Saturday September 22, 2007
Badminton: Hafiz’s Olympic hopes fading
High point: Wong Mew Choo is now ranked eighth in the world. In the latest world rankings list released on Thursday, the 25-year-old Hafiz lost his status as the country’s second ranked player when he dropped four rungs to 19th.
Three Malaysians are currently ranked ahead of him – Lee Chong Wei (third), KLRC Bhd’s Lee Tsuen Seng (17th) and Wong Choong Hann (18th).
Only two Malaysians in the top 16 standings in next May’s world rankings list get to compete in the Olympics.
With his third-round defeat to Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in the ongoing Taiwan Open, Hafiz is expected to drop out of the world’s top 20.
In the women’s singles, national number one Wong Mew Choo achieved her career high when she moved up one rung to eighth in the world.
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