Nadi Arena (7/1/25)
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00:08The difference is that it was too early to measure the strength of the men's competition
00:12between Leon and Junhao in the first round of Malaysia Open 2025.
00:16The award must be given with a convincing performance
00:18as it is the only player who has just received an investigation
00:21and guidance from an experienced referee, Kenneth Johnston,
00:24who has just started his job on 4th January.
00:29In the first round of Malaysia Open,
00:31Super 1000 watched the men's competition.
00:33Leon Junhao had to score a goal against Lu Guangzhou
00:36in the 17-21, 21-16, and 13-21 set.
00:40At the same time, he fulfilled the dream of a national champion
00:42in the men's competition category.
00:44After the first set, he rose in the second set to win 21-16,
00:48but failed to continue the momentum to show his way out.
00:52Junhao admitted that he felt the pressure,
00:54but he explained that the Chinese player
00:56showed a cleaner game to satisfy his desire.
01:13Yes, I feel disappointed because from the second set,
01:18I started to chase and already overcame and won the second set.
01:23The game started a bit too far.
01:28Of course, there is pressure,
01:30even though there is a gap, there is pressure.
01:33But it's more about how to handle it myself.
01:38After this, there is India and Indonesia.
01:41Focus one-to-one.
01:44Meanwhile, the head referee of the national team,
01:46Kenneth Johnston, praised the way the player was shown
01:48in the 29th world ranking,
01:50but was aware of the experience of making a decision in the box.
02:20I think Junhao finished the second game really, really strong
02:24and quite mature.
02:26But maybe overall, throughout the match,
02:30it was a little bit about the experience
02:34to play in those kind of situations.
02:37But a good badminton performance, I would say,
02:40against a top Chinese player.
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