Title-holders Koo-Tan go down to new pair from China
Top News 11:05 AM
Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong declared that they need to make a
complete change in their game after being dumped in the first round of
the Malaysia Open at Putra Stadium yesterday.
The duo failed in their bid to defend the title after losing 21-16, 18-21, 16-21 to China’s new pair of Hong Wei-Shen Ye in 56 minutes.
Nothing new: Koo Kien Kiat (right) said that their game had become too predictable.
It
was certainly a miserable start for Kien Keat-Boon Heong, who were
determined to get off on a winning note to strengthen their position as
one of the world’s best doubles players.
Two weeks ago, they had failed to reach the semi-finals of the Super Series Masters Finals in Taipei.
Kien Keat said that their game had become too predictable.
“Our opponents seem to read our game very well. They know our weaknesses and prevent us from capitalising on our strong points,” said a dejected Kien Keat.
”The Chinese were excellent in their attack and they forced us to play defensively. It broke our game apart.
“We should change our game totally – from our service to smashes. We need to improvise our tactical game if we want to maintain our standards as world class players.”
Kien Keat added that they can forget about winning titles if they do not make the changes.
“This is really an eye opener. Boon Heong and I will have to discuss with our coach and physical trainer to look into this.”
Boon Heong echoed Kien Keat’s sentiments.
“I agree with Kien Keat. We have to change our playing styles. There is no way out of this if we want to become the world number one again or if we want to win the world title.”
Two other elite pairs – Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif-Hoon Thien How and Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Ong Soon Hock – made it to the second round in contrasting fashions.
Zakry-Thien How put up a great fight to beat the Scottish and Indonesian pair of Robert Blair-Flandi Limpele with a 22-20, 19-21, 21-16 win to set-up a match against Singapore’s Hendri Kurniawan Saputra-Chayit Triyachart today.
Fairuzizuan-Soon Hock, who won a walkover against Chris Adcock-Andrew Ellis of England, will take on Hirokatsu Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata of Japan next.
Meanwhile, it was all over for former internationals Chan Chong Ming-Lee Wan Wah, Gan Teik Chai-Tan Bin Shen and Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid-Vountus Indra Mawan yesterday.
First round results
* Malaysians unless stated
Men’s singles: Lee Hyun-il (Kor) bt Rajiv Ouseph (Eng) 21-15, 21-12; Kenichi Tago (Jpn) bt Bao Chunlai (Chn) 22-20, 24-22; Nguyen Tien Minh (Vie) bt Sho Sasaki (Jpn) 21-10, 25-23; Marc Zwiebler (Ger) bt Wong Choong Hann 21-15, 15-21, 21-18; Chen Long (Chn) bt Mohd Hafiz Hashim 21-14, 21-16; Taufik Hidayat (Ina) bt Park Sung-hwan (Kor) 17-21, 21-9, 21-16; Lee Chong Wei bt Tommy Sugiarto (Ina) 21-17, 21-18; Lin Dan (Chn) bt Wang Zhengming (Chn) 21-18, 21-16;
Kazushi Yamada (Jpn) bt Chetan Anand (Ind) 21-14, 21-17; Alamsyah Yunus (Ina) bt Carl Baxter (Eng) 21-15, 11-6 rtd; Hu Yun (Hkg) bt Brice Leverdez (Fra) 15-21, 21-17, 21-19; Simon Santoso (Ina) bt Du Pengyu (Chn) 19-21, 21-6, 21-5; Boonsak Ponsana (Tha) bt Anand Pawar (Ind) 21-17, 23-21; Dicky Palyama (Ned) bt Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (Tha) 21-16, 17-21, 21-14; Shon Wan-ho (Kor) bt Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (Ina) 21-14, 13-21, 21-17.
