Hafiz falls in the first round of the Japan Open
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PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Mohd Hafiz Hashim was sent packing but
two men’s doubles back-up pairs – Mak Hee Chun-Tan Wee Kiong and Chan
Peng Soon-Lim Khim Wah – made it a great outing for Malaysia on a day
full of upsets in the Japan Open in Tokyo yesterday.
Hafiz fell 21-16, 13-21, 12-21 to Japan’s Kenichi Tago in the first round. Tago’s reward is a date with another Malaysian, world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei, in the second round.
Top seed Chong Wei, who is making a comeback after sustaining a back injury at the World Championships in Paris, was in an uncompromising mood as he ripped apart R.M.V. Gurusaidatt of India 21-5, 21-9 in just 26 minutes.
While Chong Wei showed that he was shaping up well for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi next month, Hafiz’s defeat was certainly a big setback to Malaysia’s hopes of a 1-2 finish in the men’s singles event in India.
It was also the end of the road for Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in the Japan Open when he lost 21-18, 21-23, 19-21 to Japan’s Sho Sasaki.
The other seeded players – China’s Lin Dan and Bao Chunlai and Denmark’s Peter-Gade Christensen – safely reached the second round.
The day certainly belonged to national coach Tan Kim Her’s charges – Hee Chun-Wee Kiong and Peng Soon-Khim Wah.
Hee Chun-Wee Kiong defeated South Koreans Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong 21-16, 21-14 to check into the second round in style.
It was sweet revenge for the Asiad-bound shuttlers, having lost to the Koreans in the opening round of the China Masters last week.
Peng Soon-Khim Wah also played superbly to beat third seeds Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen of Denmark 18-21, 21-19, 21-10. It was the Malaysian pairs’ first win over the All-England runners-up.
Today, Hee Chun-Wee Kiong and Peng Soon-Khim Wah will take on Yoshiteru Hirobe-Kenta Kazuno of Japan and Indonesians Luluk Hadiyanto-Candra Wijaya for places in the quarter-finals respectively.
Malaysia’s World Championships silver medallists and top seeds Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong also cleared their first round hurdles convincingly, beating Shohei Hoshino-Akira Kobayahsi of Japan 21-14, 21-16.
First round results
Men’s singles: Bao Chunlai (Chn) bt Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (Ina) 21-14, 21-10; Kenichi Tago (Jpn) bt Mohd Hafiz Hashim (Mas) 16-21, 21-13, 21-12; Kazushi Yamada (Jpn) bt Riichi Takeshita (Jpn) 21-11, 21- 15; Hu Yun (Hkg) bt Shon Wan-ho (Kor) 21-18, 21-15; Boonsak Ponsana (Tha) bt Du Pengyu (Chn) 21-19, 21-16; Park Sung-hwan (Kor) bt Chen Chou-tien (Tpe) 21-12, 21-13; Sho Sasaki (Jpn) bt Taufik Hidayat (Ina) 18-21, 23-21, 21-19; Chen Long (Chn) bt Christian Lind Thomsen (Den) 21-10, 11-4, rtd; Lin Dan (Chn) bt Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (Tha) 21-12, 21-13; Matthieu Lo Ying Ping (Fra) bt Hsieh Yu-hsing (Tpe) 21-18, 16-21, 21-15; Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt R.M.V. Gurusaidatt (Ind) 21-5, 21-9; Takuma Euda (Jpn) Eric Pang (Ned) 21-10, 21-11; Alamsyah Yunus (Ina) bt Brice Leverdez (Fra) 21-18, 19-21, 22-20; Peter-Gade Christensen (Den) bt Wong Wing Ki (Hkg) 21-13, 21-16; Jan O Jorgsensen (Den) bt Dicky Palyam (Ned) 21-17, 21-11; Nguyen Tien Minh (Vie) bt Chan Yan Kit (Hkg) 16-21, 21-10, 21-14.
