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Chong Wei ratah No1 India

PEMAIN nombor satu dunia, Datuk Lee Chong Wei sekali lagi mendapat cabaran sengit daripada pemain nombor satu India, Ajay Jayaram dalam usahanya mempertahankan kejuaraan Siri Super Terbuka India pada pusingan kedua semalam.

Chong Wei menang set pertama 21-16, mendapat tentangan daripada Ajay yang merampas set kedua dengan kemenangan 21-15.

Namun pemain yang baru beraksi pada kejohanan antarabangsa pertamanya, selepas pulih daripada kecederaan bahu yang dialami di Seluruh England Mac lalu, memacu set ketiga dengan kemenangan bergaya 21-5 untuk bermain di suku akhir hari ini.

Lawan getir menantinya sama ada bekas juara Olimpik dari Indonesia, Taufik Hidayat atau pemain muda China, Wang Zhengming.

Sementara Muhd Hafiz Hashim yang akan bermain sebagai perseorangan ketiga di Piala Thomas bulan depan gagal mengatasi seteru dari China, Chen Jin, pemain yang akan berada di posisi ketiga skuad China.

Bekas juara Seluruh England itu tewas dua set 18-21, 15-21.

Turut terkandas di pusingan kedua, Chong Wei Feng yang tunduk kepada pemain Denmark, Hans-Kristian Vittinghus. Selepas tewas 13-21 dalam set pertama, Wei Feng bangkit bertenaga menang 21-8 namun dia gagal meneruskan kecemerlangan apabila tunduk 12-21 dalam set ketiga.

Dalam pada itu, Malaysia masih ada dua wakil dalam acara beregu lelaki selepas Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong dan Goh V Shem-Lim Khim Wah mara ke suku akhir.

Kien Keat-Boon Heong menang ke atas gandingan Jepun, Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa 21-18, 21-18 dan akan berdepan gandingan muda Indonesia, Angga Pratama-Ryan Agung Saputra yang menewaskan mereka di Piala Axiata lalu.


HARIAN METRO

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