Men’s doubles: Hong Wei-Shen Ye (Chn) bt Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong 16-21, 21-18, 21-16; Chai Biao-Guo Zhengdong bt Michael Fuchs-Oliver Roth (Ger) 21-14, 21-9; Howard Bach-Tony Gunawan (Usa) bt Patipat Chalardchalem-Nipitphon Puangpuapech (Tha) 21-12, 21-17; Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto-Afiat Yuris Wirawan (Ina) bt Luluk Hadiyanto-Candra Wijaya (Ina) 21-17, 16-21, 21-18;
Hirokatsu Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata (Jpn) bt Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid-Vountus Indra Mawan 21-15, 21-16; Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Ong Soon Hock w.o Chris Adcock-Andrew Ellis (Eng); Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong (Kor) w.o. Ruud Bosch-Koen Ridder (Ned); Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif-Hoon Thien How bt Robert Blair-Flandi Limpele (Sco-Ina) 22-20, 19-21, 21-16;
Ingo Kindervater-Johannes Schoettler (Ger) bt A. Songphon-Sudket Prapakamol (Tha) 21-15, 21-14; Mads Conrad-Petersen-Jonas Rasmussen (Den) bt Angga Pratama-Ryan Agung Saputra (Ina) 21-10, 21-11; Mohd Ahsan-Bona Septano (Ina) bt Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa (Jpn) 21-19, 21-19; Liu Xiaolong-Qiu Zihan (Chn) bt Danny Bawa Chrisnanta-Hendra Wijaya (Sin) 5-21, 21-14, 22-20;
Alven Yulianto-Hendra Gunawan (Ina) bt Yoshiteru Hirobe-Kenta Kazuno (Jpn) 21-15, 21-15; Hendri Kurniawan Saputra-Chayut Triyachart (Sin) bt Chen Hung-king-Lin Yu-lang (Tpe) 21-16, 13-21, 21-13; Cho Gun-woo-Kwon Yi-goo (Kor) bt Chan Chong Ming-Lee Wan Wah 21-19, 24-22: Naoki Kawamae-Shoji Sato (Jpn) bt Gan Teik Chai-Tan Bin Shen 21-19, 21-12.
Women’s singles: Liu Xin (Chn) bt Bae Youn-joo (Kor) 21-15, 20-22, 21-10; Yip Pui Yin (Hkg) bt Aprilla Yuswandari (Ina) 21-19, 21-14; Li Xuerui bt Gu Juan (Sin) 21-12, 21-19; Ai Goto (Jpn) bt Jeanine Cicognini (Can) 21-11, 21-15; Sung Ji-hyun (Kor) bt Sayaka Sato (Jpn) 21-6, 21-15; Wang Yihan (Chn) bt Inthanon Ratchanok (Tha) 21-13, 21-18; Wong Mew Choo bt Lu Lan (Chn) 13-21, 22-20, 21-12; Wang Xin (Chn) bt Linda Zechiri (Bul) 21-16, 21-11;
Lindaweni Fanetri (Ina) bt Chan Tsz Ka (Hkg) 21-13, 21-14; Fu Mingtian (Sin) bt Ayane Kurihara (Jpn) 10-21, 21-11, 21-13; Cheng Shao-chieh (Tpe) bt Yao Jie (Ned) 21-19, 21-12; Pai Hsiao-ma (Tpe) bt Maria Febe Kusumastuti (Ina) 21-18, 21-18; Tai Tzu-ying (Tpe) bt Lydia Cheah 17-21, 21-19, 26-24; Juliane Schenk (Ger) bt Tee Jing Yi 25-23, 21-13; Jiang Yanjiao (Chn) bt Petya Nedelcheva (Bul) 21-13, 21-9; Wang Shixian (Chn) bt Salakjit Ponsana (Tha) 21-17, 21-8.
