Chong Wei in same half with nemesis Lin Dan
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PETALING JAYA: Lin Dan will be an early stumbling block for Lee Chong Wei in his attempt to win a seventh Malaysia Open title.
In the draw released by Badminton World Federation (BWF) yesterday for the season-opening Super Series championships at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil from Jan 18-23, the top seeded Chong Wei found himself in the same half as his nemesis.
And they are tipped to play in the semi-finals. In their last meeting at the Guangzhou Asian Games last November, Lin Dan defeated Chong Wei in the final.
Chong Wei also has in his quarter Vietnamese Nguyen Tien Minh, India’s P. Kashyap and Japanese Sho Sasaki and Kazushi Yamada.
Two other Malaysians – Mohd Hafiz Hashim and Wong Choong Hann – are in the same quarter with Lin Dan and another Chinese, Chen Long.
The other half of the draw has second seed Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia, Thailand’s Boonsak Ponsana, China’s Chen Jin and Bao Chunlai and Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro.
In the men’s doubles, top seeds Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong have a tricky first-round match against Copenhagen Masters champions Mads Conrads-Petersen-Jonas Rasmussen of Denmark.
The other pairs in the same half are Koreans Cho Gun-woo-Kwon Yi-goo, Indonesians Alven Yulianto-Hendra Gunawan and two scratch pairs – Chai Biao-Guo Zhengdong of China and Lee Wan Wah-Chan Chong Ming of Malaysia.
In the other half with Malaysian pairs Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Ong Soon Hock and Mohd zakry Abdul Latif-Hoon Thien How are second seeds Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong of South Korea, Indonesians Candra Wijaya-Luluk Hadiyanto and Japanese Hirokatsu-Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata.
Wong Mew Choo faces early elimination in the women’s singles competition. She is in the same quarter of the draw with Chinese stars Lu Lan and top seed Wang Xin.
In the draw released by Badminton World Federation (BWF) yesterday for the season-opening Super Series championships at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil from Jan 18-23, the top seeded Chong Wei found himself in the same half as his nemesis.
And they are tipped to play in the semi-finals. In their last meeting at the Guangzhou Asian Games last November, Lin Dan defeated Chong Wei in the final.
Chong Wei also has in his quarter Vietnamese Nguyen Tien Minh, India’s P. Kashyap and Japanese Sho Sasaki and Kazushi Yamada.
Two other Malaysians – Mohd Hafiz Hashim and Wong Choong Hann – are in the same quarter with Lin Dan and another Chinese, Chen Long.
The other half of the draw has second seed Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia, Thailand’s Boonsak Ponsana, China’s Chen Jin and Bao Chunlai and Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro.
In the men’s doubles, top seeds Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong have a tricky first-round match against Copenhagen Masters champions Mads Conrads-Petersen-Jonas Rasmussen of Denmark.
The other pairs in the same half are Koreans Cho Gun-woo-Kwon Yi-goo, Indonesians Alven Yulianto-Hendra Gunawan and two scratch pairs – Chai Biao-Guo Zhengdong of China and Lee Wan Wah-Chan Chong Ming of Malaysia.
In the other half with Malaysian pairs Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Ong Soon Hock and Mohd zakry Abdul Latif-Hoon Thien How are second seeds Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong of South Korea, Indonesians Candra Wijaya-Luluk Hadiyanto and Japanese Hirokatsu-Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata.
Wong Mew Choo faces early elimination in the women’s singles competition. She is in the same quarter of the draw with Chinese stars Lu Lan and top seed Wang Xin.
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