The fine run of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi came to an end after their 24-26, 15-21 defeat by India's Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy in the men's doubles quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open on Friday (Jan 10) night.
But Yew Sin-Ee Yi said they would keep on playing until they qualify for the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.
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But Yew Sin-Ee Yi said they would keep on playing until they qualify for the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.
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00:00You guys played so well in the first set, you chased them and ended the first set for them.
00:18Did you feel that when you lost in the first set, it somehow disturbed your momentum?
00:24Yes, I think it was because we were leading by 11 points in the second set.
00:30But after that 11 points, they changed their strategy.
00:35They kept going forward.
00:37They took care of our block.
00:39Because their attacking was solid.
00:41So we couldn't lift the ball like in the first and second round.
00:47Because they were tall and smashing was heavy.
00:50So we tried not to lift.
00:53But they did better than us today.
00:57I can't say it was a certain direction.
00:59But when they changed their strategy, we wanted to adapt.
01:03We tried to adapt.
01:05But we tried to be more defensive.
01:07But they were more in control of the game.
01:11We also tried to fight back.
01:14But they were faster and more consistent in that area.
01:18For me, I think I'm proud of myself.
01:23I'm proud of what I did for us.
01:26Because we didn't do well in the last set.
01:29So we came back with Malaysia Open.
01:32We tried to upset and kept consistent in the second round.
01:36So for me, I'm satisfied.
01:39Some of your teammates are already training hard for the next round.
01:47But you guys came here full strong.
01:50Showed remarkable performance.
01:52What made you guys still want to play?
01:55Still have the drive to keep playing?
01:57I think our age gap is smaller than theirs.
02:00But they're around 35-36 years old.
02:03We're around 30-32 years old.
02:05We still have a long way to go.
02:08We're still young.
02:11Vivian said that she's tired of waking up early.
02:16But you and Yusin still want to wake up early.
02:19I don't want to wake up early.
02:21My family wants to eat.
02:25If possible, I want to fight in the Olympics.
02:31It's okay.
02:33I don't want to regret it.
02:36As an athlete, I want to step into the ring and win the Olympics.
02:40What made you still want to fight?
02:43Some people said it's okay to forget about it.
02:45But for you and Yusin, why do you still want to fight?
02:48Even though the competition is tough.
02:50New pairs coming up.
02:52It doesn't matter if you're a badminton athlete or not.
02:59Everyone wants to play in the Olympics.
03:04Qualify for the Olympics.
03:06It's an athlete's dream to qualify for the Olympics.
03:11It's a shame if you can't even join the Olympics.
03:17As Yusin said, it's an athlete's dream.
03:20I don't want to regret it.