Sunday, January 22, 2006

So close

Yup...we were nearly there but somehow we couldn't finish it well..as always. Tan Fook and Wan Wah just lost their finals to the Danes in rubber set courtesy of RTM1. Unfortunately the final set was disastrous as we were trashed 15-2.

Its the same old story. As Malaysians we can qualify for the finals but somehow , we seemed to be the master of being second !! haks... Kudos to Tan Fook and Wan Wah for achieving this feat late in their career ;just returned to the forerace after a long lay off. Old habits seemed hard to discard and it is the same tale here .

We somehow lack the will to become the champion. We falter ; maybe due to weak mental strength , lack of the zest to be in there and stamp our mark.. Somehow we are really good to fail when it matters.

Analysing our doubles performance in this tournament , i sense a change of direction and aggression. Rexy's coaching point is changing our Malaysian game. If you happen to watch the games carefully ; we seemed to place the shuttlecocks better this time around instead of the simple drive and play . This was obvious especially in the young pairs who certainly awed the crowd and me as well in front of the tube. Our unforced errors has decreased but we still need to improve more to become world beaters.

Better luck next time i suppose.. But hooray Malaysia !! tHE BEST MAY YET TO COME..