BEIJING, Aug 13 (Bernama) -- A big day awaits Malaysian woman shuttler Wong Mew Choo and men's pair Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong Wednesday to battle for a place in the Olympic semifinals.
Mew Choo, making history as the first Malaysian woman singles to qualify for the Olympics, squares off against China's third seed Lu Lan whom she has beaten twice and lost thrice to.
It is also the first major test for both who had two easy rounds enroute to the last eight, along with top seed Xie Xingfang and defending champion Zhang Ning, both from China.
To advance into the semis, Kien Keat and Boon Heong must upstage Indonesian world champions Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan Wednesday night.
Lee Chong Wei, the number two seed for the men's singles crown, takes a day's rest to scheme against Athens bronze medallist Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia.
After a heart-breaking debut in the team's event, the archery trio of Wan Khalmizam Abd Aziz, Cheng Chu Sian and Muhd Marbawi Sulaiman resumed training for the individual contest tomorrow but the odds are against them in the high-class field.
Wan Khalmizam, who outdid his own expectations with an individual fifth ranking here, faces off with Alexandru Bodnar of Romania in the first round of the 64-field knockout competition decided over 12 arrows.
Chu Sian confronts Mathew Gray of Australia while Muhd Marbawi Sulaiman is matched against Chen Szu Yuan of Taiwan.
Swimmer Siow Yi Ting takes to the pool again for her second and last event, the 200m breastroke in which she holds the national record of 2:29.21s. She warmed up yesterday with a season best of 2:171.11s in the 200m individual medley in her third Olympics.
In Qingdao, Kevin Lim continues in the third and fourth race of the one-man Laser in Qingdao port city.
He suffered a setback for overshooting the starting line and was disqualified in race one today.
-- BERNAMA
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