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Easy picking for Rashid Sidek
KUALA LUMPUR. dJWb Sept 13: Dcfen-
MV ding champion
™ Rashid Sidck of
Malaysia beat
Denmark’s Thomas Stucr-Lauridscn in straight sets to win the singles title of the 180.000 US dollars Malaysian Open badminton championships here Saturday, reports AFP.
Rashid. Malaysia's number one. took only 35 minutes to dispose off the Dane 15-5. 15-7 and grab the title for the
third consecutive time, Rashid pocketed 14.000 US dollars for the feat.
Olympic bronze medalist Diuridscn. seeded number two behind Rashid although he had beaten the Malaysia in all their three previous encounters, was not at his element as h! was mostly on the defensive and committed unforced errors.
T lost most of my stamina In the previous matches where I had to contend with stronger opponents," said a dejected Lauridscn who received 8.600 US dollars for emerging run-ncr up in the five-day meet which boasts the richest prize money tn the badminton circuit.
Even Rashid, who wrapped up the game within 35 minutes. was surprised with h1s lanky opponent s lacklustre play, saying, "he looked tired and this made my game easy."
Rashid raced to a 3-1 lead, widened it to 6-2 and then 13-3 before giving his opponent two points to finish the first game in 16 minutes. Down 0-4 in the second game. Laurtdsen caught up to 6-7 but was unable to sustain the Malaysian s gruelling pace.
In the women's singles final. top seed Huang Hua of China lived up to her billing and defeated Indonesian giant-killer Yuni Kartlka 11-3. 7T 1. 11 7 to pocket 7.300 US dollars.
The unseeded YunL a 19-year oM student from Jakarta who destroyed all her stronger opponents In the run up to the final, gave the Chinese star ^omc farrowing momenta in
Down 1-3. she rushed to a 6 3 lead but Huang Hua. the Olympic bronze medalist, checked the deficit and used her deft shots to pin down her opponent. Yuni received 5,100 US dollars.
The men s doubles final was a tame affair, with Malaysians Che ah Soon Kit and Soo Bcng Kiang beating China's Chen Kang and Chen Honyong 15-12. 16 7 to receive 16.000 U8 dollar.
The women's doubles crown was earned by Swedish top wed pair I.lm Xtanoqtng
and Christine Magnusson who outclassed South Koreans Gil Young-ah and Park Soo-Yun 15 7. 15-9. The winners got 9.000 US dollars.
The Malaysian Open was marred thia time by the absence of notable world -class shuttlers who skipped the meet citing tiredness from playing In too many closely spaced tournaments.