Singles: Lee Chong Wei, Wong Choong Hann, Muhd Hafiz Hashim, Kuan Beng Hong Doubles: Chan Chong Ming, Koo Kien Keat, Lee Wan Wah, Choong Tan Fook, Chew Choon Eng, Tan Boon Heong
Which would you all think is more suitable? WCH playing 2nd or 3rd singles? I thought Hafiz was the 2nd singles but now things changed!! He is playing 3rd singles and he lost to Simon in ABC
Choon Hann as 2nd single, no choice Judging from the Commonwealth performance, I don't think Choon Hann has any advantage over strong contenders from China, Denmark, Indonesia or even Korea as second single. Putting Hafiz as second will not improve the situation either, however, the experience of Choon Hann will help if he play as third single(won't happen now as Choon Hann rank higher than Hafiz). Malaysia can only count on Lee Chong Wei and Choong/Lee so our chance of winning the champion is still quite slim unless Hafiz able to steal a point as third single. Lets hope Rexy can continue his magic on our MDs.
hmm... a young talent prepared for future... other reasons given is Boon Heong can partner with other players well which is a main criteria for selection
Then I think it seems that BAM really wants to groom this young player up and prepare him for the future since BAM have high hopes on him. Really surprising when he and his partner, Thien How was a last-minute call up for training in Sarawak for their great run in the ABC.
I thought if Choong Hann plays 3rd singles, Malaysia will have a big advantage over other countries except China, but now Hafiz, we aren't even confident that he can bring victory to Malaysia if the competition with Indonesian (or even South Korea) is tied at 2-2
Confirmed Team for Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Wong Choon Han Mohd Hafiz Hashim Kuan Beng Hong Koo Kien Keat Chan Chong Ming Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah Chew Choon Eng Tan Boon Heong very very suprised at Tan Boon Heongs admission, but he has been playing great lately. do you guys think he will get any game time? perhaps they might field him agaisnt the 'lesser' powers like the USA etc.. but all bodes well for malaysian doubles future.. now we need some singles..
oh no.....Chew Choon Eng made it to TC team, why ??? His performance was really disappointing at WC2005. His partner was Chong Tan Fook at that time and Chew made so many unforced errors...I have less confidence that Malaysia can even make it to the semis.
chew choon eng is experienced...he can partner anyone when a replacement player is needed......in the last Thomas Cup he partnered a then young KKK and almost bt Flandy and Eng Hian.....if they won...it could go into a 3rd singles match and Hafiz would've wrapped it up....hope this time it would be different...
i think its a good idea to put boon heong in the team, just like koo kien keat in the last thomas cup. he may be the next top doubles player. besides, you should give hafiz more credit. he may be playing below par lately, but this is a team event. i think that he will perform better to not let his team mates down and besides, doesn he perform well when ppl least expect him too? who knows, he might spring up a surprised and prove us all wrong abt him. choon eng is a versatile player. not surprised they picked him... but i honestly thought that lin woon fui-fairuzizian would be selected instead. if any player got injured, this pair should be strong enough to replace them. better to put a compatible pair in as replacement than form a scratch combination which may be very risky. what do u think?
Chew Choong Eng is probably the most inconsistent and erratic active player in international competitions. Chew won't see much action anyway since Malaysia have Koo/Chan and Lee/Choong. Chew does have experience TC experience from 2002 playing 1st doubles. Perhaps that's the reason why he's included on the squad this time?
Watched him played in the ABC final against Lee-Choong... he is sure a top player in the making... very fast and explosive.
Come to think of it after reading this, I can recall Hafiz's team's performance has been quite OK. Like during the last SEA Games edition, when the team was down 2-0 in the finals against Indonesian, Hafiz saved the day, beating Sony in the second singles. Although it was only a small tournament, it did prove something there. And during the 2002 Thomas Cup in China, Hafiz defeated Bao Chunlai in the semis as well, that was loong,loooongg time ago when Bao Chunlai's mental strength weren't that good. Anyhow, as far as I can remember, Hafiz's record in the team's event has been positive, it was his elder brother Roslin who gave the winning cup-point to Hendrawan in the 2002 Finals, rite?
Yes.... CCE always make a looooot of unforce error. Especially at the front of net. Still remember last TC 2004 when against Indonesia team, the golden opportunity smash at front of the net but he failed do that. The score was 13-14, if he could smash at front net then they would be tie at 14-14. Poor..... and then service over and Indo won the match