Women’s doubles: Cheng Wen-hsing-Chien Yu-chin (Tpe) bt Shizuka Matsuo-Mami Naito (Jpn) 21-15, 21-13; Lita Nurlita-T. Saralee (Tha) bt Jang Ye-na-Kim Min-seo (Kor) 21-15, 19-21, 21-12; Marylen Ng Paou Leng-Woon Khe Wei bt Chan Tsz Ka-Chau Hoi Wah (Hkg) 21-14, 21-17; Cheng Shu-Ma Jin (Chn) bt Evelyn Chee Yi Lyn-Lim Yin Fun 21-2, 21-9;
Petya Nedelcheva-Anastasia Russkikh (Bul-Rus) bt Chan Wan Ran-Shevon Lai Jemie 21-6, 21-10; Eom Hye-won-Kim Ha-na (Kor) bt Vita Marissa-Nadya Melati (Ina) 17-21, 30-29, 22-20; Matsutomo Misaki-Ayaka Takahashi (Jpn) bt A. Duanganong-V. Kunchala (Tha) 21-12, 22-20; Tian Qing-Zhao Yunlei (Chn) bt Anneke Feinya Agustin-Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (Ina) 21-15, 21-5;
Du Jing-Pan Pan (Chn) bt Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa (Ind) 21-11, 16-21, 21-5; Shinta Mulia Sari-Yao Lei (Sin) bt Chang Hsin-yun-Cheng Shao-chieh (Tpe) 21-17, 21-18; Ha Jung-eun-Kim Min-jung (Kor) bt Chin Eei Hui-Goh Liu Ying 21-9, 21-18; Komala Devi-Andini Suci Rizky (Ina) bt Lotte Jonathans-Paulien van Dooremalen (Ned) 21-18, 21-18; Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang (Chn) bt Ng Hui Ern-Ng Hui Lin 21-11, 21-8; Vivian Hoo-Lim Yin Loo bt Sonia Cheah-Yang Li Lian 14-21, 21-16, 21-16;
Sandra Marinello-Birgit Michels (Ger) bt Poon Lok Yan-Tse Ying Suet (Hkg) 17-21, 21-12, 21-17; Pai Hsiao-ma-Tai Tzu-ying (Tpe) bt Lim Chiew Sien-Nurul Hedayu Zainudin 21-8, 21-13.
Mixed doubles: Shintaro Ikeda-Reiko Shiota (Jpn) bt Sudket Prapakamol-T. Saralee (Tha) 22-20, 21-19; A. Songphon-V. Kunchala (Tha) bt Tan Wee Kiong-Marylen Ng Paou Leng 21-12, 21-12; Chen Hung-ling-Cheng Wen-hsing (Tpe) bt Chayut Triyachart-Vanessa Neo Yu Van (Sin) 21-11, 21-12; Hendra Wijaya-Yao Lei (Sin) bt Lin Yu-lang-Chien Yu-chin (Tpe) 21-16, 22-24, 21-19;
Zhang Nan-Zhao Yunlei (Chn) bt Chris Adcock-Imogen Bankier (Eng-Sco) 6-4 rtd; V.Diju-Jwala Gutta (Ind) bt Johannes Schoettler-Sandra Marinello (Ger) 21-12, 21-13; Fran Kurniawan-Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth (Ina) bt Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying 21-16, 16-21, 21-18; Xu Chen-Yu Yang (Chn) bt Tantowi Ahad-Lilyana Natsir (Ina) 21-19, 21-11.
Kenta Kazuno-Matsutomo Misaki (Jpn) bt Mads Pieler Kolding-Julie Houmann (Den) 21-13, 11-21, 21-16; Yoo Yeon-seong-Kim Min-jung (Kor) bt Kenichi Hayakawa-Shizuka Matsuo (Jpn) 21-15, 21-13; Robert Blair-Gabrielle White (Sco-Eng) bt Patipat Chalardchaleam-Savitree Amitapai (Tha) 17-21, 21-14, 21-17; Mohd Rijal-Debby Susanto (Ina) bt Koo Kien Keat-Chin Eei Hui 21-8, 21-13;
Joachim Fischer Nielsen-Christinna Pedersen (Den) bt Michael Fuchs-Birgit Michels (Ger) 21-12, 21-13; Ko Sung-hyun-Ha Jung-eun (Kor) bt Ong Jien Guo-Sabrina Chong Sook Chin 21-17, 21-17; Tao Jiaming-Tian Qing (Chn) bt Nova Widianto-Vita Marissa (Ina) 21-16, 18-21, 21-19; He Hanbin-Ma Jin (Chn) bt Wong Wai Hong-Chau Hoi Wah (Hkg) 21-7, 21-8.
