2011 Malaysia Open GP Gold: Day 2 (Round 1) Wednesday 04-May

congratulation to beryno wong, he is in 2nd round after a hard fought match.

 

lok chong chieh is going to be eliminated. not a good sign for MAS back-up players.

 

in the mean time, kuan beng hong is heading 4 toilet break leading 11-10.

 

goh soon huat is looking good is upsetting park sung hwan. hope he does not crumble in crucial moment.

 

come on soon huat, show what u have

 

goh soon huat takes the 1st set, 21-15. let's c whether he can make it in 2nd set.

 

park sung hwan is not giving chance to MAS youngster, taking 11 points in a row

 

in the mean time, k yogendran proceeds to 2nd round.

 

goh soon huat is eliminated after a good performance in 1st set, lose to experienced player.

 

The Singapore MS contingent performance:

* Robin Gonansa got a first game thrashing from Lee Chong Wei but played better in the second 7-21, 16-21. Hope he has picked up some pointers from Datuk Lee.

* Alas, Ashton Chen fought hard against I believe France's No.1, Brice Leverdez but still lost in just over an hour, 17-21, 21-12, 16-21. I guess experience tells in this match.

* Derek Wong, son of Singapore's former MS and SEA Games Champion Wong Shoon Keat, made a better impression and defeated MAS veteran Yeoh Kay Bin 21-11, 21-18.

* Now recently promoted national player Huang Chao is leading USA Bjorn Seguin by taking the first game 21-16, scoring heavily from his smashes. However Bjorn is leading at the interval 11-9 in the second game.
Now HC has recovered to lead 18-13, again scoring points with his favourite smash weapon, then extended his score to win with the same scoreline as the first, 21-16.

So the final score: 2 wins and 2 losses. Congrats to Derek and HC advancing to the next round.

 

YOYO!

Nice win over Hayom

 

uncle wong & tan chun seang were eliminated also, it do no good to MAS MS department.

 

looks like habis hashim is not habis yet.

 

chan kwong beng smashes a lot in 2nd set.

 

if chan kwong beng takes the 2nd set, does he has enough power to play in rubber?

 

it seems like chan kwong beng is running out of gas in 3rd set.

 

Well, young Zulfadli is leading the more experienced Daren Liew 21-10 (!) and now 7-5.
Will ZZ become Zero and strip Daren apart with his sword?

 

Daren liew makes some unforced errors..
Zulkiffli is better

 

ZZ still leads at G2 interval 11-6, scoring from 'clear' winners.

 

Yes it seems Daren made 10 errors against 4 by ZZ in the first game. And ZZ seems to have a better smash!
Daren has to buck up quickly!