¡¡¡¡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