Win over English pair fires up Pei Tty and Eei Hui
Top News 3:04 PM
WOMEN’S doubles shuttler Wong Pei Tty is feeling upbeat after winning the first match at the World Championships on Monday.
The unseeded Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui silenced the fans at the Wembley Arena when they brushed aside their country’s top pair of Jenny Wallwork-Gabrille White 21-14, 21-12 in 38 minutes.
Today, the Malaysians will take on fourth seeds Mizuki Fujii-Reika Kakiiwa of Japan for a place in the third round.
“I did not compete at the world meet last year because of my injury. It sure feels good to have made a winning comeback here,” said Pei Tty, who was forced out of competition for eight months due to injury.
She has, however, been going great guns since returning to competition in March.
“I was quite tense in the beginning and I wasn’t even confident. Then, slowly I got the hang of it. It is certainly a good start for us,” she said.
Pei Tty is now ready for a more challenging time against the Japanese pair, whom the Malaysians beat at the Australian Open Grand Prix Gold in March.
“This Japanese pair remind us of only one thing – long rallies. We will be prepared to go the distance against them.” she said.
Pei Tty-Eei Hui have never gone beyond the quarter-finals in the world meet since making their debut in Birmingham in 2003.
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