BEIJING, Aug 13 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's Wong Mew Choo ended her Olympics debut in a spate of mistakes against third seed, Lu Lan of China, who claimed a place in the women's singles semifinals with a 21-7, 29-27 victory Wednesday night.
Mew Choo squandered nine game points in the second bout after a tame fight in the first.
"Lu Lan was very well prepared and I could not find a chink in her during the first game. I tried to the left and to the right but she was always there," said Mew Choo, very subdued in her defeat.
The 25-year-old is Malaysia's first woman shuttler in the Olympics and before this match, she had beaten Lu Lan twice in five enounters.
Lu Lan did not have a difficult time in the first game, she sent Mew Choo scampering all over the court.
In the second, they fought evenly and Mew Choo regained her confidence after pulling away to 14-9. But at 20-14, the Malaysian struck a bad patch, coming away the loser in most of the rallies either hitting out or into the net.
"It was like my hand was disobeying me. Lu Lan became more confident with every point she gained and I became so nervous and made many mistakes," said Mew Choo.
The second game was the highest scoring so far in the Olympics here.
In a quarterfinal match in the morning, Indonesia's Maria Kristin Yulianti of Indonesia was stretched to 28-26 in the first game with India's Saina Nehwal before the Indonesian booked herself into the semifinals against defending champion Zhang Ning of China.
Malaysia's men doubles pair, Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong, are also playing in the quarterfinals later tonight against top seeds and world champions Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia.
-- BERNAMA
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