Malaysia International Challenge 2011

**miksss** · 11-26-2011, 12:22 AM

Pleasant result from the young Jaya Raya pair Hafiz Faisal/Putra Eka Rhoma and Putra Eka Rhoma/Aris Budiharti. Reaching semifinal is considered good achievement already for these young pairs, they are still U-19 this years

. Hafiz/Putra beat the #5 and #2 seeded in earlier rounds. All the best in SF!

**rosid** · 11-26-2011, 05:08 AM

Hera Desi Ana Rachmawati goes to Final!!
the first final for her int'l career?

Andhika Anhar/Keshya Nurvita Hanadia also progress to final, hope they can beat the MAS pair tomorrow!!

**badMania** · 11-26-2011, 05:41 AM

I am hoping for an all-INA Final in WS and for Alamsyah to win the title in MS.

**badMania** · 11-26-2011, 07:02 AM

YES! Pelatnas is ensured of a title as Hera Desi [7] will face Bellaetrix Manuputty [6] in the Final. Bella to win her first international title! Good decision to send her to compete in Malaysia! If she can beat Hera Desi, she will reach the top 90 in the WR table.

I hope PBSI sends Bella to compete at the India Open GPG, having decided to send her to Macau and Korea. She needs to qualify to the Main Draw in Macau and has a tough first round draw in Jiang Yanjiao in Korea.

**badMania** · 11-26-2011, 07:28 AM

The 17 yo boys from Jaya Raya Hafiz Faisal/Putra Eka Rhoma eventually lost in the SF to the Japanese pair. Nevertheless, it has been a good tourney from them this week, beating 2 seeded pairs en-route to the SF!

I think they can be one of INA's 3 BD pairs for the AJC & WJC next year as Hafiz Faisal had already been selected for the WJC this year! It will also depend on the result of the Kejurnas next week.

**badMania** · 11-26-2011, 07:58 AM

Alamsyah Yunus [1] beat Chong Wei Feng [4] in 3-sets 21-17, 11-21, 21-16. He will be tested by Mohd Arif Abdul Latif [3].

**badMania** · 11-26-2011, 08:04 AM

MS FINAL
Alamsyah Yunus [1] vs Mohd Arif Abdul Latif [3] - another long match is in store and Alam will be very motivated to win another IC title tomorrow.

WS FINAL
Hera Desi [7] vs Bellaetrix Manuputty [6] - an all-INA Final, with Bella triumping and winning her first IC title ever.

XD FINAL
Tan Aik Quan/Lai Pei Jing [1] vs Andhika Anhar/Keshya Nurvita Hanadia - a repeat of the INA IC QF match a few months ago, won by Andhika/Keshya in 3 tight-sets. It will be another close match and I hope the INA pair can win their second IC title this year!

**Lovelyka** · 11-27-2011, 02:51 AM

is there any live streaming?

**badMania** · 11-27-2011, 03:07 AM

Not that I know of, but Alamsyah Yunus has just won the MS title after beating Mohd Arif Abdul Latif in 3 sets: 21-12, 17-21, 21-14. Well done Alam in justifying the top-seeding and delivering another IC title! He is gonna be the top-seed again in the India IC next month and there will be formidable local opponents like Chetan Anand, Gurusaidutt R.M.V., Anand Pawar, Arvind Bhat, and Anup Sridhar to contend with.

So, 2 titles for Team INA, as Andhika Anhar/Keshya Nurvita Hanadia lost in the XD Final to Tan Aik Quan/Lai Pei Jing 18-21, 17-21.

I believe Team INA is also the overall winner in the Malaysia IC 2011, with 2 Golds and 2 Silver.

**rosid** · 11-27-2011, 04:14 AM

Bella won in three games, 21-19, 19-21, 21-12

**badMania** · 11-27-2011, 04:34 AM

Congratulations to Bellaetrix Manuputty for winning her first IC title at the age of 23. She still has the time (not long though) if she really wants to progress in WS but PBSI needs her to mature fast and hopefully reach the top 30 (by mid next year!

Winning the title today is a good first-step forward as this puts her possibly in the top 90 of the World Ranking table. I really hope she can qualify to the Main Draw of the Macau Open GPG and qualification will see her facing Ratchanok Intanon in R32. As for the Korea Open GPG, she will face the top-seed Jiang Yanjiao in R32. Hopefully, she will also be sent to the India Open GPG and qualify to the Main Draw there!