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Badminton: Kien Keat-Boon Heong stun Olympic champions for semis spot @ Hong Kong Open

Hong Kong Open

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s top men’s doubles pair of Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong finally rose to the occasion to reach the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open with a stunning win over reigning Olympic champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia.

Yesterday, the duo blew away the top seeds and world No. 1 Markis-Hendra 21-11, 21-17 in just 21 minutes in the quarter-finals.

With the win, Kien Keat-Boon Heong have avenged their defeats to the Indonesians in the last two tournaments — the Beijing Games and French Open.

The Malaysians’ tame defeats in those two tournaments had raised doubts about their status as the country’s top pair.

Power pair: Koo Kien Keat (right) and Tan Boon Heong finally struck form by beating Indonesia’s Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan to reach the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open Friday.

Today, the Macau Open champions will take on compatriots Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif-Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari, thus assuring Malaysia of at least a place in the final.

Zakry-Fairuzizuan, who are determined to regain their winning touch in the Super Series, defeated South Koreans Cho Gun-woo-Yoo Yeon-seong 21-16, 12-21, 21-15 in the other quarter-final.

The duo’s form suffered a dip after the back-to-back Super Series wins in Singapore and Indonesia in June.

But yesterday, the show-stealers were definitely Kien Keat-Boon Heong, who have now virtually confirmed their place in the Super Series Masters Finals, which will be held in Kota Kinabalu from Dec 18-21.

National coach Rexy Mainaky said that there were positive vibes from both his players.

“I think the key to their win today (yesterday) was their positive approach throughout the game. Every shot was taken with confidence. They tried their best to enjoy the game,” said Rexy in a telephone interview.

“The Malaysians have lost to the Indonesians in the last two tournaments (out of eight meetings). But I think this was their best win against them. They were able to control the game and force their opponents to make mistakes.”

Rexy, however, noted that Markis had placed an ice-pack on his knee after the defeat.

“It looked as though that Markis was not in his best condition. But, having said that, I suppose they (Markis and Kido) would not have competed here if they were not fully fit,” he said.

Kien Keat, however, failed to make the semi-finals of the mixed doubles event with partner Ng Hui Lin when they crashed 18-21, 12-21 to China’s Zheng Bo-Ma Jin.

Malaysia’s top women’s doubles pair of Chin Eei Hui-Wong Pei Tty continued their fine run in international tournaments when they checked into the semi-finals with a convincing 21-14, 21-15 win over Denmark’s Kamilla Rytter Juhl-Lena Frier Kristiansen.

The duo will take on China’s Zhang Yawen-Zhao Tingting today.

Today’s Match

HONG KONG OPEN

Channel : Astro SuperSport (811)
Date : Saturday, November 29, 2008
Time : 1:00:00 PM
Synopsis : BWF Super Series: Hong Kong Open 2008: Semi Finals
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1. Starting at 1:00 PM WD

Yawen ZHANG [5] CHN[CHN]
Tingting ZHAO CHN
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MAS[MAS] Eei Hui CHIN [2]
MAS[MAS] Pei Tty WONG

2. Followed by MS
Boonsak PONSANA THA[THA]
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CHN[CHN] Jin CHEN [3]

3. Followed by WS
Lin ZHU [5] CHN[CHN]
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CHN[CHN] Xingfang XIE [4]

4. Followed by XD
Thomas LAYBOURN [6] DEN[DEN]
Kamilla RYTTER JUHL DEN[DEN]
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KOR[KOR] Yong Dae LEE [5]
KOR[KOR] Hyo Jung LEE

5. Followed by MD
Kien Keat KOO [5] MAS[MAS]
Boon Heong TAN MAS[MAS]
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MAS[MAS] Mohd Zakry ABDUL LATIF [4]
MAS[MAS] Mohd Fairuzizuan MOHD TAZARI

6. Starting at 6:30 PM XD
Zhongbo XIE [7] CHN[CHN]
Yawen ZHANG CHN[CHN]
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CHN[CHN] Bo ZHENG
CHN[CHN] Jin MA

7. Followed by WS
Chen WANG HKG[HKG]
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HKG[HKG] Mi ZHOU [2]

8. Followed by MS
Taufik HIDAYAT [7] INA[INA]
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CHN[CHN] Dan LIN [2]

9. Followed by WD
Shu CHENG [8] CHN[CHN]
Yunlei ZHAO CHN[CHN]
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KOR[KOR] Jung Eun HA [7]
KOR[KOR] Min Jung KIM

