Thailand's No. 4 women's singles shuttler Busanan Ongbamrungphan lost to PV Sindhu of India for the 18th time in their 19 meetings.
But this time in the Malaysia Masters semi-final, it got closer when Busanan went down fighting 21-13, 16-21, 12-21 in 88 minutes, which was the longest duel between the two.
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But this time in the Malaysia Masters semi-final, it got closer when Busanan went down fighting 21-13, 16-21, 12-21 in 88 minutes, which was the longest duel between the two.
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00:00It was a tough match. I know that both of you actually met many times, 18 times. Still couldn't get it done.
00:10For me, every time I pray with her, I try to prepare myself. Of course, Sindhu is a very good prayer in the world, so it's not easy to win her.
00:23For today, I tried my best and I just put all in. Today, it's still not working, but I will try to improve myself to get better.
00:33Can we say this is your best game against her?
00:39I won her one time before, but this game is quite good, so good for me. I can see what I improved and I know what I have to do more.
01:09The key factor that helped you into the finals this time?
01:26I think keeping the shuttle in the court because there were really long rallies and it could go anywhere.
01:31Even she could have won or I could have won, but both of us fought really hard and each point was very important.
01:37There was no particular strategy, but definitely yes, just kept the shuttle in the court.
01:44I'm happy that I came to the finals. Of course, it's not over yet. Tomorrow, I'll be playing against Wang Ziyi.
01:53It's not going to be easy. I just have to go back and recover and get prepared for tomorrow.
02:00I hope that I win this, but at the same time, I cannot be overconfident because the opponent I'm playing against is a good player and is in the top 10.
02:10Of course, the crowd has been fantastic today and they were cheering for me and I'm very thankful to each one of them.
02:16I hope the same support will be there tomorrow. Talking about tomorrow's match, I think it's just that I need to give my best and play my 100%.
02:26Definitely, it gives a lot of confidence and it's very important that I need to give my 100% at the end of the day.
02:34On that day, who plays well and gives their best as a winner is what I feel.
02:38Everybody will try to win. Tomorrow, of course, I want to win and even she would want to win, but it's just that we have to give our 100% and play our game.
02:50Of course, I won Singapore back then and I hope it will be really, really good.
02:56It's already given me a lot of confidence through these wins and I hope tomorrow also gives me a lot of confidence.
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