chien 21-12, 12-21, 21-11.

Bagi acara beregu campuran pula, pasangan Poland, Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba menewaskan gandingan Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia) dan Anastasia Russkikh dari Rusia 21-18, 22-20.

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