Badminton: Lee to meet Lin in dream final
World number one Lee Chong-Wei powered into the final of the Korea Open.
SEOUL:
World number one Lee Chong-Wei powered into the final of the Korea Open to set up a clash with arch-rival Lin Dan. Both shuttlers were in blistering form in their semi-finals as Malaysia’s Lee trounced China’s Du Pengyu 21-8, 21-13 and world number two Lin from China knocked off Sho Sasaki of Japan 21-16, 21-14. Lee overwhelmed his opponent with 16 smash winners in a contest that lasted just 37 minutes, while Lin took ten minutes more to dispatch with the Japanese shuttler.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2012.
World number one Lee Chong-Wei powered into the final of the Korea Open to set up a clash with arch-rival Lin Dan. Both shuttlers were in blistering form in their semi-finals as Malaysia’s Lee trounced China’s Du Pengyu 21-8, 21-13 and world number two Lin from China knocked off Sho Sasaki of Japan 21-16, 21-14. Lee overwhelmed his opponent with 16 smash winners in a contest that lasted just 37 minutes, while Lin took ten minutes more to dispatch with the Japanese shuttler.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2012.