The duo failed in their bid to defend the title after losing 21-16, 18-21, 16-21 to China’s new pair of Hong Wei-Shen Ye in 56 minutes.
Nothing new: Koo Kien Kiat (right) said that their game had become too predictable. Two weeks ago, they had failed to reach the semi-finals of the Super Series Masters Finals in Taipei.
Kien Keat said that their game had become too predictable.
“Our opponents seem to read our game very well. They know our weaknesses and prevent us from capitalising on our strong points,” said a dejected Kien Keat.
”The Chinese were excellent in their attack and they forced us to play defensively. It broke our game apart.
“We should change our game totally – from our service to smashes. We need to improvise our tactical game if we want to maintain our standards as world class players.”
Kien Keat added that they can forget about winning titles if they do not make the changes.
“This is really an eye opener. Boon Heong and I will have to discuss with our coach and physical trainer to look into this.”
Boon Heong echoed Kien Keat’s sentiments.
“I agree with Kien Keat. We have to change our playing styles. There is no way out of this if we want to become the world number one again or if we want to win the world title.”
Two other elite pairs – Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif-Hoon Thien How and Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Ong Soon Hock – made it to the second round in contrasting fashions.
Zakry-Thien How put up a great fight to beat the Scottish and Indonesian pair of Robert Blair-Flandi Limpele with a 22-20, 19-21, 21-16 win to set-up a match against Singapore’s Hendri Kurniawan Saputra-Chayit Triyachart today.
Fairuzizuan-Soon Hock, who won a walkover against Chris Adcock-Andrew Ellis of England, will take on Hirokatsu Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata of Japan next.
Meanwhile, it was all over for former internationals Chan Chong Ming-Lee Wan Wah, Gan Teik Chai-Tan Bin Shen and Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid-Vountus Indra Mawan yesterday.
First round results
* Malaysians unless stated
Men’s singles: Lee Hyun-il (Kor) bt Rajiv Ouseph (Eng) 21-15, 21-12; Kenichi Tago (Jpn) bt Bao Chunlai (Chn) 22-20, 24-22; Nguyen Tien Minh (Vie) bt Sho Sasaki (Jpn) 21-10, 25-23; Marc Zwiebler (Ger) bt Wong Choong Hann 21-15, 15-21, 21-18; Chen Long (Chn) bt Mohd Hafiz Hashim 21-14, 21-16; Taufik Hidayat (Ina) bt Park Sung-hwan (Kor) 17-21, 21-9, 21-16; Lee Chong Wei bt Tommy Sugiarto (Ina) 21-17, 21-18; Lin Dan (Chn) bt Wang Zhengming (Chn) 21-18, 21-16;
Kazushi Yamada (Jpn) bt Chetan Anand (Ind) 21-14, 21-17; Alamsyah Yunus (Ina) bt Carl Baxter (Eng) 21-15, 11-6 rtd; Hu Yun (Hkg) bt Brice Leverdez (Fra) 15-21, 21-17, 21-19; Simon Santoso (Ina) bt Du Pengyu (Chn) 19-21, 21-6, 21-5; Boonsak Ponsana (Tha) bt Anand Pawar (Ind) 21-17, 23-21; Dicky Palyama (Ned) bt Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (Tha) 21-16, 17-21, 21-14; Shon Wan-ho (Kor) bt Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (Ina) 21-14, 13-21, 21-17.
