Sorry for long time no post.. Was too busy with sejarah project. And too many things to do. Anyway now i will talk about the Singapore Open which ended last week. Lee Chong Wei was more then superb. He beat World Ranking No.12 Simon Santoso easily. with only 21-13 21-5. In the second game, Lee Chong Wei was leading 15-0! Have you ever seen any international matches so lopsided!? I never! But Lee Chong Wei got happy too early and Simon Santoso got 5 points. If Lee Chong Wei wasnt happy to early, it was possible for a 21-0.
On the other side, Zakry-Fairurizuan won also. And another malaysian pair got second. This was because most of the top pairs are not playing including Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan, Cai Yun-Fu Hai Feng, Lee Yong Dae-Jung Jae Sung, Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah and Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong. BAM should have chose Zakry-Fairurizuan ofr the Olympics.. However, Koo-Tan and Chong-Lee was going.
If it was me, i would have chose Zakry-Fairurizuan rather than Chong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah. This is because Lee Wan Wah had an injury and it might happen again in the Olympics. They also play too much defensive game and is totally different from Zakry-Fairurizuan's game. Zakry-Fairurizuan's smash is stronger and their defense is also good.
Anyway, i tink i will end here
Friday, June 20, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
A Game in Training 2
After this 2 weeks training,i think i have improved a little bit...haha...Well, only daryl,me,ryan and ah xiong came training for this 2 weeks. Today was quite fun at training. We played doubles with coach and ryan. I partner daryl and coach partner ryan. Daryl and i lost to coach straight sets 21-14,21-13 i think..hehe...dun really remember the scores.This will be a "warm up" game for us..
So,we played another game.We won the first set but unfortunately lost the second set. At the beginning of the deciding game, i told daryl to change our strategy. We keep attacking ryan and keep the shuttle flat so that they cannot smash . His defence was quite good at the beginning. Since this is a deciding game,we changed place when the score is 11-9. After the interball, we managed to grab 5 points continuously by attacking ryan.
Daryl smashed and the shuttle land on the line for 2 times. I can feel that ryan is getting frustrated at the end of the game. I can still get the shuttle when he was smashing infront of the net.At last he missed the shuttle and we had our match point..haha..I was quite happy that time.Itz 13-20 match point. We made 2 mistakes and the point is 15-20. I was quite nervous but still played seriously. Lastly Daryl's drop was too high up and coach went infront to smash. So i just turn around so that wont get hit by the shuttle. Coach suddenly tried to drop but the shuttle did'nt went through the net. WE WON THE GAME..21-15..haha..Yippi...Pity Ryan..He had to get most of the ball while we were playing. I think this is the second time coach smash while playing with us.He seldom smash..Just lob and drop only.
This will be the end of my post. Hopefully we can still win coach and ryan tomorrow as it will be their return match.
See ya...
So,we played another game.We won the first set but unfortunately lost the second set. At the beginning of the deciding game, i told daryl to change our strategy. We keep attacking ryan and keep the shuttle flat so that they cannot smash . His defence was quite good at the beginning. Since this is a deciding game,we changed place when the score is 11-9. After the interball, we managed to grab 5 points continuously by attacking ryan.
Daryl smashed and the shuttle land on the line for 2 times. I can feel that ryan is getting frustrated at the end of the game. I can still get the shuttle when he was smashing infront of the net.At last he missed the shuttle and we had our match point..haha..I was quite happy that time.Itz 13-20 match point. We made 2 mistakes and the point is 15-20. I was quite nervous but still played seriously. Lastly Daryl's drop was too high up and coach went infront to smash. So i just turn around so that wont get hit by the shuttle. Coach suddenly tried to drop but the shuttle did'nt went through the net. WE WON THE GAME..21-15..haha..Yippi...Pity Ryan..He had to get most of the ball while we were playing. I think this is the second time coach smash while playing with us.He seldom smash..Just lob and drop only.
This will be the end of my post. Hopefully we can still win coach and ryan tomorrow as it will be their return match.
See ya...
Friday, May 30, 2008
A game in training
Sorry for the late post again.. I had to follow my mother out till very late and then my sister used so i had no time to post. Anyway i will post it now. Yesterday morning i went for training and before the training ended we had to play matches. First, we played doubles. I partnered Leon and played with Ryan and Lester. We won straight sets 21-18 21-19. Then, we played singles with coach. I lost to coach 11-4. Haiz.
Then, i played singles with Lester and i lost 21-18. Again, haiz... Then i played singles with Leon and lost 25-23. Again! Haiz! What to do? Luck not on my side. After that, Timothy(my old partner) asked me to go Sarawak Club to play. I went to play with him and he was still as good as usual.. I lost to him 21-17 21-18. The last time i played i lostto him 21-11 21-13. So i am quite happy with the points which was counted quite close. I was happy to see that i could block his smash without much trouble unlike last time. Last time, 1 smash from the back is 50% i am going to lose. And, I won quite a number of points by smashing from the back as it hits the line a few times. Lol. This will be th end of my post for this time
BYE!
