Lee Chong Wei gave Peter Gade no quarter as he refused to give up even one game en route to the semis at the Super Series Finals in Taipei.
Lee Chong Wei was never in trouble against 2008 runner-up Peter Gade (pictured here with Lee) as he ran away the 21-14, 21-12 winner in less than half an hour to book a date with Thailand’s Boonsak Ponsana for the semi-finals of the Victor BWF 2010 Super Series Finals.
Lee, in fact, has not lost a game since the inaugural Super Series Finals in 2008, when he dropped one to Hong Kong’s Chan Yan Kit in the group stage.
“I lost to Boonsak in the team event at the Asian Games but at the time I was suffering from a fever,” recalled Lee Chong Wei.
“Once I recovered, I was able to beat him again. As for tomorrow, nothing is sure except that I will do my best to beat him again.
“Perhaps because I have won this tournament twice before I am not feeling any pressure. Whether I win or lose it is still okay but I just want to try my best tomorrow.”
Lee insisted that goings on back in Malaysia regarding the resignation of his coach Misbun Sidek were not going to be affecting his performance in Taipei.
“All of that is back at home. I am here and am focussing on this tournament. I am not going to worry about that until I get back to Malaysia,” Lee said, smiling.
In fact, Lee did plenty of smiling in his press conference with the Taiwan media, joking that rumours about his ability to speak Taiwanese were only partly true, that he could listen and understand some but not speak it. He also told local reporters that he could lose but if he did, he would be expected to write a report on it for the Malaysian authorities.
CREDITS TO BADZINE
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