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Top guy: for Wisnu in the sweep men's singles final of the Maybank Malaysia International Challenge Malaysia 2012 Hafizloses to Indonesianin at nail-biting Unimas Indoor MaybankM'sia International final Stadium in Samarahan. By KERNI PUAH sarawakstar gthestar. com. my Wisnuplayed better in the third KOTA SAMARAHAN:Malaysia failed secondand to make a clean sweep at the final sets while I slowed of the Maybank Malaysia down dueto injury. International Challenge 2012 here my when Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Hegot the pointsto win lost 21-3,19-21,18-21 to Indonesia's the match. Wisnu Yulki Prasetyo in the men's singles final. - MUHAMMADHAFIZ HASHIM Hafiz, a former All England cham- ý------pion who was the top seed in the "I also collected points as Hafiz IV tournament, played brilliantly in the made too many mistakes in the sec- first 21-3 9th third " he ýý, set winning over seed ond and games, added. siaiRýýtfwýwý International Wisnu. Although Hafiz did not finish top . rý. ýý °-_%. 11011CrisC jv7Z The rhythm of his game, however, in the men's singles, his fellow drastically changed in the second set Malaysians managed to bag the which saw him creating too many women's singles, men's doubles, unforced errors and lost the second women's doubles and mixed dou- set 19-21. bles titles. The match was dragged to the Malaysian second seed Lydia rubber set and Wisnu won by 21-18 Cheah Li Ya grabbed the women's points. singles title, winning 21-17,21-12 Hafiz, when met after the match, over Singaporeanseventh seed Liang said it was bad luck for him after Xiaoyu. winning the first set comfortably. Malaysian fifth seed Teo Ee Ti and He said his movement was affect- Goh V. Shem grabbed the men's ed by his swollen ankle. doubles title when they defeated "Wisnu played better in the another Malaysian pair of Shen second and third sets while I slowed Low Juan and Tan Jiun Yip 21-14, down due to my injury. He got 21-12. the points to win the match," he Meanwhile, Malaysians seventh said. seed Ong Jian Guo and Woon Wei Hafiz also admitted that he com- Khe beat Indonesian third seedLukhi 2O* mitted too many mistakes in the Apri Nugroho and Annisa Saufika ý-' 4 C' second and third sets to give easy 21-11,21-14 to win the mixed dou- RUEtHER-UP tit bles lr ,;, points to Wisnu. title. .A-v. .,s, OMaý; c. Z¬'i:: 1. i {.: as USD57O Meanwhile, Wisnu said he lost the Social Development Minister Tan first set becausehe was nervous, but Sri William Mawan presented the °ý picked up his confidence in the set prizes to the winners at the Unimas Avow and the rubber set. Indoor Stadium. Champion and runner-up: Wisnu(right) and Hafizon the podiumwith their prizes.

Moreupcoming Secondseed tourneysfor 5'wak, Lydiaall set saysassociation chief for Macau THE Sarawak Badminton Association (SBA) and will make efforts to bring in a few high level championships including the Pre-Gold tour- Koreaopen GPs nament, to the state. THE women's singles event champion of SBA secretary Abdul Hadi Abdul. Kadir the just concluded Maybank Malaysia said while the Pre-Gold tournament was of Challenge 2012, Lydia Cheah,will partici- lower standard than the Super Series, it was pate in the Macau Open Grand Prix (GP) higher than the Maybank Malaysia Gold and Korea Open GP Gold tourna- International Challenge which concluded yes- ments next month. terday. The Macau outing will be held from Sarawak should have hosted tournament in Nov 27 to Dec 9, while the Korea one May this year but due to technical reasons, from Dec 4 to 9. SBA had to forgo the plan. "I will be going to both tournaments in "But SBAwill definitely bid for it in the near search of more titles, " she said after future, " he said. winning the women's singles title at the On the Maybank outing which SBA organ- Maybank Malaysia International isedtogether with Universiti MalaysiaSarawak Tournament here yesterday. (Unimas),Hadi said everything had gone very Second seed Cheah edged smoothly with no last minute withdrawal. Singaporean seventh seed Liang Xiaoyu He said the game standard was also high 21-17,21-12. with involvement of several elite players from Commenting on her victory over Liang, countriesincluding hosts Malaysia in the tour- the national shuttler said she was nament. delighted. A total of 228 players from 15 countries Shesaid it was a great morale booster participated in the tournament which kicked Leading lady: Lydiain action againstLiang in the in the face of her Macau and Korea off on Nov 13. women'ssingles final. endeavours.