Here is Tony Gunawan's assessment of his and Candra Wijaya's semi-final defeat against Koo and Tan. Mostly self-critical of his own performance.
I like it, words from a true champion indeed ....
My overwhelming respect for Tony has grown 100 X.
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Saturday, March 17, 2007
The Worst Performance of My Life
It is certainly painful when you lost a match; however, I couldn't find a word the describe my dissapointment in my own performance against Kien Kiat/Boon Heong.
The match started equally due to unforced errors on both sides. Although Candra and I got two match points in the first game; we failed to close it. The second game went our way and we executed it nicely.
Then came the third game when everything went wrong. It was just unacceptable for me to compeletly lose it and give away the game just like that. That was the worst performance in my entire badminton career. I've never performed that badly before, not even during my junior years.
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I like it, words from a true champion indeed ....
My overwhelming respect for Tony has grown 100 X.

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Saturday, March 17, 2007
The Worst Performance of My Life
It is certainly painful when you lost a match; however, I couldn't find a word the describe my dissapointment in my own performance against Kien Kiat/Boon Heong.
The match started equally due to unforced errors on both sides. Although Candra and I got two match points in the first game; we failed to close it. The second game went our way and we executed it nicely.
Then came the third game when everything went wrong. It was just unacceptable for me to compeletly lose it and give away the game just like that. That was the worst performance in my entire badminton career. I've never performed that badly before, not even during my junior years.
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