Mock matches held ahead of European tripBY

The Star Online > Sports
Thursday February 24, 2005
LIM TEIK HUAT
PETALING JAYA: The national badminton team had a good workout three days before their departure for Europe yesterday.
The coaches organised mock “Thomas and Uber Cup” team competitions at Stadium Juara in Bukit Jalil.
The national women's team competed against a team made up of men players from the 2012 Project squad under the charge of Rashid Sidek while the national men's team were divided into two groups – A and B – and played each other.
Although the national women's team lost all their five ties against the 2012 Project squad boys, overall head coach Yap Kim Hock was pleased with their performance.
Wong Mew Choo went down to Tan Zhao Rong 7-15, 10-15 in the first singles while Anita Raj Kaur fell to Lim Chin Loon 8-15, 8-15.
The Project 2012 squad made a clean sweep of the singles matches when Chin Tze Seong defeated Ooi Yu Hang 15-2, 15-3.
Wong Pei Tty partnered Ooi Sock Ai for the first women's doubles match and lost 7-15, 16-17 to Tze Seong-Mohd Hazwan Jamaluddin. Pei Tty's regular partner Chin Eei Hui was down with fever.
Yeoh Kay Loon-Lim Chin Loon completed the whitewash when they beat See Phui Leng-Fong Chew Yen 15-10, 15-9.
Referring to Wong Mew Choo and Anita Raj Kaur's ties for example, Kim Hock said: “All the matches were played under the 15 points system. Mew Choo and Anita went down fighting. This is the spirit I want from the players.”
In the men's “competiton,” Group B's Kuan Beng Hong chalked up a surprise when he beat Wong Choong Hann 15-11, 16-17, 15-4 while national number one Lee Chong Wei downed Roslin Hashim 15-7, 9-15, 15-12.
Mohd Hafiz Hashim kept a clean singles record for Group B when he beat Lee Tsuen Seng 15-8, 13-15, 15-13 after an hour-long battle.
“These matches were held to gauge if the players are ready to do battle in the European meets. The players have been coping well with the training and it is up to them to fight in a competition atmosphere now.
“We'll see how they fare in the German Open. I hope their level of performance will get better when it comes to the All-England.”




“UBER CUP”
Group B 5 Group A 0: Tan Zhao Rong bt Wong Mew Choo 15-7, 15-10; Lim Chin Loon bt Anita Raj Kaur 15-8, 15-8; Chin Tze Seong bt Ooi Yu Hang 15-2, 15-3; Tze Seong-Mohd Hazwan Jamaluddin bt Wong Pei Tty-Ooi Sock Ai 15-7, 17-16; Yeoh Kay Loon-Lim Chin Loon bt See Phui Leng-Fong Chew Yen 15-10, 15-9.
“THOMAS CUP”
Group B 4 Group A 1: Kuan Beng Hong bt Wong Choong Hann 15-11, 16-17, 15-4; Lee Chong Wei bt Roslin Hashim 15-7, 9-15, 15-12; Mohd Hafiz Hashim bt Lee Tsuen Seng 15-8, 13-15, 15-13; Chan Chong Ming-Koo Kien Keat lost to Choong Tan Fook-Chew Choon Eng 11-15, 9-15; Ong Soon Hock-Tan Bin Shen bt Lin Woon Fui-Mohd Zakry 15-8, 15-2.