The most excruciating match I've ever seen. Each player show us why they're the best in the world. Strokes that seems impossible to return, easily returned by them. I just disappointed with the Malaysian supporters attitude in the Wembley Arena. They cheered to Lee Chong Wei only when he's catching up after trailing behind. When he's in front, suddenly they became dead silent. So, I'm really really disappointed with that.

Nonetheless, soon after the medal presentation, he tweeted this:

And #ThankYouLeeChongWei is trending worldwide. He lost his match but win his fan's heart.

Assalamualaikum and welcome to Sporty Saturday for today. I'M BACK!!! TADAIMA!!! Actually I'm planning to write this Sporty Saturday last night, but I went to Tarawih and came home late. I went straight to bed after I arrived home. Nonetheless, it's still Saturday in USA, so it is still Saturday for them. I just want to talk about our golden hope, Lee Chong Wei (LCW).

If you remember, I have wrote before that LCW don't have any pressure in this edition of Olympic despite this is maybe his last appearance in Olympic. Read it here if you forgot. But it was in Malay language. There is no high hope from Malaysian to LCW as we know that he suffer TWO major injuries before this Olympic. So, we know he might not get to play to his maximum capability. However based on the semifinal match against Chen Long, he seems okay and fired up to play in this Olympic. As I was said above, I never saw LCW so fired up, shouting and such. Usually I only saw Koo Kien Kiat did that. It show how determined LCW to grab his and Malaysia first gold medal in Olympic. He will play against the same opponent last 4 years also in the final, Lin Dan from China, his arch-nemesis. Lets just keep hoping Dato' LCW will succeed this time.


As for Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong, I also manage to watch their match yesterday. But, they're to slow to build up their pace and lost easily in the first set. Second set was much better, but still the Chinese pair was much superior than them. I hope they didn't lose their focus and winning their bronze medal match this evening, 4 pm Malaysian time.

I end this entry with the list of Malaysian athletes who in action for today. Courtesy of Berita Harian Online

Badminton:
Men Single Final:
Lee Chong Wei (MAS) vs Lin Dan (CHN)
[8pm Malaysia/1pm London]

Men Double Bronze:
Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong (MAS) vs Chung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae (KOR)
[4pm Malaysia/9am London]

Athletics:
Women's 400m Hurdles (Round 1, Heat 2):
Noraseela Khalid [2am Malaysia/7pm London]

Men's High Jump (Group A Qualification):
Lee Hup Wei [2am Malaysia/7pm London]

With that, see you later,
Hasta luego,
Mata ne,
Wassalam.

from,
K-tea

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.

Assalamualaikum and welcome to today's "Sporty Saturday". Today will be almost the same entry as the previous week. But last week was the "Malay Week". Last week I talked about Lee Chong Wei (LCW) opportunity to win the gold medal in Olympic. Well quite frankly, his chances to win the gold medal become almost impossible. I'm not saying it's impossible, but logically he's not gonna win the medal. Although I always hope I was wrong.

But this week, I want to talk about Koo Kien Kiat - Tan Boon Heong. The number one men double in our country. Once we know LCW's injury, some of us maybe try to divert the attention to the double who's on the 8th ranking of the world. But believe me, I personally didn't put ANY hope to these two boys. I don't know since when but they're being inconsistent each and every time. Someday they won against a superior opponent, someday they lose to unknown opponent. Bottom line, they're not in the spot to win the medal. Maybe bronze at their best.

Lastly, (I know, short entry) Zulfahmi Khairuddin, Malaysian Moto3 rider, got the 8th place in the starting grid for tomorrow race in Silverstone. This is the full result of the Moto3 qualifying round:
1. Maverick Viñales SPA (FTR Honda) 2m 16.187s
2. Efren Vazquez SPA (FTR Honda) 2m 16.385s
3. Alexis Masbou FRA (Honda) 2m 17.043s
4. Sandro Cortese GER (KTM) 2m 17.123s
5. Danny Kent GBR (KTM) 2m 17.337s
6. Luis Salom SPA (Kalex KTM) 2m 17.485s
7. Louis Rossi FRA (FTR Honda) 2m 17.539s
8. Zulfahmi Khairuddin MAL (KTM) 2m 17.873s
9. Romano Fenati ITA (FTR Honda) 2m 17.904s
10. Alex Rins SPA (Suter Honda) 2m 17.908s
11. Miguel Oliveira POR (Suter Honda) 2m 18.090s
12. Alessandro Tonucci ITA (FTR Honda) 2m 18.151s
13. Niccolò Antonelli ITA (FTR Honda) 2m 18.238s
14. Jakub Kornfeil CZE (FTR Honda) 2m 18.422s
15. Arthur Sissis AUS (KTM) 2m 18.535s

