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Chong Wei gesa BWF kaji jadual

Kuala Lumpur: Pemain nombor satu dunia Datuk Lee Chong Wei menggesa Persekutuan Badminton Dunia (BWF) meneliti semula kalendar kejohanan badminton antarabangsa, apabila aksi Siri Super Terbuka Malaysia terencat kemeriahannya selepas ramai pemain menarik diri akibat demam.

“BWF perlu kaji semula kalendar pertandingan kerana hampir setiap bulan ada kejohanan, malah jarak antara Siri Super Final dengan kejohanan baru 2013 di Terbuka Korea tidak sampai sebulan,” kata pemenang pingat perak Olimpik London dan Beijing itu.

“Pemain tidak mendapat rehat mencukupi, akhirnya demam dan pelbagai alasan kesihatan timbul menyebabkan pemain menarik diri.
“Bagi saya, selepas November, semua kejohanan untuk tahun itu sepatutnya berakhir.” Semalam, Chong Wei tidak perlu turun ke gelanggang kerana lawannya Boonsak Ponsana dari Thailand menarik diri akibat demam.

Di suku akhir hari ini, Chong Wei akan berdepan Hu Yun dari Hong Kong.

Kelmarin, Taufik Hidayat dari Indonesia menarik diri hanya beberapa jam selepas menewaskan Nguyen Tien Minh dari Vietnam, sekali gus menyaksikan Liew Daren tidak perlu turun ke gelanggang semalam.
Gesaan Chong Wei itu ada benarnya kerana penonton yang membeli tiket pasti kecewa tidak dapat melihat bintang mereka beraksi.

Selain Boonsak, beregu lelaki negara Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong turut menarik diri kerana Boon Heong mengalami demam panas.

“Semalam lagi dia demam tapi mujur lawannya tidak mengheret perlawanan terlalu lama. Pagi tadi Boon Heong mengadu masih demam tapi saya minta dia berehat. “Namun dia masih tidak pulih pada jam 3 petang dan saya pula tidak mahu mengambil risiko dan membuat keputusan mereka menarik diri,” kata ketua jurulatih beregu Tan Kim Her.

Begitupun, penarikan diri Kien Keat-Boon Heong menjadi berita baik buat rakan senegara, Goh V Shem-Lim Khim Wah kerana kemaraan ke suku akhir akan mengangkat mereka ke ranking ke-21 dunia.

Malah jika mara ke separuh akhir, gandingan ini akan berada di kedudukan lebih baik sekali gus muncul beregu nombor tiga terbaik negara sekali gus mencerahkan peluang beraksi di Kejohanan Dunia pada Ogos.



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