Congrats for Hanna .... great fight, Goh Jin Wei. But I still expect Busanan to take the title she failed to win in the last SEA Games.
So it's Hanna Ramadhini vs Busanan in the WS Final. I first noticed Hanna at the Kopiko Purple League and thought well of her back then. Let's see if she can handle the world class Busanan for the gold medal , I think Hanna has a fighting chance against the better known, highly fancied WR19 contender. Btw, I'm a bit surprised to learn that Hanna is already 20 years old, a year older than the fairly established Busanan. Still I expect a good match tomorrow though I admit the edge is with the more experienced Thai opponent.
Loh Kean Yew when holding three gamepoints became too eager to win and in trying to finish it off quickly lost his bearings, not only let Arif off the hook but came back to deliver a knock-out punch instead in a dramatic turnaround. G1, 22-20 to Arif.
at last, MAS finally have a gold medal for MS, it's been a long time since Roslin Hashim took the gold medal in year 2001 edition...
All Malaysian MS final. Redemption by Arif after his defeat in the team semi-finals. The better of the two players will take gold tomorrow.
Wow fantastic performance from both courts today. Upsets and surprises continue to spring out from today matches. Indonesia is confirmed of a silver and gold medals from men doubles thus continuing their great run for men doubles event. congratulations. Indonesia even won over the fancied MD who had the home crowd support. Once again congratulations. For the men singles event Malaysia is confirmed silver and gold medal when both of their players reached the finals. Chong Wei feng won against the higher ranked Thailand player tanongsak. Wow what a tight match. Then arif won against the fancied youngster loh kean yew. Loh kean yew had all the home crowd support but sad to say he didn't enter the finals. Arif injured his fingers and has bad blisters in the second set but he played on despite the injury and won the match in straight set. Congratulations. Malaysia is also secured a gold and silver medal when both their women doubles win the match to enter the finals. Vivian hoo kah mun / woon khe Wei win against Awanda / mahadewi in straight sets 21-12 21-11. Soong fie Cho/ Amelia Alicia anscelly also win against Giovanni / andini straight sets. Congratulations. Wow what an unexpected final. Indonesia and both Thailand are now confirmed of a medal each in the finals when both their players won and entered the finals. Goh Jin Wei list to Indonesia Hana today but I think this youngster 15 years youngster old has a right future. Congratulations to Indonesia and Thailand for entering the finals. Indonesia and Malaysia are also confirmed a medal each in mixed doubles event. Today Chan peng soon / goh liu Ying won over the fancied Indonesian mixed doubles richi dili / puspita dewi to enter the finals. Then the other Indonesia mixed doubles won against Thailand mixed doubles. Jordan / Praveen hold an advantage in tomorrow final due to their higher ranking. All in congratulations to both Indonesia and Malaysia for entering the finals.
Overall for the medals this time Malaysia and Indonesia will top the lists. Malaysia 2 gold medals confirmed ( Ms and wd). 3 silver medals confirmed (women team, Ms and wd). 2 bronze medals confirmed ( Men team and ws). Mixed doubles unsure gold or silver. Indonesia 2 gold medals confirmed ( men team and men doubles). 1 silver confirmed (men doubles) 4 bronze confirmed (women team, 2 women doubles, 1 mixed doubles). Mixed doubles unsure gold or silver. Ws unsure gold or silver. Thailand 1 gold medal confirmed ( women team). 1 silver medal confirmed ( men team). 2 bronze medals confirmed (mixed doubles, men single). Women single unsure gold or silver medal.
As for Philippines they have created history by winning a bronze medal in men doubles event for the first time in sea games. Congratulations. Then for Vietnam they have also created history by winning a bronze medal in women single event for the first time in sea games. Congratulations. Certainly I am very proud of Philippines and Vietnam for winning the bronze medal this time and thus breaking the sea games history and record. Congratulations once again.
Wow. boleh... Arif has been a dissapointment in team event. He was trying to drag Maulana in 2nd game and got burnt. Good thing that he is in the finals now. Mix doubles should be malaysia I think. Goh is looking good. Prettier. haha.
Anyone else noticed that the line judging in this tournament has been questionable? I've seen at least four instances in the quarterfinals where the calls were overruled by the umpire... and a couple of calls, not overruled, which seemed poor. Bring Hawkeye & the challenge system to non-SS tournaments too!
Soong/Amelia won the Gold Medal by beating defending gold medal Hoo/Woon in straight games, anyway 1 gold & 1 silver for both Mas pairs, congrats...
In WD all MAS final, IND GP Gold winner Anscelly/Soong FC grabs gold medal after defeated defending champion Vivian Hoo/Woon KW, 21-18 / 21-13. Bronze medal went to two INA pairs, Giovani/Andini and Awanda/Mahadewi.
