Badminton roundup: South Korea pull off two more Asiad golds
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¡¡¡¡BUSAN, Oct. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- South Koreans made a strong surge onthe last day of the Asian Games as they bagged two of the three golds on offer in the badminton events here on Monday.

¡¡¡¡World number four Ra Kyung-min and Lee Kyung-won overcame Chinese ace double Gao Ling and Huang Sui to win the women's doubles title in an exhausting match, marked by unpleasant disputes over judgement.

¡¡¡¡The tight match between the two pairs, whose head-to-head record was 1-1, wore out the shuttlers on both sides before Ra andLee won 11-8, 11-7.

¡¡¡¡The match was halted in the middle due to judging dispute as Gao and Huang, one game down then, leveled with the South Koreans with 3-3 before the judge ruled Chinese stroke outside.

¡¡¡¡But without any clear video replay to justify their dissatisfaction, the Chinese players had to make a compromise.

¡¡¡¡"Judges did make mistakes. They are not always right," said 26-year-old Ra. "If I had met such situation, I would not care."

¡¡¡¡The Chinese pair also tried to find problems in other aspects rather than blame the judges.

¡¡¡¡Gao said: "At times during the game, we were too hasty in dealing with the shuttlecock. I did not bring my speed to a full display."

¡¡¡¡"Generally speaking, they did well today," commented Chinese women's team coach Tian Bingyi. "But the South Korean pair played even better. Although Ra looked strained to her extreme, they madeup for it with more stable form and skills."

¡¡¡¡World number one Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung sailed to the men's doubles title as they beat world number five pair Pramote Teerawiwatna and Tesana Panvisavas from Thailand 15-11, 15-6.

¡¡¡¡"I am very happy now. I was satisfied with my own performance today," said Yoo. "I was prepared for the Asian Games for a long time, so I was very confident before the final."

¡¡¡¡Whereas South Korean team manager Kim Jong Soo said he was a little bit surprised by the smooth victory.

¡¡¡¡"Men's doubles title was out of our expectation," said Kim, whohad counted in only two golds before the Games including the men'steam and mixed doubles titles. "They put on a good performance today. What's more, they battled on the home soil, which motivatedthem a lot."

¡¡¡¡Earlier, Taufik Hidayat claimed the only badminton title for Indonesia in this version of Asiad as he beat South Korean Lee Hyun-il 15-7, 15-9.

¡¡¡¡The 21-year-old Indonesian owed his victory to his patience andstableness.

¡¡¡¡"I told myself to be patient beforehand," said the pleased Taufik. "I tried to smash and attack more while managing to refrain Lee from attacking. He made mistakes throughout and I was careful during the whole match."

¡¡¡¡"Taufik's play is good," lauded Indonesian head coach ChristianHadinata. "He is fantastic. He won the first game easily because Lee made a lot of unforced errors."

¡¡¡¡Taufik, who had boycotted the match during the men's team finalagainst South Korea because of judging dispute, gained much maturity from his loss to Shon Seung-mo in the team final. Enditem


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