Datuk Lee Chong Wei has just won his seventh championship title on the 23rd of January 2011 at the Proton Siri Super Malaysian Open Championship finals against Taufik Hidayat.
His victory over Taufik at Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil did not take out a lot of Chong Wei, as he managed to win two straight sets (21-8, 21-17) in just 37 minutes.
During the first set, Chong Wei kept playing at the net which caused Taufik to make many mistakes, which resulted in an easy win for Chong Wei, who allowed Taufik to only score eight points. During the second set, Taufik fought as hard as he could and put up more of a fight but did not get any mercy from Chong Wei. The finals ended with a score of 21-17.
During a post-game interview, Chong Wei said that knowing his former coach, Misbun Sidek, was there supporting him really gave him the motivation he needed to win that game. Having his first finals game without his former coach being there at the sideline put him under a lot of pressure. However, despite not being the national badminton coach of Malaysia anymore, Misbun Sidek still went up to Chong Wei to congratulate him and told him that he did very well and played his hardest.
Chong Wei is planning to grab at least three more championships which are coming up. Among those are Korean Super Series Premier Championship, All England, and the BWF World Championship.
This is really big news for us Malaysians to know that Chong Wei, a Malaysian, has won yet another championship. this just proves that we are just as talented and hardworking as any other country in the world. Just like the slogan, we should all remember that no matter what, 'Malaysia Boleh!'
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