Source from crash.net

Assalamualaikum dan selamat sejahtera kepada pengunjung Infinitesane Daily. Saya agak lambat hari ini kerana saya keluar dan baru pulang sebentar tadi. Sebelum saya memulakan entri hari ini, saya ingin memberitahu yang ini adalah entri terakhir bagi minggu bahasa melayu ini. Sepertimana "Berkat Jumaat" yang sering ditulis dalam bahasa melayu, begitu juga dengan "Sunday Sunnyday". "Sunday Sunnyday" adalah entri yang berkaitan dengan wrestling. Agak canggung bila menulis tentang wrestling dalam bahasa melayu. Makanya, esok akan kembali semula berbahasa Inggeris. Bila lagi "minggu bahasa melayu"? Tiada jawapan kerana saya akan memilih minggunya secara rawak dalam bulan tersebut.

Kembali kita kepada topik hari ini. Saya berharap entri ini pendek kerana saya belum mandi lagi dan perlu segera mandi. Lee Chong Wei (LCW) menjadi sandaran Malaysia untuk merangkul emas pertama Malaysia dalam sukan Olimpik. Namun, kecederaan yang dialami semasa Piala Thomas semasa menentang Thomas membuatkan peminat tertanya-tanya tentang peluang beliau untuk mendapatkan emas pertama sukan Olimpik.

~Secara logikalnya~

Secara logiknya, peluang LCW untuk merangkul emas semakin tipis. Ini diakui oleh jurulatih beliau. Beliau mungkin tak dapat mencapai prestasi terbaiknya pada sukan Olimpik ini. Begitu Juga dengan pendapat orang ramai.

~Harapan~

Orang ramai bukanlah mengharapkan kegagalan LCW dalam pertandingan ini. Kami sentiasa berharap agar beliau berjaya dalam segala yang beliau lakukan dalam mengharumkan nama negara. Kami cuma menjadi realistik. Secara realistik, peluangnya sudah tidak lagi terlalu cerah untuk merangkul pingat emas. Ini adalah supaya LCW tidak merasa bebanan dan tekanan semasa menghadapi perlawanan beliau. Supaya beliau tahu yang rakyat Malaysia tak akan menyalahkan beliau andainya prestasi beliau tidak memberangsangkan. Cuma saya kasihan jika beliau gagal kali ini. Ini mungkin Olimpik terakhir beliau, jadi sangatlah mengecewakan andainya sebagai pemain nombor satu dunia beliau gagal merangkul emas dalam olimpik. Saya juga secara peribadi tidak mengharapkan beregu Koo Kien Kiat/Tan Boon Heong untuk merangkul emas. Mereka sangat tidak konsisten beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini. Oleh itu, tiada tekanan buat pemain badminton Malaysia di Olimpik kali ini.

~Kesimpulan~

Saya berharap agar BAM dapat melunaskan janji mereka untuk menghasilkan generasi baru Malaysia yang akan menjadikan Malaysia negara yang disegani dalam kancah Badminton dan menjadi pilihan utama untuk menjuarai piala Thomas. Dan tidaklah lagi kita berharap kepada satu-satu pemain sahaja.

Sampai disini sahaja entri kali ini. Jumpa lagi di "Sunday Sunnyday" esok dalam bahasa Inggeris, InsyaAllah.
See you later,
Hasta mañana,
Mata ashita,
Wassalam.

dari,
K-tea.

I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THIS!!! In the Daily Dose introduction entry, I forgot to mention about this; "Express Entry" or E2. Well, I've update that entry and since this is express entry, I'll do the introduction briefly.

Express Entry actually didn't have any theme because it is usually about result; badminton result, motorsports result, or wrestling result. So basically, E2 entry is about recent update.