Then, i played singles with Lester and i lost 21-18. Again, haiz... Then i played singles with Leon and lost 25-23. Again! Haiz! What to do? Luck not on my side. After that, Timothy(my old partner) asked me to go Sarawak Club to play. I went to play with him and he was still as good as usual.. I lost to him 21-17 21-18. The last time i played i lostto him 21-11 21-13. So i am quite happy with the points which was counted quite close. I was happy to see that i could block his smash without much trouble unlike last time. Last time, 1 smash from the back is 50% i am going to lose. And, I won quite a number of points by smashing from the back as it hits the line a few times. Lol. This will be th end of my post for this time
BYE!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
SJS Open(2)
Sorry for the late post. I was at St Joseph and i was too tired to post when i come back. I lost to Adam Lau as i expected. However, it was closer then i expected. I expected it to be 21-10 21-10 but it ended up 21-17 21-12. I was quite happy with my performance especially the one which i jumped twice and still got to win the ball.
The disappointing part was in the second set. I was having the lead and got nervous and lost many points in the row. I was leading 11-10 and at that score, i tap the ball but the ball didnt go through. Since that ball, i played safe by trying to lob to the corners and not to smash that often. That brought the game to an end by him winning it 21-12. The happy part is in the first set. I was losing 20-13 and i chased with all hopes to be same like Lee Chong Wei and chased to 20-17 but made a mistake when the shuttle hit the tip of the net and Adam won the first set 21-17.
The coolest thing that happened yesterday was when Charles played with nikram.Charles dropped from the back then nikram net then Charles tapped the ball and hit the middle of nikram's specs and it broke into half. Half of it dropped on the floor and one side was still on his face. He walked to his bag and he was lucky to have brought a spare specs. However, he missed the first 2 or 3 balls after changing the specs. Because of that, Charles won the first set. nikram went all out to win the second set and Charles was tired so he just let nikram win. But he tried tapping nikram's specs again when he had the chance but nikram tried to avoid it and kept turning away from the net when he got tapped. In the end nikram won the second set. However, Charles played will full spirit again and won the last set without much trouble after he got used to the speed of nikram's smash. Charles won nikram 21-7 i tink.. in the third set. nikram gave up hope when it reached 18-7. He just purposely missed the service which Charles gave him. The coolest thing is... i never knew that nikram can lose 4 points or more just because of Charles' service! Cool! Today's match will be Charles VS Luqman. I cant wait to watch it! BYE!
The disappointing part was in the second set. I was having the lead and got nervous and lost many points in the row. I was leading 11-10 and at that score, i tap the ball but the ball didnt go through. Since that ball, i played safe by trying to lob to the corners and not to smash that often. That brought the game to an end by him winning it 21-12. The happy part is in the first set. I was losing 20-13 and i chased with all hopes to be same like Lee Chong Wei and chased to 20-17 but made a mistake when the shuttle hit the tip of the net and Adam won the first set 21-17.
The coolest thing that happened yesterday was when Charles played with nikram.Charles dropped from the back then nikram net then Charles tapped the ball and hit the middle of nikram's specs and it broke into half. Half of it dropped on the floor and one side was still on his face. He walked to his bag and he was lucky to have brought a spare specs. However, he missed the first 2 or 3 balls after changing the specs. Because of that, Charles won the first set. nikram went all out to win the second set and Charles was tired so he just let nikram win. But he tried tapping nikram's specs again when he had the chance but nikram tried to avoid it and kept turning away from the net when he got tapped. In the end nikram won the second set. However, Charles played will full spirit again and won the last set without much trouble after he got used to the speed of nikram's smash. Charles won nikram 21-7 i tink.. in the third set. nikram gave up hope when it reached 18-7. He just purposely missed the service which Charles gave him. The coolest thing is... i never knew that nikram can lose 4 points or more just because of Charles' service! Cool! Today's match will be Charles VS Luqman. I cant wait to watch it! BYE!
Monday, May 26, 2008
SJS Open
I joined the SJS(St Joseph) Open which started today. I joined the under-14 age group. I lost my doubles to two Form twos 21-10 21-10. I partnered Timothy Chan. However, I will try harder next year as my opponents would be joining the under-15 category and not the under-14 category. Today, I won my singles against a malay named Kalmaruddin. I won him 21-5 21-4. I feel sad for him, but at the same time, i had to play seriously or i will lose my momentum. However, he is a lot better than my friend(The Cheater).
He wasnt angry with me after the match and he shook hands with me, unlike my friend(The Cheater).I am happy although i lost in my doubles as i had tried my best and i will also strive for excellence. I hope all badminton players will not give up and try their best no matter what. An example is Lee Chong Wei who won the Malaysia Super Series Badminton Open in Kuching in 2006 when he was losing to Lin Dan(World No.1) 20-13 in the third set(rubber set). He managed to chase to 20-20 and Lin Dan got a point which makes it 21-20 but Lee Chong Wei did not want to waste his efforts he had put in to get 7 points in a row and forced three points in a row out of Lin Dan ending the match 23-21. Because of this match his ranking went to World No.1 from World No.2 and Lin Dan went down to rank No.2. However, Lin Dan, too, did not give up and fought hard to regain his title as World No.1 and regain his nickname 'Super Dan' in just 2- 4 weeks.
