Bao bows to Lee in qtrs
Friday, 15 August 2008
BEIJING, Aug 14 : No 3 seed Bao Chunlai from China was ousted by Lee Hyun-il from South Korea 21-23, 11-21 in a quater-final of men's singles badminton tournament at the Beijing Olympics here Thursday.
As the only Chinese player in the bottom half, Bao failed to secure a final berth for China. Lee Hyun-il will meet No. 2 seed Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia in the semi-final of the bottom half.
The 1.90-meter shuttler let his defence easily penetrated by the opponent, and lost the struggle at the net to the much more confident Korean.
"I lagged too much behind 6-15 in the first game, and it cost me too much energy to catch up," said the world No.3. "Lee played much better at the net."
When asked if he would participate in the next Olympic Games in London, "I don't know," replied the 25-year-old who was defeated by another South Korean Park Tae-sang in the third round at the Athens Olympics.
"During the match, I tried to force him to make errors and this is why I won the match today," said the world No. 10 Korean. "I have always been confident."
On his next opponent Lee, the Korean Lee said they were familiar with each other as they had met each other for many times and tied their head-to-head record 5-5.
"All I have to do is to face the match confidently. I am really looking forward to this game," the Korean said.
As the only Chinese player in the bottom half, Bao failed to secure a final berth for China. Lee Hyun-il will meet No. 2 seed Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia in the semi-final of the bottom half.
The 1.90-meter shuttler let his defence easily penetrated by the opponent, and lost the struggle at the net to the much more confident Korean.
"I lagged too much behind 6-15 in the first game, and it cost me too much energy to catch up," said the world No.3. "Lee played much better at the net."
When asked if he would participate in the next Olympic Games in London, "I don't know," replied the 25-year-old who was defeated by another South Korean Park Tae-sang in the third round at the Athens Olympics.
"During the match, I tried to force him to make errors and this is why I won the match today," said the world No. 10 Korean. "I have always been confident."
On his next opponent Lee, the Korean Lee said they were familiar with each other as they had met each other for many times and tied their head-to-head record 5-5.
"All I have to do is to face the match confidently. I am really looking forward to this game," the Korean said.