heh Chang wants good start from top pair
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PETALING JAYA: National coach Pang Cheh Chang wants a good
start from top doubles pair Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong at the World
Championships.
Kien Keat-Boon Heong have a tendency to make their lives difficult by getting off to slow starts in tournaments.
But Cheh Chang said the duo could not afford to do that at the world meet, which will be held in Paris from Aug 23-29.
“Sometimes, they find it hard to hit it off right away,” said Cheh Chang in a telephone interview from England yesterday.
“This could be dangerous because it could affect their confidence. I hope they will go into the tournament with the right attitude from the start.”
Kien Keat-Boon Heong have a first round bye and will take on Czech Republic’s Ondrej Kopriva-Tomas Kopriva in the second round.
They should get past the Kopriva brothers to set up a meeting with Chai Biao-Zhang Nan of China.
If they clear that hurdle, they will face the formidable South Korean pair of Lee Yong-dae-Jung Jae-sung.
“We have told them to use their first match against the Czech pair as a warm-up. We want them to go all out. It will be a boost to their confidence when they take on the Chinese next,” said Cheh Chang.
“It will be more challenging against the younger China pair, who gave Koo and Tan a tough time before going down in the semi-finals of the Malaysian Open.
The other pairs in the same half as the Malaysians are Indonesians Alven Yulianto-Hendra Gunawan, China’s Guo Zhengdong-Xu Chen and Denmark’s All-England champions Lars Paaske-Jonas Rasmussen.
In the lower half of the draw with second seeds Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan are Malaysia’s Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah and Gan Teik Chai-Tan Bin Shen, South Koreans Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong and defending champions Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng of China.
Kien Keat-Boon Heong have a tendency to make their lives difficult by getting off to slow starts in tournaments.
But Cheh Chang said the duo could not afford to do that at the world meet, which will be held in Paris from Aug 23-29.
“Sometimes, they find it hard to hit it off right away,” said Cheh Chang in a telephone interview from England yesterday.
“This could be dangerous because it could affect their confidence. I hope they will go into the tournament with the right attitude from the start.”
Kien Keat-Boon Heong have a first round bye and will take on Czech Republic’s Ondrej Kopriva-Tomas Kopriva in the second round.
They should get past the Kopriva brothers to set up a meeting with Chai Biao-Zhang Nan of China.
If they clear that hurdle, they will face the formidable South Korean pair of Lee Yong-dae-Jung Jae-sung.
“We have told them to use their first match against the Czech pair as a warm-up. We want them to go all out. It will be a boost to their confidence when they take on the Chinese next,” said Cheh Chang.
“It will be more challenging against the younger China pair, who gave Koo and Tan a tough time before going down in the semi-finals of the Malaysian Open.
The other pairs in the same half as the Malaysians are Indonesians Alven Yulianto-Hendra Gunawan, China’s Guo Zhengdong-Xu Chen and Denmark’s All-England champions Lars Paaske-Jonas Rasmussen.
In the lower half of the draw with second seeds Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan are Malaysia’s Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah and Gan Teik Chai-Tan Bin Shen, South Koreans Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong and defending champions Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng of China.
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