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Article: Chong Ming-Kien Keat and Chong Wei left
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- The Malay Mail
- Article date:
- August 20, 2005
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PRESSURE.
That is what Chan Chong Ming-Koo Kien Keat felt when they arrived
at
the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim on Thursday and learnt other than
them, Lee
Chong Wei was the last Malaysian standing in the World
Championships.
The five pairs who played before Chong Ming-Kien Keat arrived, had
been
wiped out.
What made it even more daunting for the Malaysians was their third
round opponents were Fu Haifeng-Cai Yun, the third seeds and All-
England
champions.
"We didn't know what was happening at the stadium until we
arrived.
Once we did, there was more pressure on us," said Kien Keat, after
they
stunned Haifeng-Yun 11-15, 15-4, 15-8.
It was a classic match, which swung to and fro but one which the