INCHEON: badminton women's doubles Vivian Hoo and Woon Khe Wei failed to make outstanding beats in the 17th Asian Games being satisfied with a bronze medal after being stranded in the semi-finals at the Gymnasium Gyeyang today.
Step partner country to the final stage stuck after losing 16-21 and 17-21 to Japan doubles, Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo.
However, according to the rules of the competition, losing in the doubles semi-finals will receive a bronze medal.
Pressured to invite title hunt problem when Hoo / Woon Khe Wei common mistakes that his opponent can control the game.
However, it remains a bronze medal record when Hoo / Woon Khe Wei became the country's first women's doubles pair to win a medal at the Asian Games after 44 years.
"We play in a stressful situation and a lot of mistakes. They (the Japanese) do not play with how well they can handle the pressure but ... it causes us to lose," said Hoo.
Meanwhile, the country's sole representative in the men's doubles Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong storm into the doubles final after beating Japan, Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa 21-16 and 21-16 in the quarter-finals.
Partner countries will be confronted with the host's South Korea, Lee Yong Dae / Yoo Yeonseong in the semi-finals tomorrow.
"Action this day better than some games before this. We managed to control the game and defending and attacking patterns are successful," said V Shem.
In other matches, doubles Korea confirms slot doubles semi-finals by eliminating Indonesia, Angga Pratama / Rian Agung Saputro 21-16 and 21-11.
In men's singles, national champion Datuk Lee Chong Wei won easily over India's Kashyap Parupalli, 21-12 and 21-11 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Chong Wei, who is the world number one, is expected to have no problem to book a ticket to the semifinals against the Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh.
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