China's men's doubles pair marches into final for the first time
15/8/2008 17:09
No.2 seeds Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng from China advanced into the final of
men's doubles at Beijing Olympic badminton tournament, beating Lee Jae-jin and
Hwang Ji-man from South Korea 22-20, 21-8 in Beijing today.
The world No.2
pair showed their enormous confidence in themselves, kept smashing against the
opponents without any hesitation in spite of unfavorable service calls from the
umpire from Britain.
Since badminton entered the Olympic Games in 1992, it is
the first time for a Chinese men's doubles pair to reach the final at
Olympics.
In the final of men's doubles, the Chinese pair will challenge the
top seeds Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan from Indonesia, who downed Danish
veterans Lars Passke and Jonas Rasmussen 21-19, 21-17 earlier today.
"Every
time when we play against South Korean pairs, it will be a hard fight," said Fu,
the fastest shuttler in the world. "We've been fully prepared for the
match."
On the key point of their victory, Cai attributed it to their
services of high quality, although they have been called fault serving four
times in the match.
"We've focused on the training of services before the
match," said stylish Cai with a tatoo on his back namely "face of adversity",
noting that they've never been called like today in previous international
competitions.
"Our coach told us not to be affected by the calls after the
first game," Fu told reporters.
On the opponents in the final, Fu said that
the chances are 50 to 50, and "they've been prepared for hard fight".
The
defeated pair from South Korea, however, refused to answer any questions at the
mixed zone, even the request of interview from their domestic media, including
the SBS TV.
Xinhua
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