It was indeed one of the best day for Malaysia badminton today. At the Super Series Master Finals held at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia representative nailed 3 of out 5 contested title. What a history for our badminton book. Certainly a day to remember and even though there were no Chinese contingent as China withdrew all their players for the last big event for the year, credits have to be given to our players for playing their hearts out and performing well under home pressures :)
The first title was won by Lee Chong Wei in the men single. He beat Peter Hoeg GADE from Denmark 21-8 and 21-16. The first game was out of contest very quickly before Chong Wei wraps it up giving Peter Gade no chance. In the 2nd game, it was close match till 15-15 but towards the end, the fitness superiority of Chong Wei shows it all. I would have thought the game might need to go until the decider game but it was not meant to be :)
Our 2nd title was won by our 'sleeping' pair in Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong. With no Super Series title to show for this whole year, this pair seems to have lost it all after their heroic introduction to the world stage back in 2006. However, after beating compatriot Modh Zakry and Mohd Fairuzizuan in the semis, they showed that they are not to be taken lightly by the Koreans Jae Sung JUNG and Yong Dae LEE in the final. Today they were simply a good match for the Koreans. I must said the home crowd did play the part as well as the fire in both Koo and Tan to at least nail a big prize money title before the year is out helps. They only needed 2 games to beat the Koreans 21-18 and 21-14.
The final match of the day, which is also our last cheers for 3rd titles for Malaysia is for our national top women's double Chin Eei Hui and Wong Pei Tty against Vita MARISSA and Liliyana NATSIR of Indonesia. Their previous record stands at 1-3 in favour of the Indonesian. The first game was simply too many mistakes by the Indo pair and Chin and Wong won it 21-15. It was heading for the deciding 3rd game when our pair was trailing 14-18 in the 2nd match. But the never give up and fighting spirits got into them and eventually they make sure that no 3rd game was needed as they wraps up the game and USD42,000 prize money with a hard fought 22-20 2nd game...So it was indeed a super happy day today for Malaysia badminton. I'm sure tomorrow's sports headlines will surely be talking about this 3 results. Hopefully they don't let this wins gets into them for 2009 is waiting for them again very very soon ...
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