10. Followed by MD
Jae Sung JUNG [3] KOR[KOR]
Yong Dae LEE KOR[KOR]
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ENG[ENG] Anthony CLARK
ENG[ENG] Nathan ROBERTSON

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Koo Kien Kiat / Tan Boon Heong vs Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan- Badminton Beijing Olympic 2008 Result

THE Malaysian challenge for an Olympic medal from badminton has been whittled down to just one contender following the exits of Wong Mew Choo and the men’s pair of Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium last night.

And Lee Chong Wei will shoulder the responsibility of keeping the Malaysian hopes alive when he takes on Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro today for a place in the men’s singles semi-finals.

Kien Keat-Boon Heong were beaten 16-21, 18-21 by Indonesian world champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan in the quarter-finals.

Malaysia’s Koo Kien Keat (right) and Tan Boon Heong in action during their loss to Indonesia’s Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.

The Malaysian duo had showed solid form in their opening match win over Japan’s Shuichi Sakamoto-Shintaro Ikeda on Tuesday.

But they lacked the aggression needed to beat the top seeded Markis-Hendra.

The Indonesians were solid in defence and led all the way to take the first game 21-16.

Kien Keat-Boon Heong offered a bit of resistance when they led briefly at 14-11 in the second game but had no answers when the Indonesians turned on the style.

Markis-Hendra regained the lead at 18-17 and never looked back to win the match.

It was the first time in six meetings that Kien Keat-Boon Heong lost to the Indonesian pair.

Kien Keat conceded that the Indonesians were outstanding in defence and it was hard to break their rhythm.

“They have become familiar with how we play since we beat them in the 2006 Doha Asian Games. They know our weak points. We could not get our game going even we tried to come back,” he said.

Boon Heong offered no excuses for the defeat and said: “The Indonesians controlled well but we also did not play our best game tonight.”

Hendra said that they knew the Malaysian pair would be difficult to beat and it was a matter of them going in for the kill first.

“We have to start attacking. We were also under no pressure because we have not beaten them before. That helped us a lot. Now, we have a chance to win the gold and we will go all out to get it,” he said.

Markis-Hendra, who have the chance to follow in the footsteps of fellow Indonesians Rexy Mainaky-Ricky Subagja (Atlanta 1996) and Candra Wijaya-Tony Gunawan (Sydney 2000), will play against Danish veterans Jonas Rasmussen-Lars Paaske for a place in the final.

The Danes, who sent the top Korean pair of Lee Yong-dae-Jung Jae-sung packing in the first round, came from behind to beat Poland’s Michal Logosz-Robert Mateusiak 17-21, 21-11, 21-15 in the quarter-finals.

China’s golden hope Fu Haifeng-Cai Yun advanced to the semi-finals with an easy 21-9, 21-10 win over Americans Howard Bach-Bob Malaythong.

The second seeded Chinese pair will be up against Jae-jin-Ji-man, who beat Tadashi Ohtsuka-Keita Masuda of Japan 21-12, 18-21, 21-9.

Source : TheStar

Koo Kien Kiat / Tan Boon Heong (Malaysia) Lost to Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia) two straight games in Badminton Men’s Doubles Quarterfinal 1 , Beijing Olympic. Indonesia won!

Game over for Koo Kien Kiat and Tan Boon Heong

Malaysian performance is this 2008 Beijing Olympic Badminton is not as good as what the rest of the world think. I think Koo Kien Kiat and Tan Boon Heong today played badly. Their understanding between each other does not exist and they keep on fighting for the shuttle and let the opponent have the chance to kill them. Running and positioning is very important and I think the Malaysian have to work harder on that.

KKK and TBH did not attack much in these 2 games but the opponent keep on attacking because the Malaysian keep giving chance to them. KKK and TBH made a lot of mistake and mistake during serving too. Very sad and disappointed over the performance and result.

It’s sad that now we only left Lee Chong Wei in the run of getting a medal in Beijing Olympic. Hopefully Lee Chong Wei able to make it tomorrow 14 August, 11.30am, Channel 821 on Astro Super Sport, Stadium Astro.

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