Behind the badminton court..

Yesterday, my dad told me Chong Wei was lost to China young player during the first round of India Open. I was quite suprised for his elimination in the first round as I expected to watch the match between Chong Wei,first seeded and Taufik,second seeded in the final stage on this coming sunday.
Today only I noticed the issue behind the badminton court when Boss told me that Chong Wei was floored by food poisoning as he crashed out in the first round after playing 3 sets (7-21, 21-16, 21-18) with Chen Long,the 2007 world junior champion.

Here is the news I read from New Straits Times Online.
Chong Wei, in a telephone interview from Hyderabad, said he and several other players were down with stomach trouble after taking dinner outside their hotel on Tuesday.
"We had refrained from eating outside the hotel but last (Tuesday) night decided to order food from outside. It proved to be costly," said Chong Wei.
"I took medication but I felt very weak during the match. I tried to recover in the third game but my legs felt too heavy.
"My aim playing here was to have a feel of the venue where the World Championships will be held (on Aug 10-15) but unfortunately, it has been cut short. I'm glad this didn't happen in a major event.
"Several of my teammates are also suffering the problem but I hope their condition is not as bad as mine. I will return home as soon as possible and rest before preparing for the Sudirman Cup in Guangzhou (in May)."

Right now,I wish that the rest of the Malaysia badminton players could proceed to the final stage of India Open especially Men's double,Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah and Women's single,Wong Meow Choo.
By the way,since Chong Wei has eliminated in the first round,I wish that Taufik can win the champion in this India Open.

~warm scene behind the badminton court~
From Taufik's blog...
My flight leaves in around 4 hours to go to Hyderabad, India. Very excited, first time for me to participate in the India Open, meeting with Chong Wei again, hope we'll be able to have dinner again like in Switzerland.

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As at 0906pm..

As at 0906pm,Chong Wei vs Lindan at Swiss Open Final again since last week lost to Lindan at All England final. What a fantastic game today, Chong wei was playing pretty well today especially his defense. The world no.1 vs the world no.2 were playing the game carefully at the beginning,both players also kept their stamina to play long service and long rally in the game. Finally,I can see Chong Wei's smile at the end of the match. I'm really happy as he got back his confident.This is the most important situation that I wish to see. Chong Wei ended the match by 0958pm with 2 straight games,21-16,21-16.
Congratulations to Chong Wei for getting the Swiss Open Champion and most importantly is getting back this confident in the badminton court.

Next turn is Koo Kien Keat+Tan Boon Heong vs Denmark double's pair.
Support Malaysia's double pair,no matter how the end results,just wish to see the aggressiveness from KKK+TBH, all the best for the match later.
加油加油不要放弃，慢慢来
~quoted by chiew shi~


SWISS OPEN 2009 FINAL: 15/3/09 - MEN SINGLES PRIZE GIVING - The best video clips are here

More details update on next week,stay tuned !!!

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Latest and brief update..
As at 1145pm, Koo Kien Keat+Tan Boon Heong won their first champion in year 2009 after beating Denmark's double pair with 21-14,21-18.
What a glory day for Malaysia Badminton Team and what a nice day for me tonight.
Congratulations to Chong Wei and Koo Kien Keat+Tan Boon Heong.
Claps for their hard work in today's matches.
Hopefully Malaysia Badminton Team will keep up their spirit in the badminton court, so that we can watch out more and more badminton talent in the international stage of badminton tournament.


SWISS OPEN 2009 FINALS ON 15/3/09 - MEN DOUBLES PRIZE GIVING - The funniest movie is here. Find it

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As at 0258am..as at 0436am...

