Assalamualaikum and welcome to today "Sporty Saturday". Actually, it's Sunday already here but I'm honestly start to feel lazy to write nowadays. I'm skipping yesterday "Berkat Jumaat", I'm not yet write anything from EURO 2012 quarter final matches. It's because I will be gone for a while from this blog. But I hope I'm not too away from the blog. You know, some "unsettled business" to be done. So maybe I'll skip a few days because of my commitment. Nonetheless, lets make it fast.

You know there is Singapore Open this week? Perhaps you don't know much because there are not many superstars playing in that tournament. Unfortunately, none of our players manage to go through final. Not even Hafiz Hashim. I know that is not a surprise anymore. There is one representative from Malaysia that manage to go to the semi final. The number one mixed double pair in Malaysia, Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying. They are the 3rd seeded in the tournament. They lost to the 2nd seeded in the tournament which are the same opponent they lost in the Australia Open earlier this year. Comparing the two matches, this time they lost quite easily to the Chinese Taipei pair. Don't know what's their problem.

Despite of that unfortunate event, there were some upset that some players made. Especially from the single male player. I give you two of them. Chong Wei Feng (picture above) won against Taufik Hidayat in a straight set. And Liew Daren won against the 2nd seeded of the tournament, Lee Hyun-Ill from Korea. However, the problem is they are not consistent. They need that to be the top players on the world. That's all. Sometime they play very well, the next day they played really bad. That is what they need to avoid.

I just watch local sports news today that Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) are planning to do a long term program, which each year 20 million will be spent on the program for 12 years. I HOPE it will be a success program. Or else, it's just a waste of money.

I think that's all for now, See you guys later, InsyaAllah.
Hasta luego,
Mata ne,
Wassalam.

from,
K-tea.

p/s: Lee Chong Wei is now not the No. 1 player in the world. Lin Dan took over right now. He's 2nd now.
pp/s: Malaysia U22 team faced Korea U22 earlier today, if only they didn't made mistakes in the first half they maybe manage to draw or win the match.