Shuttlersserve up J2 Malaysia’ssecond gold KUAI,A LUMPUR: Malaysia clinc- Robertson and Nathan Robertson hed its second gold in the 16th Com- 15-12, 15-13. monwealth Games last night when Newly-crowned national champi- the men’s badminton team defeated on Wong Choon Hann then sealed it England 4-1. s /A- * 9. qg for Malaysia with a 15-8, 15-8 victo- Although the win was expected, it ry over Mark Constable. was nevertheless a moment to cher- Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim ish as it meant Malaysia had sur- Hock took the score to 4-O by beat- passed its total medals haul in Vic- ing Simon Archer and Christopher toria four years ago. Hunt 15-8, 15-S. And to cap the night, the Malaysia gave a walkover in the Malaysian women’s team, which last match that was supposed to fea- was not given a ghost of a chance by ture Choong Tan Fook against Peter many, came within a whisker of Knowles in the third singles. making it a double but had to settle “Sometimes you know you just for the silver behind England on a have to win,” Malaysia’s head coach countback. Morten Frost said. The Malaysian men took to the “1 had no worries even though we court without leading player Ong were a leading player short. Ewe Hock. who iniured his ham- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr string on Sunday, but still proved Mahathir Mohamad, congratulated too strong for England. the teams - especially the women’s Yong Hock Kin set the pace with a saying: “They are all still very IS-B, 15-4 win over former Euro- young, which means they have a pean champion Darren Hall in 30 bright future in badminton.” minutes. Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah followed up by beating Julian