Men’s doubles: Hong Wei-Shen Ye (Chn) bt Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong 16-21, 21-18, 21-16; Chai Biao-Guo Zhengdong bt Michael Fuchs-Oliver Roth (Ger) 21-14, 21-9; Howard Bach-Tony Gunawan (Usa) bt Patipat Chalardchalem-Nipitphon Puangpuapech (Tha) 21-12, 21-17; Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto-Afiat Yuris Wirawan (Ina) bt Luluk Hadiyanto-Candra Wijaya (Ina) 21-17, 16-21, 21-18;
Hirokatsu Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata (Jpn) bt Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid-Vountus Indra Mawan 21-15, 21-16; Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Ong Soon Hock w.o Chris Adcock-Andrew Ellis (Eng); Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong (Kor) w.o. Ruud Bosch-Koen Ridder (Ned); Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif-Hoon Thien How bt Robert Blair-Flandi Limpele (Sco-Ina) 22-20, 19-21, 21-16;
Ingo Kindervater-Johannes Schoettler (Ger) bt A. Songphon-Sudket Prapakamol (Tha) 21-15, 21-14; Mads Conrad-Petersen-Jonas Rasmussen (Den) bt Angga Pratama-Ryan Agung Saputra (Ina) 21-10, 21-11; Mohd Ahsan-Bona Septano (Ina) bt Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa (Jpn) 21-19, 21-19; Liu Xiaolong-Qiu Zihan (Chn) bt Danny Bawa Chrisnanta-Hendra Wijaya (Sin) 5-21, 21-14, 22-20;
Alven Yulianto-Hendra Gunawan (Ina) bt Yoshiteru Hirobe-Kenta Kazuno (Jpn) 21-15, 21-15; Hendri Kurniawan Saputra-Chayut Triyachart (Sin) bt Chen Hung-king-Lin Yu-lang (Tpe) 21-16, 13-21, 21-13; Cho Gun-woo-Kwon Yi-goo (Kor) bt Chan Chong Ming-Lee Wan Wah 21-19, 24-22: Naoki Kawamae-Shoji Sato (Jpn) bt Gan Teik Chai-Tan Bin Shen 21-19, 21-12.
Women’s singles: Liu Xin (Chn) bt Bae Youn-joo (Kor) 21-15, 20-22, 21-10; Yip Pui Yin (Hkg) bt Aprilla Yuswandari (Ina) 21-19, 21-14; Li Xuerui bt Gu Juan (Sin) 21-12, 21-19; Ai Goto (Jpn) bt Jeanine Cicognini (Can) 21-11, 21-15; Sung Ji-hyun (Kor) bt Sayaka Sato (Jpn) 21-6, 21-15; Wang Yihan (Chn) bt Inthanon Ratchanok (Tha) 21-13, 21-18; Wong Mew Choo bt Lu Lan (Chn) 13-21, 22-20, 21-12; Wang Xin (Chn) bt Linda Zechiri (Bul) 21-16, 21-11;
Lindaweni Fanetri (Ina) bt Chan Tsz Ka (Hkg) 21-13, 21-14; Fu Mingtian (Sin) bt Ayane Kurihara (Jpn) 10-21, 21-11, 21-13; Cheng Shao-chieh (Tpe) bt Yao Jie (Ned) 21-19, 21-12; Pai Hsiao-ma (Tpe) bt Maria Febe Kusumastuti (Ina) 21-18, 21-18; Tai Tzu-ying (Tpe) bt Lydia Cheah 17-21, 21-19, 26-24; Juliane Schenk (Ger) bt Tee Jing Yi 25-23, 21-13; Jiang Yanjiao (Chn) bt Petya Nedelcheva (Bul) 21-13, 21-9; Wang Shixian (Chn) bt Salakjit Ponsana (Tha) 21-17, 21-8.
