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Hosts Malaysia lift Thomas Cup
KUALA LUMPUR. May 17: Hosts Malaysia scored a thrilling 3-2 win over old enemy
urday to win the men's badminton Thomas Cup after 25 barren years, report a Reuter.
Cheered on by a packed 12.000 crowd. Including King Sultan Azlan Shah and Queen Bainun. the Malaysians played their hearts out to fulfil the hopes of an entire nation where badminton la a passion.
Indonesia, looking for their first triumph since 1984 but always the underdogs given the recent track record against their close neighbour, had their chances
But a surprise 15-6. 15-12 defeat of World Championship runner up Allan Budl Kusuma : by veteran Foo Kok Keong In I the second singles turned the tide In Malaysia a as the hosts i pulled 2-1 ahead
Rashid Sldek. who has had a superb tournament, played Ic form to beat Ardy Wlranata 15 II, 10-15. 15-4 In the first singles
The match was a thriller between two of the most exciting talents on the world's badminton stage but Rashid, ranked third In the world and always at his best at home, bested Ardy again to lead thetr personal duel 5-3.
Rashid's elder brothers Razif and Jalanl fell to world number one and All England champions Eddy Hartono and Rudy Guanwan in the first dou • blcs.
The Indonesians won 15-9. 10-15. 15-3 focusing their attack on the older Razif who felt the pace.
At 1-1 the final looked in Indonesian favour when world number six Kusuma took to the court to play Foo,
In the second game.
Kusuma tried to Ure the older Foo by making plenty of lObs with drop shots and they were ncck-and neck at 10-10.
But mistakes plagued the Indonesian again and Foo took maximum advantage to give his country a vital edge
The world number six pair of Cheah Soon Kit and Soo Bang Klang. heroes in Malaysia's 3 2 win over de fending champions China In the semifinal when they sec ond the winning point played confidently to win the first game 15-12 In the crucial second double
But with an entire nation expecting victory the two Malaysians lost their co neen tratlon to allow Reky Mlntaky and Ricky Subagja to race to a 5-1 win lead from which they never could recover as the Indonesians forced rubber by winning 15-10.
The Indonesians, roared on by several hundred fans com prising Immigrant Indonesian workers go off to a greet start to lead 5 2 and victory seemed within their grasp
But the young Malaysian pair kept their nerves and forced the Indonesians Into errors with some brilliant attacking play to draw level at 5-5 and went ahead to clinch a glorious win for their team by taking the rubber 15-8.
Joko Suprianto won the dead singles 15-3, 15-7 against Kwan Yoke Meng to make the final score 3-2.
"We arc very happy," said team captain Razif, "I have no words to describe how we feet."
There Is nothing to say we have finally won it." said an elated Malaysian Badminton Association president Elyas Omar, the driving forces behind Malaysia's resurgence tn the game
The women Uber Cup was
won by China who beat South Korea 3-2 In Friday's final