Thursday, May 13, 2010

Thomas Cup Semi Final

I am an avid fan of badminton(not only badminton but most sports).
I watched Thomas Cup semis yesterday and WOW!!!!
OMG!!! A step closer to Thomas Cup after Malaysia lost the Uber Cup to Japan.
Hafiz Hashim's calm and steady play has proves a come back.
He has prove to not only Malaysia but the world that he still can do it.
He is in fact the life savour of Malaysia after the lost of Hoo- Zakry to the Danish pair comprising Paaske-Rasmussen who are also the All-England doubles champ.
They were down by 26-24,12-21,19-21.
To me, they should NOT change their strategy during the second and third match.
Hoo is a good net player while Zakry is stronger and has faster footsteps compare to Hoo.
Maybe they just lost their energy after a tired first match.
Their mental control is good as they are able to catch up many points in the third match.
Their combination on the first set was nice but the changing of position of the pair has been a mistake.







In the first match, Chong Wei kick started the match by winning over Peter Gade by 21-17,21-17.
It is basically an expected winning as Chong Wei knows his rival very well as well as Gade.
Over 8 matches, Gade has only won once over Chong Wei that was in the All-England match.








The pair, Kien Kiat- Boon Heong has turn down the pair of Mathias Boe- Carsten Mogensen by 21-17, 21-19.
It is also a some sort of coming back for this pair after few dissapointments after the All-England.








Hafiz who look very calm when going in the court has made many of the fans worried. He, who lost to the Japanese pair in the previous match has redeemed his lost by the shocking yet wonderful win.
It was simply amazing to watch his game as he was actually leading all this time.
In the previous game with Persson, Hafiz losses to Persson.
Many of the fans has actually thought that Malaysia is going to say bye-bye to Thomas Cup but the shocking match showed by Hafiz had made the fans view change totally!!!











Next!!!!
Malaysia is going to face its giant opponent that is The People's Republic of China!!!
Many thinks that Malaysia is going to say bye- bye cuppie in this match on Fri. China sent their top players such as Lin Dan, Chen Jin, Chen Xu, Bao Chun Lai and many more.
Its tough for Chong Wei to win over Lin Dan as basically Lin Dan is better than Chong Wei.
Lin Dan is Chong Wei's biggest fear of all.
Our pairs will also face their difficulties as well as other singles.
It will definately be a GREAT, TOUGH match tomorrow.
However Malaysia, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!!!
Get back Thomas Cup for Malaysia after 18 years wait!!!
To all fans, DO NOT forget to switch on your television this Friday, 7P.M where our players will be facing a very very competitive team that is CHINA!!!

ALL THE BEST MALAYSIA!!!

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