Nadi Weekend (27/7/24)
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00:00We're going to start with badminton, can we?
00:09You didn't have time to meet the athletes, did you?
00:11I didn't have time, I was in the boat earlier.
00:12Let's watch.
00:13The winner of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Soho Yee,
00:17proved his credibility as the Olympic gold medalist
00:20when he rose up against the British team
00:23to win the Axel Sloon in Paris 2024.
00:26It seems that the grudge of defeat in the semi-finals
00:29of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games
00:30has been avenged by Aaron and Woyick
00:33after the second group met
00:35Canadian representative Adam Dong and Neil Yakura
00:38at Ahad.
00:39Sharazad Sani's report.
00:42Aaron and Woyick have a history of
00:44Ben Lin and Sean Bendy.
00:46The couple is from England
00:48who destroyed the dream of the 2022 Commonwealth gold medalist,
00:51Aaron and Woyick.
00:52Woyick was disappointed when Lin and Bendy
00:55won the first set in 2019
00:57in the same league.
00:59A tactical change to limit Bendy's control
01:01in the front of the net
01:03resulted in Aaron and Woyick winning the next two games
01:06in 2016 and 2011.
01:08Making sure that the Malaysian contingent's gold
01:10is on the right foot
01:11in the first round of the Olympics.
01:15I think Aaron and I
01:18always communicate,
01:20tell each other
01:22not to give up easily.
01:24Don't give easy points to them
01:26even though they're in the first set
01:27and have an advantage in the second set
01:29even though they're always pressuring us.
01:31But there, I think there are crucial
01:33one or two points
01:34that we hold in our hearts
01:36and let go.
01:37That's what we overcome from there.
01:39I think our gameplay is smooth.
01:42Yes, we have to believe in ourselves
01:46and believe in each other
01:48even though maybe on paper
01:50we have an advantage against Canada
01:52but we still have to focus.
01:53We want to be the top of the group
01:55so that we can avoid some of the knockout stages.