Badminton: Lim going all out to restore coaches’ confidence in him

Below fire singles shuttler Lim Chong King will not permit any possibility to restore the coaches’ self confidence in him go to waste.

Yesterday, the 21-calendar year-previous made the most of his unusual workforce party begin by chipping a stage in Malaysia’s 5- victory more than Kazakhstan to sail into the Badminton Asia Team Championships semi-finals at the Setia City Conference Centre yesterday.

Actively playing in the 2nd singles, the environment No. 167 Chong King prevented any hiccup as he defeated Khaimurat Kulmatov 21-11, 21-11 to make it 2- for the hosts.

Inspite of struggling with minnows of the sport, Chong King appreciates there is a great deal at stake right after dropping previously to minor-known Aryamann Tandon of India in the qualifiers of the Belgian Intercontinental in Oct final year.

Chong King compensated a major value for the dismal present as it resulted in him being sent property and he experienced not witnessed any action due to the fact then.

“I feel I’m in a superior problem now. Today’s acquire did improve my self-confidence even though it is towards a compact staff,” claimed Chong King, who’s battling to reside up to the expectation although he was once touted as the future Lee Chong Wei in 2019.

“I have had a lot of conversations with my coaches on in which I’m missing and properly trained really tricky to rectify all the weaknesses in the previous 3 months.

“Last calendar year was one particular to neglect. I was quite down but the coaches have not supplied up on me and attempted a lot of means to restore my assurance.”

Chong King was not the only participant keen to regain the trust of his coaches as Aidil Sholeh Ali Sadikin and Jacky Kok, far too, took their probabilities properly in the opening and third singles.

Aidil overcame a shaky start off in the early phases to defeat Artur Niyazov 21-11, 21-12 while Jacky, the youngest member in the squad at 20, outclassed Makhsut Tajibullayev 21-18, 21-4 to seal the winning position.

“The one detail that I would not do is glimpse down on an opponent,” explained Jacky, who won the Swedish Open up last thirty day period.

“I’m grateful to be offered this possibility to play in this party. It feels very good to have contributed a position that seals our gain.

“I have been discovering a lot from my seniors on how to handle force and the situation on court.”

Doubles pairs Guy Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun and Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani then accomplished the rout to make it a 2nd 5- acquire in a row following the hosts also hammered Singapore with the same scoreline.

With a area in the semi-finals secured, Malaysia will encounter Japan in their past tie currently aiming to complete leading of Group B.

By marching into the final 4, Malaysia have also booked a area in the Thomas Cup Finals, which will be held in Bangkok in Could.

Effects

Gentlemen

Team A: Indonesia bt South Korea 3-2 (Chico Aura bt Jeon Hyeok-jin 21-18, 15-21, 21-19 Pramudya Kusumawardana-Yeremia Erich Yoche dropped to Jin Yong-Na Sung-seong 10-21, 19-21 Ikhsan Leonardo lost to Kim Joo-wan 18-21, 14-21 Leo Rolly-Daniel Marthin bt Noh Jin-seong-Yoon Dae Il 21-13, 21-13 Christian Adinata bt Jeong Min-sunshine 21-19, 11-21, 21-17) India bt Hong Kong 3-2 (Lakshya Sen bt Lee Cheuk Yiu 21-19, 21-10 Manjit Singh-Dingku Singh misplaced to Regulation Cheuk Him-Reginald Lee Chun Hei 22-20, 15-21, 18-21 Kiran George misplaced to Chan Yik Chak 13-21, 21-17, 9-21 Hariharan Amsakarunan-Ruban Kumar bt Chow Hin Extensive-Lui Chun Wai 21-17, 21-16 Manjunath Mithun bt Gunawan Jason 21-14, 17-21, 21-11)

Team B: Singapore bt Japan 3-2 (Loh Kean Yew bt Riku Hatano 21-16, 21-15 Wesley Koh Eng Keat-Andy Kwek Jun Liang dropped to Ayato Endo-Yuta Takei 12-21, 21-19, 15-21 Jason Teh Jia Heng bt Koo Takahashi 21-15, 13-21, 21-18 Danny Bawa Chrisnanta-Terry Hee Yong Kai bt Shuntaro Mezaki-Haruya Nishida 21-18, 18-21, 21-19 Joel Koh Jia Wei lost to Koshiro Moriguchi 10-21, 17-21)

Malaysia bt Kazakhstan 5- (Aidil Sholeh bt Artur Niyazov 21-11, 21-12 Lim Chong King bt Khaitmurat Kulmatov 21-11, 21-11 Kok Jing Hong bt Makhsut Tajibullayev 21-8, 21-4 Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun bt Jangir Ibrayev-Ilya Lysenko 21-5, 21-5 Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin bt Andrey Shalagin-Makhsut Tajibullayev 21-8, 21-4).

Women of all ages

Group Z: Hong Kong bt Kazakhstan 5- (Yeung Sum Yee bt Aisha Zhumabek 21-11, 21-6 Saloni Samirbhai Mehta bt Kamila Smagoluva 21-12, 21-10 Delighted Lo Sin Yan bt Nargiza Rakhmetullayeva 21-4, 21-6 Lover Ka Yan-Yau Mau Ying bt Arina Sazonova-Kamila Smagoluva 21-7, 21-4 Leung Sze Lok-Yeun Sin Ying bt Nargiza Rakhmetullayeva-Aisha Zhumabek 21-2, 21-5) Indonesia bt South Korea 3-2 (Gregoria Mariska Tunjung bt Sim Yu-jin 21-6, 21-18 Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma-Amalia Cahaya missing to Baek Ha-na-Seong Seung-yeon 20-22, 19-21 Putri Kusuma Wardani misplaced to Lee Se-yeon 16-21, 19-21 Nita Violina Marwah-Lanny Tria Mayasari bt Kim Min-ji-Lee Search engine optimisation-jin 21-16, 22-20 Stephanie Widjaja bt Kim Joo-eun 21-11, 21-13)

TODAY’S FIXTURES

Guys

Group A: Indonesia vs India, South Korea vs Hong Kong (10am)

Team B: Japan vs Malaysia, Singapore vs Kazakhstan (4pm)

Women of all ages

Group Y: Japan vs India (10am)