Tomorrow, i will be meeting Adam Lau, a twin, who is very good in badminton, in quarter-finals. He beat Timothy Chan, Benjamin Teo and Shau Ching last year in Kason Open. However, i will try to beat him and go all out tomorrow. I would be very happy if i beat him but i will be happy if i give him a fight and make it either 21-19 or deuce. It did be better to play rubber set. But of course, beating him is the best. Even if i beat him, i will no get through the semi-finals which i will meet Jeremy Toh. Jeremy Toh was last year under 12-champion and had ever beaten Anthony Lim(now in Bukit Jalil). No matter what, i will still go all out till i lose in this competition as it will be a good memory if i beat Adam Lau.
He wasnt angry with me after the match and he shook hands with me, unlike my friend(The Cheater).I am happy although i lost in my doubles as i had tried my best and i will also strive for excellence. I hope all badminton players will not give up and try their best no matter what. An example is Lee Chong Wei who won the Malaysia Super Series Badminton Open in Kuching in 2006 when he was losing to Lin Dan(World No.1) 20-13 in the third set(rubber set). He managed to chase to 20-20 and Lin Dan got a point which makes it 21-20 but Lee Chong Wei did not want to waste his efforts he had put in to get 7 points in a row and forced three points in a row out of Lin Dan ending the match 23-21. Because of this match his ranking went to World No.1 from World No.2 and Lin Dan went down to rank No.2. However, Lin Dan, too, did not give up and fought hard to regain his title as World No.1 and regain his nickname 'Super Dan' in just 2- 4 weeks.
Tomorrow, i will be meeting Adam Lau, a twin, who is very good in badminton, in quarter-finals. He beat Timothy Chan, Benjamin Teo and Shau Ching last year in Kason Open. However, i will try to beat him and go all out tomorrow. I would be very happy if i beat him but i will be happy if i give him a fight and make it either 21-19 or deuce. It did be better to play rubber set. But of course, beating him is the best. Even if i beat him, i will no get through the semi-finals which i will meet Jeremy Toh. Jeremy Toh was last year under 12-champion and had ever beaten Anthony Lim(now in Bukit Jalil). No matter what, i will still go all out till i lose in this competition as it will be a good memory if i beat Adam Lau.
WHY Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah? WHY NOT Zakry-Fairurizuan?
I wonder why Rexy Mainaky chose Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah.This pair is good but once the pressure is high, they will not play well, unlike Zakry-Fairurizuan, who played under high pressure in Thomas Cup, but still they play GREATLY. This might be the last year veteran shuttlers Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah will play but the Olympics is to be played by the best players and not just because it is the last year playing. I rather Zakry and Fairurizuan to play as the play superbly in the recent Thomas Cup and their smash averaging from (200-250) km/h or more.
They were not pushed back by the pressure that if they lost it will be the end of the Thomas Cup for Malaysia.And cause of that, they won with bright colours. If they played in Olympics they have more chance as they might not be pushed back by the pressure.Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah had also always played defense and that makes them hard to get points and they will have a lot of disadvantage as their smash is not as strong as Zakry-Fairurizuan. I suggest that BAM should make a match between Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah and Zakry-Fairurizuan to see who has what it takes to go for the Olympics as it is an extremely important competition and Malaysia had NEVER, I repeat NEVER GOT AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL FOR BADMINTON. Zakry-Fairurizuan might take it for the first time as their hardest challenge will be Lee Yong Dae-Jung Jae Sung. I hope BAM would choose Zakry-Fairurizuan.
They were not pushed back by the pressure that if they lost it will be the end of the Thomas Cup for Malaysia.And cause of that, they won with bright colours. If they played in Olympics they have more chance as they might not be pushed back by the pressure.Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah had also always played defense and that makes them hard to get points and they will have a lot of disadvantage as their smash is not as strong as Zakry-Fairurizuan. I suggest that BAM should make a match between Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah and Zakry-Fairurizuan to see who has what it takes to go for the Olympics as it is an extremely important competition and Malaysia had NEVER, I repeat NEVER GOT AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL FOR BADMINTON. Zakry-Fairurizuan might take it for the first time as their hardest challenge will be Lee Yong Dae-Jung Jae Sung. I hope BAM would choose Zakry-Fairurizuan.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
You know who u are...
Well, this appears to be my second blog in 1 year time. Someone (you know who the hell you are) critise on my first blog. I have been spending my time looking through your blog and I found out that your blog is worse than mine. IF YOU DON'T LIKE BADMINTON, U CAN JUST CLICK THE RED BUTTON ON THE RIGHT CORNER. YOU SHOULD NEVER COME BACK THE SECOND TIME IF YOU HATE BADMINTON! BADMINTON ROX! Angry with me just because you lose to me 21-10 21-5 in the school competition!? WHAT THE HECK! Want me to give you rubber set and all close points around 19! WHAT THE HECK! What happens if i made a mistake in rubber set and lose to you just because i let you get points!? And by the way IT IS A COMPETITION NOT JUST A MATCH...Hope you understand...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)