Sunday, October 5th, 2008 5,320 views
Datuk Lee Chong Wei once again fail to get gold medal after the Beijing Olympics defeat to Lin Dan. His first outing as World Number 1 in Japan Open two weeks ago also defeat to Soni Dwi and today yet again he lost to Taufik Hidayat both from Indonesia. Will it affect his world ranking? Could Datuk Lee retain his World Number 1 title? He said “Will definitely try my best!” in his blog but hopefully next time he will get better result.
On the other hand congrats to Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong, they are able to retain Champion in Macau Open that they won at 2007. They should make a better pair and prove that they are not deserved to be splited.
Julia Wong lost to Zhou Mi
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 (Bernama) — Top Malaysian doubles pair Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong successfully defended their Macau Open title but world number one Datuk Lee Chong Wei stumbled against Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in the men’s singles final Sunday.
Kien Keat-Boon Heong, the top seeds in the tournament, crushed Fang Chieh Min/Lee Sheng Mu of Taiwan 21-16, 21-18 in just 31 minutes to end a 11-month drought of silverware.
The 2007 All England champions had last won a major title in October last year by lifting the Denmark Open.
For Chong Wei though, his jinx of failing to win titles when ranked world number one, continued since taking over the top spot from China’s Lin Dan after the Beijing Olympics, where he finished with a silver medal.
Chong Wei, whose first outing as World number one started with the Japan Open two weeks ago, however had ended in a defeat to Soni Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia and today incidentally lost to another Indonesian.
A vintage Taufik was in his element today to emerge with a 21-19, 21-15 win, to clinch his first major trophy in almost two years.
Ever since the demoralising defeat at the hands of Lin Dan in the Beijing Olympics final, Chong Wei’s confidence level seems to have suffered a great deal, especially at crucial moments.
On the other hand, Kien Keat-Boon Heong who had come under heavy criticism for their inept performances of late, displayed glimpses of the form that saw them shoot up to world number one in 2007.
The women’s singles final saw Zhou Mi of Hong Kong end Malaysian Julia Wong Pei Xian’s ‘giant-killing’ feat in the competition, with a 21-13, 21-19 win.
RESULTS: ALL FINALS (Malaysian unless stated):
MEN’s SINGLES:
Taufik Hidayat (INA) bt Lee Chong Wei (MAS) 21-19, 21-15
MEN’s DOUBLES:
Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong bt Fang Chieh Min/Lee Sheng Mu (TPE) 21-16, 21-18
WOMEN’s SINGLES:
Zhou Mi (HKG) bt Julia Wong Pei Xian 21-13, 21-19
WOMEN’s DOUBLES:
Cheng Shu/Zhao Yunlei (CHN) bt Ma Jin/Wang Xiaoli (CHN) 21-15, 21-18
MXED DOUBLES:
Xu Chen/Zhao Yunlei (CHN) bt Yohan Hadikusumo Wairatama/Chau Hoi Wah (HKG) 21-15, 21-16.
Source : Bernama
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Saturday, October 4th, 2008 4,068 views
Macau Open Badminton Championships has already been organizing since 2006. This World Grand Prix event is sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which carries a total prize money of US$120,000.
This is a world class event where all the world’s top and finest players augurs well for the development of the sport of badminton in Macau, which is also a milestone in BWF to make badminton the fastest racquet sport in the world.
Hosting such large-scale badminton event not only could bring the local community opportunity to watch top level competitors but also to boost the sports and tourism industry which Macau Government strongly supports.
The vision of Badminton Federation of Macau (BFM) is to continuously make this championship an annually held gala to further promote badminton to be the core sport of the local community and to put Macau’s badminton in the eyes of the world.
Macau Grand Prix Gold 2008 Official Site
MACAU GRAND PRIX GOLD 2008 Semi Finals Results
Men’s Single
Taufik HIDAYAT, Indonesia vs Kuan Beng Hong, Malaysia – Taufik won, 21-11 || 21-12
Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia vs Alamsyah YUNUS, Indonesia – Lee Chong Wei won, 21-13 || 21-14
Men’s Double
Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong, Malaysia vs Fernando KURNIAWAN & Lingga LIE, Indonesia – Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong won, 21-14 || 25-23
Chieh Min FANG & Sheng Mu LEE, Taipei vs Chan Chong Ming & Chew Choon Eng, Malaysia – Chieh Min FANG & Sheng Mu LEE won, 21-18 || 14-21 || 21-11
Too bad Chan Chong Ming & Chew Choon Eng from Malaysia lost if not we are expecting all Malaysian Final in MACAU GRAND PRIX GOLD 2008!
Women’s Single
Julia Wong Pei Xian vs Pui Yin YIP, Hong Kong – Julia won, 17-21 || 23-21 || 21-17
Women’s Double
Jin MA & Xiaoli WANG, China vs Ng Hui Lin & Woon Khe Wei, Malaysia – Jin MA & Xiaoli WANG won, 21-12 || 21-12
MACAU GRAND PRIX GOLD 2008 Finals
2.00pm, 4th October 2008
Lee Chong Wei left a message at his own blog, hopefully Datuk Lee can beat Taufik again.
I depart for tournaments again – Japan, China & Macao.
Will definitely try my best!
Regards, Lee Chong Wei
我出发了，这次是三个比赛，接连举行—日本，中国和澳门！
我一定会加油！
李宗伟
Source : Lee Chong Wei’s Blog
Previous encounter Lee Chong Wei vs Taufik Hidayat
Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia (R) shows off his victory plate beside silver medalist Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia (L) after their men’s singles final match in the Japan Open badminton tournament in Tokyo, 16 September 2007. Fourth-seeded Lee beat Hidayat 22-20, 19-21, 21-19
1. Starting at 2:00 PM
Mix Double
Yohan Hadikusumo WIRATAMA & Hoi Wah CHAU [Hong Kong] vs Chen XU & Yunlei ZHAO [China]
2.Followed by
Women’s Single
Mi ZHOU [Hong Kong] vs Julia Wong Pei Xian [Malaysia]
3. Followed by
Men’s Double
Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong [Malaysia] vs Chieh Min FANG & Sheng Mu LEE [Taipei]
4. Followed by
Women’s Double
Jin MA & Xiaoli WANG [China] vs Shu CHENG & Yunlei ZHAO [China]
5. Followed by
Men’s Single
Lee Chong Wei [Malaysia], vs Taufik HIDAYAT [Indonesia]
Watch it live @ Astro SuperSport Channel 811.
For live streaming of the MACAU GRAND PRIX GOLD 2008 Final, you may try PPLive or PPStream or CCTV5 or Live Score
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