This time, there are three results that I would like to share. First and second one is the Thomas & Uber Cup final. It is interesting that this edition, both Thomas and Uber Cup final are featuring the same opponent; China vs South Korea. And the results are also same! China as expected, won both of them by 3-0.



Uber Cup 2012 winner. Picture taken from here.



Thomas Cup 2012 winner. Picture taken from here

Third update is about F1 Monaco GP in Monte Carlo. Many accident occur, and this F1 season now having the sixth different winner in six different race! Wow...so, does that mean there is no dominant force in the F1 race now? But Red Bull have won two out of six race so far.



Kamui Kobayashi flying. Sorry, I can't credit this picture. I found it in twitter.

Here is the full result:

1. Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing-Renault
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes
3. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari
4. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault
5. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes
6. Felipe Massa - Ferrari
7. Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes
8. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India-Mercedes
9. Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus-Renault
10. Bruno Senna - Williams-Renault
11. Sergio Perez - Sauber-Ferrari
12. Jean-Eric Vergne - STR-Ferrari
13. Heikki Kovalainen - Caterham-Renault
14. Timo Glock - Marussia-Cosworth
15. Narain Karthikeyan - HRT-Cosworth
16. Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes
Ret. Daniel Ricciardo - STR-Ferrari
Ret. Charles Pic - Marussia-Cosworth
Ret. Michael Schumacher - Mercedes
Ret. Vitaly Petrov - Caterham-Renault (Electrical)
Ret. Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber-Ferrari (Accident damage)
Ret. Pedro de la Rosa - HRT-Cosworth (Accident)
Ret. Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Renault (Accident)
Ret. Romain Grosjean - Lotus-Renault (Accident)

*Maldonado dropped 10 grid spots for collision in FP3, plus five for gearbox change. Schumacher dropped five for collision at last round. Perez failed to set Q time - raced at stewards' discretion; dropped five grid spots for gearbox change.
Source: F1 Official Website

Photo taken from MISS (Malaysia-Indonesia Friends Forever)

Assalamualaikum and welcome to the first "Sporty Saturday" in the Infinitesane Daily after the introduction entry. You can read it here.

Malaysia has been shown the exit in the quarterfinal Thomas Cup 2012 by the host nation, China. What's more unfortunate for Malaysia than Dato' Lee Chong Wei got injured AGAIN in this tournament. It was a match between him against Peter Gade of Denmark when the game just begun. His ligament was torn and fortunately he'll recover within a month. Then, Malaysia lost to the Denmark 3-2. So, Malaysia finished second in the group stage. In quarterfinal, well... as you know/predict it, Malaysia lost in every game.

However, something caught my attention. Liew Daren won a set against China no. 1, Lin Dan. Well, you may say that Lin Dan made many mistakes but I've watched Liew Daren played before and I can say he's quite promising. Even though he's 25 years old already. Nonetheless, he has skills like Chong Wei, he love to do tricky shot, like Chong Wei always did. The only things he need to improve is the accuracy and pressure management. He did well against Denmark, but always made mistakes and give many free point to Lin Dan. And based on the U-21 squad in Axiata Cup, in a few years, maybe these young players will shine again. I'm talking about Misbun Ramdan, son of lagendary Misbun Sidek, Iskandar Zulkarnain and World Junior Champion, Zulfadli Zulkifli. THEY NEED MORE COMPETITIVE MATCHES! They need experiences, that's what they're lacking right now. If BAM still relying on the old players like Hafiz Hashim, well...don't take any of my words before.

Actually, right now I'm watching F1 qualifying round right now and here is the result:

1. Michael Schumacher Mercedes
2. Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes
4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
5. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault
6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari
8. Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault
9. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault
10. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault
11. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes
12. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari
13. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
14. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault
15. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes
16. Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari
17. Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari
18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault
19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault
20. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth
21. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth
22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth
23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth
24. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari

*Maldonado drops 10 grid places for causing a collision in final practice. Schumacher drops five grid places for causing a collision at last round. Perez failed to set a time within 107% requirement - races at stewards' discretion.
Source: F1 official website

Michael Schumacher almost get the first top spot since his comeback. Actually he did. It's just the mistake that he does make him start at 6th place.

That's all for now. See you guys tomorrow. There is many thing to tell about.

Hasta luego,
Mata ne,
Wassalam.

from,
K-tea.

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