Mew Choo moves up after Chinese pull out

Wong Mew Choo (pic) is now the second seed in the women’s singles event in the Asian Badminton Championships after a massive pullout by China’s top women stars.

Yesterday, China’s top four players – Xie Xingfang, Zhang Ning, Zhu Lin and Lu Lan - had withdrawn, thus taking some of the glitter away from the championships, which is the last tournament for Asian players to win Olympic qualifying points.

The Chinese players could afford to take a break as they have fill up the quota of having a maximum of three women players in the Beijing Olympics.

In their absence, Mew Choo stands a good chance to reach her first ABC final. Last year, she crashed out in the semi-finals.

Two Hong Kong players - top seed Wang Chen and third seed Yip Pui Yin - will be the main threats for Mew Choo.

The Malaysian is likely to face them in the semi-finals and final respectively.

Posted by Lucas Liau on 10:43 AM. Filed under News, Wong Mew Choo . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0