Women’s doubles: Cheng Wen-hsing-Chien Yu-chin (Tpe) bt Shizuka Matsuo-Mami Naito (Jpn) 21-15, 21-13; Lita Nurlita-T. Saralee (Tha) bt Jang Ye-na-Kim Min-seo (Kor) 21-15, 19-21, 21-12; Marylen Ng Paou Leng-Woon Khe Wei bt Chan Tsz Ka-Chau Hoi Wah (Hkg) 21-14, 21-17; Cheng Shu-Ma Jin (Chn) bt Evelyn Chee Yi Lyn-Lim Yin Fun 21-2, 21-9;
Petya Nedelcheva-Anastasia Russkikh (Bul-Rus) bt Chan Wan Ran-Shevon Lai Jemie 21-6, 21-10; Eom Hye-won-Kim Ha-na (Kor) bt Vita Marissa-Nadya Melati (Ina) 17-21, 30-29, 22-20; Matsutomo Misaki-Ayaka Takahashi (Jpn) bt A. Duanganong-V. Kunchala (Tha) 21-12, 22-20; Tian Qing-Zhao Yunlei (Chn) bt Anneke Feinya Agustin-Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (Ina) 21-15, 21-5;
Du Jing-Pan Pan (Chn) bt Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa (Ind) 21-11, 16-21, 21-5; Shinta Mulia Sari-Yao Lei (Sin) bt Chang Hsin-yun-Cheng Shao-chieh (Tpe) 21-17, 21-18; Ha Jung-eun-Kim Min-jung (Kor) bt Chin Eei Hui-Goh Liu Ying 21-9, 21-18; Komala Devi-Andini Suci Rizky (Ina) bt Lotte Jonathans-Paulien van Dooremalen (Ned) 21-18, 21-18; Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang (Chn) bt Ng Hui Ern-Ng Hui Lin 21-11, 21-8; Vivian Hoo-Lim Yin Loo bt Sonia Cheah-Yang Li Lian 14-21, 21-16, 21-16;
Sandra Marinello-Birgit Michels (Ger) bt Poon Lok Yan-Tse Ying Suet (Hkg) 17-21, 21-12, 21-17; Pai Hsiao-ma-Tai Tzu-ying (Tpe) bt Lim Chiew Sien-Nurul Hedayu Zainudin 21-8, 21-13.
Mixed doubles: Shintaro Ikeda-Reiko Shiota (Jpn) bt Sudket Prapakamol-T. Saralee (Tha) 22-20, 21-19; A. Songphon-V. Kunchala (Tha) bt Tan Wee Kiong-Marylen Ng Paou Leng 21-12, 21-12; Chen Hung-ling-Cheng Wen-hsing (Tpe) bt Chayut Triyachart-Vanessa Neo Yu Van (Sin) 21-11, 21-12; Hendra Wijaya-Yao Lei (Sin) bt Lin Yu-lang-Chien Yu-chin (Tpe) 21-16, 22-24, 21-19;
Zhang Nan-Zhao Yunlei (Chn) bt Chris Adcock-Imogen Bankier (Eng-Sco) 6-4 rtd; V.Diju-Jwala Gutta (Ind) bt Johannes Schoettler-Sandra Marinello (Ger) 21-12, 21-13; Fran Kurniawan-Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth (Ina) bt Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying 21-16, 16-21, 21-18; Xu Chen-Yu Yang (Chn) bt Tantowi Ahad-Lilyana Natsir (Ina) 21-19, 21-11.
Kenta Kazuno-Matsutomo Misaki (Jpn) bt Mads Pieler Kolding-Julie Houmann (Den) 21-13, 11-21, 21-16; Yoo Yeon-seong-Kim Min-jung (Kor) bt Kenichi Hayakawa-Shizuka Matsuo (Jpn) 21-15, 21-13; Robert Blair-Gabrielle White (Sco-Eng) bt Patipat Chalardchaleam-Savitree Amitapai (Tha) 17-21, 21-14, 21-17; Mohd Rijal-Debby Susanto (Ina) bt Koo Kien Keat-Chin Eei Hui 21-8, 21-13;
Joachim Fischer Nielsen-Christinna Pedersen (Den) bt Michael Fuchs-Birgit Michels (Ger) 21-12, 21-13; Ko Sung-hyun-Ha Jung-eun (Kor) bt Ong Jien Guo-Sabrina Chong Sook Chin 21-17, 21-17; Tao Jiaming-Tian Qing (Chn) bt Nova Widianto-Vita Marissa (Ina) 21-16, 18-21, 21-19; He Hanbin-Ma Jin (Chn) bt Wong Wai Hong-Chau Hoi Wah (Hkg) 21-7, 21-8.
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