Malaysians in all finals

Sri Lanka International Satellite Badminton tournament -- 2006

By Shamseer Jaleel

Malaysian men and women continued to stamp their class in the Sri Lanka International Satellite Badminton Tournament which was worked off at the Royal Sports Complex Indoor nets yesterday. The finals of the tournament will be worked off today commencing at 9.00 am at the same venue. The participating countries are Afghanistan, Austria, India, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The Lankan mixed duo of Shameera Kumarapperuma and Sulochana Ariyadasa who gave their Malaysian counterparts a good fight seen in action. ( Picture by Ranjith Perera)

The only glimmer of hope for the home team faded away when the Mixed Double pair of Chamira Kumarapperuma and Sulochana Ariyadasa went down fighting to the Malaysian players who now have moved into the final which is scheduled for today.

The Malaysian pair of Chan Peng Soon and Haw Chiou Hwee got the better of the Lankan pair in straight sets 21-12 and 21-13. Now the Malaysian pair will meet the Indian doubles pair of Chetan Anand and Jwala Gutta. However the Malaysians are the favourites to win the title.

The Malaysian players were in cracking form when they booked their appearances in all segments namely Men’s Singles, Men’s Double, Women’s Single, Women’s Double and the Mixed Doubles.

The following are the finals which will be worked off today.

Men’s Singles final
Kenn Lim (Malaysia) vs Seang Chun Tan (Malaysia)

Men’s Double finals
Chiat Chun Khoo and Latif Abdul Razif (Malaysia) vs Soon Peng Chan and Pin Hung Chang (Malaysia)

Women’s Singles
Xian Pei Julia Wong (Malaysia) vs Raj Anita Kaur (Malaysia)

Women’s Doubles
Jwala Gutta and Shruti Kurien (India) vs Hwee Chiou Haw and Loo Yin Lim (Malaysia)

Mixed Double
Soon Peng Chan and Hwee Chiou Haw (Malaysia) vs Chetan Anand and Jwala Gutta (India).