Markis Kido News

WONG Mew Choo and Lydia Cheah cleared their hurdles on a day that Indonesia were bundled out of the women's singles quarter-finals at the National Sports Complex.

Aquatics continued to be the saviour for Malaysia in the collection of gold medals on the fifth day of the 25th SEA Games here as the athletes in other events failed to meet the targets.

Soudaphone Chanlapheng, left, and Ketsuda Vongphakdy of Laos perform in the women s wushu-taolu barehand duilien final at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos, yesterday.

Malaysia settled for the silver medal after losing 1-3 to Indonesia in the final of the men's badminton team event of the 25th SEA Games here Sunday.

INDONESIAN Rexy Mainaky may be one of the successful badminton coaches in the world but, as a player, he has never won an individual gold medal at the SEA Games.

PETALING JAYA: National men's doubles ace Tan Boon Heong is the marathon man of badminton.

LEE Chong Wei has breathed new life into Malaysia's campaign and national singles chief coach Rashid Sidek is optimistic the two-gold target will be met in the Laos Sea Games on Dec 9-18. Chong Wei, after much deliberation, answered the BA of Malaysia's call and confirmed he will compete in Laos after all and this has increased Malaysia's chances ...

ZAKRY Latif-Fairuzizuan Tazari are not getting their hopes high despite their surprise qualification for the World Super Series Masters.

PETALING JAYA: Men's doubles pair Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong will take a shot at nailing their fifth title of the year after storming into the China Open final in Shanghai yesterday.

PETALING JAYA: It will be make or break for men's doubles pair Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif when they resume Super Series action in the Hong Kong Open tomorrow.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia have been tagged as the top seeds for the men's team badminton competition ahead of defending champions Indonesia in the Laos SEA Games next month.

ZAKRY Latif-Fairuzizuan Tazari are in a precarious position in the Nov 17-22 China Open in Shanghai as they must beat compatriots Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong to qualify for the Super Series Masters Finals in Kuala Terengganu next month.

LEE Chong Wei, sidelined with a left knee injury for three weeks, will be back in action in the Hong Kong Open which begins on Tuesday.

PETALING JAYA: The strain of playing in too many tournaments is showing on Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong and they may be asked to skip the upcoming Hong Kong Open.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong failed to win back-to-back Super Series titles at the French Open in Paris yesterday.

PETALING JAYA: Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif set up an intriguing quarter-final clash against Olympic champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan after taking down Germans Michael Fuchs-Ingo Kindervater in the second round of the French Open in Paris yesterday.

PETALING JAYA: World championship bronze medallists Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif avenged a defeat by young Indonesians Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki-Rian Sukma-wan to advance to the men's doubles second round of the French Open in Paris yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's elite men's doubles pairs Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong and Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif may have to play second fiddle to the Indonesians in the SEA Games if their performances at the Japan Open are anything to go by.

PETALING JAYA: Indonesia's reigning Olympic Games men's doubles badminton champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan marked their return to international competition by lifting the Japan Open title in Tokyo yesterday.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's doubles challenge may have ended prematurely in the Japan Open yesterday but it will not lead to a major shake-up in the elite squad.