Men’s doubles: Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong (Mas) bt Shohei Hoshino-Akira Kobayashi (Jpn) 21-14, 21-16; Chen Hung-ling-Lin Yulang (Tpe) bt Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa (Jpn) 24-22, 21-13; Mohd Ahsan-Bona Septano (Ina) bt Takeshi Kamura-Keigo Sonoda (Jpn) 21-10, 21-10; A. Songphon-Sudket Prapakamol (Tha) bt Lee Yong-dae-Jung Jae-sung (Kor) 22-20, 21-13; Mak Hee Chun-Tan Wee Kiong (Mas) bt Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong (Kor) 21-16, 21-14; Alven Yulianto-Hendra Gunawan (Ina) bt Naoki Kawamae-Shoji Sato (Jpn) 21-17, 21-16; Yoshiteru Hirobe-Kenta Kazuno (Jpn) bt Naoto Otaki-Tatsuya Watanabe (Jpn) 21-11, 21-7; Cho Gun-woo-Kwon Yi-goo (Kor) w.o. Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan (Ina); Chan Peng Soon-Lim Khim Wah (Mas) bt Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen (Den) 18-21, 21- 19, 21-10; Annga Pratama-Rian Agung Saputro (Ina) bt Rei Sato-Riichi Takeshita (Jpn) 21-10, 21-14; Hirokatsu Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata (Jpn) bt Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif-Hoon Thien How (Mas) 21-17, 21-8; Chai Biao-Zhang Nan (Chn) bt Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama-Wong Wai Hong (Hkg) 21-12, 21-17; Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng (Chn) bt Howard Bach-Tony Gunawan (Usa) 21-18, 21-16; Rendy Sugiarto-Afiat Yuris Wirawan (Ina) bt Philip Chew-Halim Heryanto (US) 21-13, 21-16; Kim Ki-jung-Shin Baek-cheol (Kor) bt Fang Chieh-min-Lee Sheng-mu (Tpe) 21-17, 9-21, 21-16; Luluk Hadiyanto-Candra Wijaya (Ina) bt Ruud Bosch-Koen Ridder (Ned) 19-21, 22-20, 21-17.
Hafiz fell 21-16, 13-21, 12-21 to Japan’s Kenichi Tago in the first round. Tago’s reward is a date with another Malaysian, world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei, in the second round.
Top seed Chong Wei, who is making a comeback after sustaining a back injury at the World Championships in Paris, was in an uncompromising mood as he ripped apart R.M.V. Gurusaidatt of India 21-5, 21-9 in just 26 minutes.
While Chong Wei showed that he was shaping up well for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi next month, Hafiz’s defeat was certainly a big setback to Malaysia’s hopes of a 1-2 finish in the men’s singles event in India.
It was also the end of the road for Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in the Japan Open when he lost 21-18, 21-23, 19-21 to Japan’s Sho Sasaki.
The other seeded players – China’s Lin Dan and Bao Chunlai and Denmark’s Peter-Gade Christensen – safely reached the second round.
The day certainly belonged to national coach Tan Kim Her’s charges – Hee Chun-Wee Kiong and Peng Soon-Khim Wah.
Hee Chun-Wee Kiong defeated South Koreans Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong 21-16, 21-14 to check into the second round in style.
It was sweet revenge for the Asiad-bound shuttlers, having lost to the Koreans in the opening round of the China Masters last week.
Peng Soon-Khim Wah also played superbly to beat third seeds Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen of Denmark 18-21, 21-19, 21-10. It was the Malaysian pairs’ first win over the All-England runners-up.
Today, Hee Chun-Wee Kiong and Peng Soon-Khim Wah will take on Yoshiteru Hirobe-Kenta Kazuno of Japan and Indonesians Luluk Hadiyanto-Candra Wijaya for places in the quarter-finals respectively.
Malaysia’s World Championships silver medallists and top seeds Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong also cleared their first round hurdles convincingly, beating Shohei Hoshino-Akira Kobayahsi of Japan 21-14, 21-16.
