The national men’s badminton squad fails to end the 14-year gold medal drought in the team event after losing 1-3 to Indonesia in the final of the 30th SEA Games at the Muntinlupa Sports Complex in Manila today.
In the first match, singles player Lee Zii Jia, the world number 14, failed to contribute the first point after losing to Jonathan Christie, who is ranked sixth in the world.The national doubles pair of Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik revived the Malaysians’ hope by defeating Fajar Alfian-Muhamad Rian Ardianto to make it 1-1.
The excellent fightback, however, could not be continued by the second singles player Soong Joo Ven, who went down in three games to Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.
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