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Monday, December 05, 2005
For Sue Anne's satisfaction:-
MANILA, Dec 3 (Bernama) -- Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui ended Malaysia's 30-year drought when they grabbed the gold in the women's doubles after defeating Indonesia's shuttlers at the Philsports Multi-Sports Complex here Saturday.
Their victory brought back fond memories of Sylvia Ng-Rosalind Singha Ang who took gold in the event in the 1975 SEAP Games in Bangkok. At the time, Indonesia was not a member.
Pei Tty-Eei Hui's achievement had broken Indonesia's domination in badminton after they won four out of five categories in the 23rd SEA Games.
It was not an easy feat, however, as the Malaysian pair lost 9-15 in the second set against Jo Novita-Greysia Polii after winning the first set 15-12.
In the decider, the Indonesians managed to collect five straight points when the Malaysian pair were ahead 14-8.
At 13-14, the service changed hands but Pei Tty failed to get the winning point. However, her partner Eei Hui did not dissapoint the fans when she brought home the gold.
"I was satisfied with the first set but we made too many mistakes in the second set because we wanted to end the game quickly. In the third set, we were more careful because if we continued to make mistakes, we would have lost," said Pei Tty.
In the women's singles, national shuttler Wong Mew Choo failed to defend the title she won in Vietnam two years ago after losing to Indonesia's Adriyanti Firdasari in straight set 8-11, 7-11.
Malaysia also took five bronze through Lee Chong Wei and Muhamad Hafiz Hashim in men's singles, Chan Chong Ming-Koo Kien Keat and Wong Choong Hann-Choong Tan Fook in men's doubles and Kien Keat-Ooi Sock Ai in mixed doubles. They lost in the semifinals yesterday.
In the men's singles final, Sony Dwi Kuncoro defeated Simon Santoso 17-16, 15-3 while in the men's doubles, the gold went to Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan who defeated Luluk Hadiyanto-Alven Yulianto Indonesia 15-8, 7-15, 15-6.
In mixed doubles, Nova Widianto-Liliyana defeated Anggun Nugroho-Jo Novita 15-6, 15-2.
Source: BERNAMA
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