Finally I can watch Swiss Super Series live match as at 0206am ,purposely and successfully to wake up myself at 0201am to enjoy this semi-final live match. Finally and luckily Chong Wei had proceed to final stage of Swiss Super Series to meet up with Lin dan again tomorrow at Malaysia time 7pm. Talking about the semi final game just now, this match supposingly should finish with 2 straight games as there's actually a distance level between Chong Wei and Jan O Jorgensen. But, end up Chong Wei won in the first set with 21-12, lost the second set with 20-22 and won the final set with 21-9. Obviously, Chong Wei did a lot of careless mistakes in the second set which created a lot of chances for Jan O Jorgensen to catch up the points slowly. During the second set, I was thought that this match shoud be ended very soon when Chong Wei was leading with 9-2 at the beginning stage. Though the shuttlecock is not a round shape, but there's always a possibility for badminton player to look up for the turning point in the badminton court. Jan O Jorgensen had meet his turning point in the second set with his own spirit and audiences's support as well. Anyhow,I felt glad that Chong Wei finally ended the game by winning easily in the third set which just spent about 8 minutes time.
Congratulations to Chong Wei as he had proceed to final stage of Super Series tournament again.
I like his keep trying spirit in the badminton court,as I said even shuttlecock is not a round shape, but there's always a chance and possibility for badminton player to find out the turning point as long as they never give up in the match.
I guess there will be another interesting match between Chong Wei vs Lindan at final tomorrow.
No matter how the result tomorrow, I just wish to watch out Chong Wei's keep trying spirit in the badminton court.
Dont miss up the match tomorrow at Malaysia time,7pm.
Praying hard for Chong Wei in final tomorrow.

加油加油不要紧张，慢慢来。。不要放弃！！！
~quoted by Chiew Shi~

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Second update..
As at 0436am, Koo Kien Keat+Tan Boon Heong also proceed to final stage of Swiss Open after playing for 3 sets games in 56 minutes with 23-21,18-21,21-14. It was such an interesting match to watch with as the rhythm of men's double always fast and make audiences and supporters always in the high excited level. Finally I can watch out the aggressiveness from this Malaysia men's double pair. I'm really glad with their great performance today as they beat the China's pair, Fu Hai Feng+Cai Yun which is one of the top men's double pair in Badminton World. They were playing pretty well today especially their defense and smash. KKK was playing pretty good in this games as he seldom make mistakes today, while TBH was not really in a good condition in the first set as he kept repeating the same mistakes in the front net ball and smashing. However, he was recovered his stamina slowly from second set onwards. During the second game, there's one interesting scene which I never watch before. Fu Hai Feng was changing his racquet while the game was running. Surprisingly, he was managed to continue the game even end up the point still taken by KKK+TBH.
Hopefully KKK+TBH can continue their stamina and aggressive spirit in the final stage tomorrow which will meet with Denmark men's double pair, Boe Mathias+Mogensen Carsten.
Looking forward these 2 Malaysia's players matches tomorrow.
The Final of Swiss Super Series will start at Malaysia time, 7pm tomorrow.
~Chong Wei vs Lin dan ~Men's single was arranged in the third match.
~KKK+TBH vs Boe Mathias+Mogensen Carsten~Men's double was arranged in the last match.
Dont miss up and do support Malaysia's players !!!
Praying hard for Chong Wei and KKK + TBH.
加油加油不要紧张，慢慢来。。不要放弃！！！
~quoted by Chiew Shi~

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As at 0422am

As at 0422am, Chong Wei finally beat Taufik in quarter final and proceed to semi final stage after playing 3 sets games, 21-23,21-12,21-19. How nice if I able to watch this live match. But I can imagine how interesting this game was played though I was just sitting in front of laptop and looking for the live score. Anyhow, I'm still enjoying the live score match even I had sacrified my sleeping time or rather said I had an unhealthy night again.
Cheers for Chong Wei's sport spirit which brought himself proceed into Swiss Super Series Semi final. Congratulations to Chong Wei as his aim for at least enter into semi-final for first 3 Super Series finally achieved.
By the way,another Malaysia's badminton hope, Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong also proceed to semi final by beating Indonesia men's pair with 2 straight games.
Dont miss up the semi final matches tomorrow.
Starting with men's single match,
Chong Wei vs Denmark player,Jan O Jorgensen at Malaysia time, 2am.
Men's double will be the third match,
kkk + tbh vs china's pair,Cai Yun+Fu Hai Feng.
Praying hard for Chong Wei and kkk+ tbh proceed to the final stage.
Wish Chong Wei and kkk+tbh all the best for tomorrow match.

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