Choong Hann hoping for a Thomas Cup final fling

Submitted by Zam on Monday, December 21st, 2009

KAMARUZAMAN AHMAD

Monday, December 21st, 2009 10:01:00

KUALA LUMPUR: National player Wong Choong Hann is keen to play for the nation in the Thomas Cup when Malaysia host the prestigious event from May 9-16 next year.

Ranked 14th in the world, Choong Hann would love to play in a big championship like the Thomas Cup in front of the home crowd before hanging up his racket.

He represented Malaysia in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and this year’s world championship in India. Based on his recent performances, he looks a good bet to book one of the three Malaysian singles slots.

With six Thomas Cup campaigns up his sleeves, Choong Hann emerged runnerup to world No 1, Lee Chong Wei in the final of the Macau Open but swept past China’s Chen Jin and Indonesian Taufik Hidayat in Macau and Taiwan Open respectively.

“I am 32-years-old and I feel I can play active badminton for another two years. The Thomas Cup is a coveted and historic championship and winning it for Malaysia would be an icing on the cake in my career,” said Choong Hann.

He is now an independent player and currently attached with a German badminton club – Empor Brandenburger Tor (EBT) in Berlin.

Comments

Post new comment

Your name: *

E-mail: *

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.

Homepage:

Comment: *

Ground rules for posting comments:

1. No personal attacks.

2. No vulgar or discriminatory language.

3. If you do not follow these rules, we will remove your comment.

Disclaimer

In line with Malay Mail's tag-line "Your Voice", do use our comments service to express your opinions.

Kindly note that your comments will be moderated by Malay Mail before they are posted on this site. Malay Mail holds the sole right to publish or delete a comment that has been posted at its absolute discretion. Malay Mail will also not correct grammar or spelling mistakes that may exist in such comments.

We value your feedback and will strive to publish your comments as long as they:

* DO NOT contain anything which could be potentially libellous or defamatory.

* DO NOT contain foul language and are of a vulgar or abusive nature.

* DO NOT contain any offensive slurs.

* DO NOT contain religious or racial discrimination; and/or

* DO relate to the post that you are responding to.

Comments that breach the guidelines will be deleted/ignored or modified with immediate effect and with no prior notification to the author.

Also please note that the views expressed herewith are the sole responsibility of the visitor who submits each comment and not those of Malay Mail. Malay Mail does not bear the responsibility of any comment posted on the site. The publishing of such comment does not and is not to be understood that Malay Mail agrees with it, endorses it, or believes it to be correct and/or true.

Email me about all replies to this article.

CAPTCHA

This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

Math Question: * 10 + 6 =

Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.