Bye bye to Mr Thomas

Last week was a great week for those badminton fans. It was the 2 year once BWF Thomas and Uber Cup competition. And the best part was the competition held in Kuala Lumpur. As a badminton die hard fans, I had no choice but went to the stadium every match that Malaysia in action. People said Malaysia had the brightest chance to win the tournament after China. Just because we had a reasonable squad and the most important factor was the crazy home crowd. But if we compare the line up wit China. There were totally no match at all. Our national team was against all odds to clinch the title.

I had went there just for three days. And my emotion was up and down during these three days of match up. I had went for the two group stage matches between Malaysia and Nigeria, Malaysia and Japan. And the nerve cracking quater final match between Malaysia and Denmark.

Frist day, I went was a bit dissapointed because Malaysia was not in action. They suppose to play against the Nigerian. But due to some technical problem, Nigeria had walked over the match to Malaysia. It wasn't a good day for the Malaysian fans because they felt like wasting buying ticket coming in watching those Malaysia players marched into the court and not playing. I had left the stadium when I knew the match had over without playing. For the player also wasn't a good news. They had lost a golden chance to warm themselves up for the coming clash with Japan. They can't find the feel of playing without playing any game.

The second time I went was the clash between power house Malaysia and the rising sun Japan. The stadium was full of supporter that day. The seat almost full just like the Thomas cup Final.

That day was a huge blow to our National player. We suffering a 3-2 defeat by Japan. Malaysia was totally in control on the first two matches. With Lee Chong Wei clinching the point with style playing with Kenichi Tago. The repeat of All England Final 2010. Lee Chong Wei showed no fear of the rising star and lead Malaysia to 1-0 lead. As we knew, our national top double pair Kien Keat and Boon Heong were always losing to those unknown Japanese pair. We were worrying that can they bring back the point for Malaysia. And finally they did it in style. Smashing their way to 2-0 lead. The crowds gone wild cheering louder and louder. And here comes the turn over. Our veteran player Choon Hann out there to clinch the victory for Malaysia. Once again playing with an unknown player. He failed to do so. His opponent letting him down just in two straight set.

Here come the climax of the night. Our second double pair was blew away by the Japanese just in less than 30 minutes in front of the home crowd. The crowd booed the players until one of our double player Fairuzizuan lost his temper and showed a vugral sign to one of the local fans. And nearly run up the spectator seats to beat him up. Luckily, the team managed to stop him in time. I know the the he was under a very tough pressure during a game but as a professional players he should be able to control his emotion in and out of the court. That was really a shame to the country, the team and of course the fans. The fans were taking the wrong steps to. They should encourage them instead of booing them throughout the game. So, the Malaysian in the stadium were the one we should blame. Of course, I am the one who boo till I lost my voice. I am the guilty one. And I guess Fairul was out of the action in Thomas Cup due to his problematic attitude. Japan had tied the game.

Germany was a team full of creativity. They got nice custom and performance to the crowd before the game. Even they know they got slim chance chasing the title, they showed respect  to the game.

And here goes the third single. Malaysia was fielding Hafiz for the decider. We expected Malaysai will lose in this clash because we weren't confident with Hafiz performance. And after the third set rubber game. We lost. That was not the end of Malaysia Thomas Cup Campaign. They still managed to book their ticket to the quarter final. But they had choosen the road that tougher than anyone else. They were going to play with the European power house Denmark. China was on their half of the table too.

The crowd was awesome on day 3. Because there were clash between Malaysia and Denmark. I hardly found seats to watch the game when I enter the stadium.

Malaysian was crazy in badminton because it was the only hope for them to be proud of their country.

Malaysia vs Denmark.

Actually I was lost confident in Malaysia game and I planned not to watch the quater final game. But finally the badminton nerves in my body started to convert my mind. I had rang Teressa up for the match. We breezed through the jam in MRR2 and Bukit Jalil and we miss out Chong Wei match up with Gade. Once again, he steadily grab the opening point for Malaysia and our double pair did the same things as our Dato did. 2-0 leading over Demark, we were playing with two point cushion and the crowd was not happy with the lead because the tournament climax had just started. We may be facing the same things two days before when playing with Japan. Choon Hann came out and lose the point with style. His physically power was totally down because of his age and his mentally power was strong enough to over come the fatigue. He managed to take the game into the rubber match up. After a tight fight he lost the rubber set with 21-19.  And we were guessing about who will be coming out for the second double. Out of the expectation, our national team fielded a scracth pair to match with the seasoned campaigners Rasmussen and Passke. The first mathc was amazing with deuced until 26-24 Malaysia win the game and throw away the last 2 games with style. Lack of communication and syncronization were the point we lost the game. 2-2 Denmark turned the table around. And Hafiz from zero to hero clinch the winning point for Malaysia with his fantastic display. He bury his opponent in two straight game with style. He made it he saved the day for Malaysia. He was totally a different player from the other day playing with Japan.

Of course Malaysia was out of the contention of losing 3-0 to the Chinese. And the Chinese retained the title for the fourth consecutive year. The Chinese got stronger mental power than the Malaysian that's why they deserved the win. But for our national player, they lacking of strong mentality. This is why the trashed by China.

I got myself a piece of Malaysia team jersey.

Hafiz fantastic performance outclassed his opponent.

I should so loud. Hafizzzz....

 The winning team celebrates.