Nadi Weekend (12/1/25)
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00:00Back to you, Nadieh, with the last day of the Malaysia Open 2025.
00:11It's a pity that there's no national representative.
00:14Yes, so sad.
00:15So you're playing in front of the audience again.
00:17A lot of badminton lovers are coming.
00:19But it's okay.
00:20After this, there will be a few upcoming competitions,
00:23such as the Indian Table Tennis Championship,
00:24the Indonesian Table Tennis Championship.
00:25Maybe there won't be a roski in Malaysia,
00:26but there will be a roski in other places.
00:28Amen.
00:29For one of the three most successful national representatives in this edition,
00:32reporter Faizal Bazari revisited the fight between Man Wei Chong and Ti Kai Woon,
00:37as well as their plans after this.
00:40The fight between Man Wei Chong and Ti Kai Woon,
00:44is one of the highlights that we saw in the semi-finals yesterday
00:51when they managed to give a tough fight before they lost to the Chinese team.
00:59After being eliminated in the first round in the last Malaysia Open,
01:03the team has not only improved their previous record,
01:07but also managed to show an improvement in their play.
01:12They defeated Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura in the first round
01:17before continuing their momentum by defeating Li Jihui,
01:21who was in the post-one, 21-15 and 21-13,
01:24in the second round,
01:26and Christo Popov and Thomas Jr. Popov in the semi-finals.
01:30In the semi-finals against the Chinese team,
01:34Chen Boyang and Liu Yi,
01:36they started well in the first set with a 26-24 win.
01:40However, their momentum has been revived by the opponents.
01:43At the same time, Akur was forced to lose the next two sets,
01:4716-21 and 15-21.
01:51After this, they will go to India
01:53in front of the home team,
01:55Satwik Sairaj Rangkiredi and Chirag Shetty,
01:58in the first round of the Open India.
02:00How do you feel about finishing in the semi-finals?
02:07I'm not very satisfied,
02:09because this is only our first tournament,
02:11we can't say anything,
02:13because this is the semi-finals,
02:15so we are satisfied,
02:17because there are upcoming tournaments,
02:20there are back-to-back tournaments,
02:22there are long tournaments,
02:24so we have to focus again.
02:27Maybe, after a few points,
02:29they didn't focus,
02:31they kept going on,
02:33they were a bit brave,
02:35so we were a bit in control,
02:39but they broke our game.