Nadi Weekend (11/1/25)
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00:00Malaysia vs China
00:07This is the sad story, guys.
00:09It seems Malaysia was forced to be eliminated
00:11from the three representatives who fought in the semi-finals.
00:14No one managed to get to the final.
00:16But they still tried their best.
00:18The hard work and dedication of the representatives
00:20was rewarded to each of them.
00:22And the opening match of Malaysia
00:24ended in defeat for the national team.
00:26The wait for the championship in Lamansindri
00:28was a relief for the seventh year.
00:30Last time, Dato' Lee Chong Wee
00:31sang the national anthem
00:33in the Asian Arena.
00:37The spirit of wanting to win is there.
00:39But this year, it's not a blessing for them.
00:41That's the big picture of the history
00:43created by the national team,
00:45Goh Soon Wat and Shewan Jamilai,
00:47in the semi-finals of Malaysia Open on Saturday.
00:50Meeting the 57th-ranked pair from Thailand,
00:53The Chapel Puawaranukrah
00:55and Supisara Pausampran,
00:57recorded the meeting of the two pairs together.
00:59The first set saw the Malaysian pair
01:01win the round of 11-8,
01:03even though they were defeated by Thailand.
01:04They managed to close the first set
01:06with a 21-17 win.
01:08However, the second set saw the pair
01:10lose their focus by 2-9
01:12before finally losing 12-21.
01:15In the final set of the 1-5,
01:17they rose to the same 5-5
01:19before trying to reduce the gap
01:21to 10-12.
01:24However, the match that was shown
01:26by The Chapel Puawaranukrah
01:27to control the Singaporean match
01:29failed in the tankist,
01:30while the country also allowed
01:32the pair of Thailand to win
01:34with a 21-16 result.
01:36And the netball didn't give Lai much of a chance
01:39and the ties are there.
01:4121-16 in the decider.
01:45And they just got stronger and stronger really
01:48as the match went on.
01:54What happened actually
01:55that I had the opportunity to watch today?
01:57So, our mistake that day
02:01was the set scan there.
02:03So, from there, we looked for a new game plan.
02:07It was a bit late.
02:09It still took a long time to look for it.
02:14Chevonne, actually,
02:16when it comes to the third set,
02:19The Chapel played very well
02:21to control the mistake
02:23of the pair, right?
02:25So, do you admit to that?
02:27Indeed, from the second set,
02:30he started to control the game.
02:32The way he arranged the ball,
02:35he wanted us to play with him.
02:38He reduced the number of balls for his partner.
02:42He took out all the balls
02:45for us to play with him.
02:48So, from there, he was really smart
02:50to control the game from the second set
02:52until the third set as well.
02:54Personally, there must be a reason, right?
02:57But did you notice today
02:58when the game was arranged
03:00for you to play as far as you can,
03:03but you didn't play, right?
03:04So, what can you say?
03:06Actually, I'm quite satisfied
03:08with our performance this week
03:10because we came from not so good condition.
03:14We didn't expect much in this tournament.
03:17Although our draw was quite good this time,
03:21I think we passed our target
03:23for the quarter-finals,
03:25to advance to the semi-finals.
03:27Overall, our performance
03:29was a good one.
03:31Do you have any words for the Malaysian fans
03:33who are actually shouting from there to here?
03:38Thank you very much to the fans.
03:40Even though we were left behind
03:42or we lost in the end,
03:44they still supported us
03:46and gave us the best support.
03:52In my heart, at that time,
03:54I was a bit difficult to handle.
03:56But after hearing their support,
04:01I still want to fight for them.
04:06But unfortunately,
04:08in the end, we couldn't win the game for them.
04:12Comeback stronger, guys!
04:13And their effort to advance to the semi-finals
04:15is worth it.
04:17Like Beijing, which also dropped to the same level in 2019.
04:20Thank you to our lovely birds for this fight.
04:26To be continued...