Wednesday, December 17, 2008

badminton world super series master final starts today in kota kinabalu, sabah, malaysia, 18 dec 08


badminton world super series master final starts today in kota kinabalu, sabah, 18 dec 08. apart from prestige, it offers cash prize of USD 500,000.00!!

only the top 8 highest ranked players in the super series, qualify. However all Chinese player didn't take part, giving opportunites for more players from Malaysia who are not in the top 8 list to qualify..!!! including ladies single wong mew choo.

wong choon han on the way to the court for the match
against lee chong wei


lee chong wei on the way to his match with choong han
In the first round of a round robin format, malaysia's world no 2 Lee Chong Wei easily defeated fellow Malaysian, Wong Choon Han, 21-14, 21-13 in 23 minutes, later in the night, he beat denmark's pete gade in straight set also - 21-19, 21-17, the next day, chong wei tops his group after beating Hong Kong's Chan Yan Kit in 3 games... chong wei will meet either sony dwi kuncoro or taufik hidayat in the semifinal this saturday 20 dec 08.

Other top players taking part are taufik hidayat, peter gade christiansen, sony dwi kuncoro, markis kido, hendra setiawan, chandra wijaya, koo kien keat, tan boon heong and tony gunawan.
the final will be held on Sunday, 21 December

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