Sunday, 23 September 2012

Chong Wei juarai Terbuka Jepun, Kien Keat-Boon Heong kalah kepada pasangan Korea


KUALA LUMPUR: Pemain nombor satu negara Datuk Lee Chong Wei menjuarai Terbuka Jepun Yonex apabila mengalahkan Boonsak Ponsana dari Thailand pada perlawanan akhir perseorangan lelaki di Stadium Yoyogi di Tokyo, hari ini.

Pemain nombor dua dunia dan johan kejohanan pada 2010 itu diberi tentangan sengit oleh Ponsana sebelum muncul juara dengan 21-18, 21-18. 

Tahun lepas, Chong Wei kalah kepada pemain China, Chen Long pada perlawanan akhir.

Bagaimanapun, tahun ini China memutuskan untuk menarik diri daripada kejohanan atas alasan bimbang terhadap keselamatan atlet akibat hubungan Beijing dan Tokyo yang semakin renggang berikutan perbalahan perebutan wilayah.

Dalam perlawanan beregu lelaki, Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong kalah kepada pasangan korea Kim Ki-jung/Kim Sa-rang.

Selepas memulakan permainan dengan baik, malah mendahului 13-10 pada set pertama, Kien Keat dan Boon Heong memberi laluan kepada pasangan Korea itu menyamakan kedudukan seterusnya memenangi set pertama 21-16 dan set kedua 21-19.

Ini adalah kali kedua pasangan Malaysia kalah kepada pasangan Korea Selatan yang baru dibentuk itu, selepas kekalahan pertama di Terbuka Malaysia pada Januari. 
-METRO

Lee beats Boonsak to win Japan Open


"It was really a good match, but it was tough," said Lee, 29.

"This is my first tournament after the London Olympics. I'm very happy to start with this victory. I can put my disappointment behind me," said Lee, who lost to China's Lin Dan in the Olympic finals both in London and Beijing.
Lin, along with the rest of the Chinese team, missed the Tokyo tournament due to a boycott over a diplomatic wrangle about disputed islands in the East China Sea.
Lee hit a smash to take the first game. But neither could take a decisive lead at the start of the second game, which at one point was tied at 5-5.
Lee then jumped ahead 10-6 with several disguised overhead drop shots combined with a smash before powering his way to a commanding 20-15 lead.
Boonsak tenaciously saved three match points while trailing 18-20, but his jump smash went wide after a long rally on the next point, giving the 42-minute match to Lee.
The win saw Lee improve his record against Boonsak to 14 wins against two defeats.
-AFP news

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