Lost, again, for no good reason

Well, Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei lost it, lost it badly. It was unbelievably ugly. To think that a reporter said he is the only player in our country that seems to think, seems to play with brain and change his moves against different opponent. This match against Lin Dan, he played so predictably from the very beginning, and Lin Dan knows his every move and waiting to strike at the exact position.

At one point, Lin Dan had a comfortable lead of 8:0! Eight Zero!!!!!! This is totally unacceptable. LCW made sooooo many unforced errors. Lin Dan completely controlled the game from the very beginning. He gave LCW a lot of cruel smashes at the net. It was excruciating to watch...

Singapore table tennis lost as well. But the Spore team girls put up a good fight. But the China girls were just too good for them.

Our LCW... still cannot escape from the curse that's pestering all Malaysian players. They always succumb to pressure at the very last, important game. They just cannot maintain their good form until the every end. LCW is world number 2. The game should not have look like this. He should not have lost until so ugly. We had a 50:50 chance if he's in good form. But right after the game started, our chance had fallen to 20:80.

I would have cheered on if he put up a good fight. But... he did not. Just like what our double coach Rexy commented about Koo Kian Keat and Tan Boon Heong, "I cannot understand how a player can played so brilliantly in one game and suddenly become extremely lousy in another." Same it goes to LCW. I've never seen a top seeded player lost such badly, and ugly.

It was so excruciating to watch that I changed channel. Heartbreakingly disappointed, not by the lost, but by the way he played this game. Maybe he's overwhelmed by the 300k ringgit that he'll be receiving for fetching a silver medal for Malaysia...

18/8/08 Note : LCW apologized to the people of Malaysia, said he couldn't catch up with Lin DAn's pace and he has got no excuse for the lost. Well, at least he doesn't make excuses, Malaysian players often gave funny answers/excuses for their lost.