Liu Ying hopes to yield favourable results in 2012 London Olympics – Badminton Update
As the 2012 edition of Olympics approaches the Malaysian female campaigner Goh Liu Ying is evaluating her chances like any other shuttler of the world.
Liu Ying joins up Chan Peng Soon in Mixed Doubles category and they hold the eighth spot in world rankings.
They are the country’s biggest hope for medal after Men’s Singles maestro Lee Chong Wei and this really put them under huge pressure.
The 21-year-old Liu Ying is feeling the heat as she admitted that inconsistency is their biggest hurdle in their race for glory.
She hoped that they will wash out this blot in London Games by employing valuable experience of the past.
She said, “Peng Soon and I have come a long way and we have the confidence to challenge the other pairs. Sometimes we play well but sometimes, we don’t. Hopefully, our good side will surface in London.”
Mixed Doubles experts Liu Ying and Peng Soon have raised their status in the arena by winning couple of notable tournaments like Asian Badminton Championships, Bitburger German Open and the Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold.
However, they failed to register their class in Indonesia Open and Singapore Open this month as they could not make into the finals despite having better odds.
The Malaysian campaigners crashed out in second round of Indonesia Open while they could not clear semi-final round in Singapore.
Liu Ying believes they were too eager to exceed low ranked challengers and this edginess worked against them in crucial contests.
She said, “Peng Soon and I wanted so badly to do well in the Singapore Open, which is our last tournament before the Olympics but our performances were bad.”
Now their next challenge is the 2012 London Olympics which will be staged from July 27 and they are expected to fetch an Olympic medal.
However, they will have to surpass invincible Chinese pair Zhang Nan-Zhao Yunlei and talented Indonesian duo Tantowi Ahmad-Lilyana Natsir to escort their country to glory.
Though, Liu Ying is in high spirits to utilise her talent but she does not overlook the importance of being super fit for the battle as she intends to shape up in the next couple of weeks before the mega event.
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