First round results
Men’s singles: Bao Chunlai (Chn) bt Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (Ina) 21-14, 21-10; Kenichi Tago (Jpn) bt Mohd Hafiz Hashim (Mas) 16-21, 21-13, 21-12; Kazushi Yamada (Jpn) bt Riichi Takeshita (Jpn) 21-11, 21- 15; Hu Yun (Hkg) bt Shon Wan-ho (Kor) 21-18, 21-15; Boonsak Ponsana (Tha) bt Du Pengyu (Chn) 21-19, 21-16; Park Sung-hwan (Kor) bt Chen Chou-tien (Tpe) 21-12, 21-13; Sho Sasaki (Jpn) bt Taufik Hidayat (Ina) 18-21, 23-21, 21-19; Chen Long (Chn) bt Christian Lind Thomsen (Den) 21-10, 11-4, rtd; Lin Dan (Chn) bt Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (Tha) 21-12, 21-13; Matthieu Lo Ying Ping (Fra) bt Hsieh Yu-hsing (Tpe) 21-18, 16-21, 21-15; Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt R.M.V. Gurusaidatt (Ind) 21-5, 21-9; Takuma Euda (Jpn) Eric Pang (Ned) 21-10, 21-11; Alamsyah Yunus (Ina) bt Brice Leverdez (Fra) 21-18, 19-21, 22-20; Peter-Gade Christensen (Den) bt Wong Wing Ki (Hkg) 21-13, 21-16; Jan O Jorgsensen (Den) bt Dicky Palyam (Ned) 21-17, 21-11; Nguyen Tien Minh (Vie) bt Chan Yan Kit (Hkg) 16-21, 21-10, 21-14.
Men’s doubles: Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong (Mas) bt Shohei Hoshino-Akira Kobayashi (Jpn) 21-14, 21-16; Chen Hung-ling-Lin Yulang (Tpe) bt Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa (Jpn) 24-22, 21-13; Mohd Ahsan-Bona Septano (Ina) bt Takeshi Kamura-Keigo Sonoda (Jpn) 21-10, 21-10; A. Songphon-Sudket Prapakamol (Tha) bt Lee Yong-dae-Jung Jae-sung (Kor) 22-20, 21-13; Mak Hee Chun-Tan Wee Kiong (Mas) bt Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong (Kor) 21-16, 21-14; Alven Yulianto-Hendra Gunawan (Ina) bt Naoki Kawamae-Shoji Sato (Jpn) 21-17, 21-16; Yoshiteru Hirobe-Kenta Kazuno (Jpn) bt Naoto Otaki-Tatsuya Watanabe (Jpn) 21-11, 21-7; Cho Gun-woo-Kwon Yi-goo (Kor) w.o. Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan (Ina); Chan Peng Soon-Lim Khim Wah (Mas) bt Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen (Den) 18-21, 21- 19, 21-10; Annga Pratama-Rian Agung Saputro (Ina) bt Rei Sato-Riichi Takeshita (Jpn) 21-10, 21-14; Hirokatsu Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata (Jpn) bt Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif-Hoon Thien How (Mas) 21-17, 21-8; Chai Biao-Zhang Nan (Chn) bt Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama-Wong Wai Hong (Hkg) 21-12, 21-17; Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng (Chn) bt Howard Bach-Tony Gunawan (Usa) 21-18, 21-16; Rendy Sugiarto-Afiat Yuris Wirawan (Ina) bt Philip Chew-Halim Heryanto (US) 21-13, 21-16; Kim Ki-jung-Shin Baek-cheol (Kor) bt Fang Chieh-min-Lee Sheng-mu (Tpe) 21-17, 9-21, 21-16; Luluk Hadiyanto-Candra Wijaya (Ina) bt Ruud Bosch-Koen Ridder (Ned) 19-21, 22-20, 21-17.
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