Published on: Sunday, November 22, 2009 |
Kota Kinabalu: Beryno Wong crashed out of the Bank of Scotland International championship in Glasgow on Friday evening.
The sole Malaysian representative who was seeded tenth in the competition was shocked by Austrian David Obernosterer in the second round in three sets 21-14,17-21,21-23.
It was another heartbreak for the 23-year-old as he also failed to advance to the second round of the Norway Open held a week earlier.
According to his coach Alan Hiew who is in constant contact with him, Beryno is having difficulty adjusting to the cold weather in the continent.
"The cold winter is taking a toll on him and he also found it difficult to adjust to the speed of the shuttle inside the hall," said Alan.
Alan however, believes the losing experience will have a positive effect on Beryno in future and he hopes the shuttler will learn from his mistakes and play well in his next two tournaments.
Beryno is scheduled to play in the Wales Open and the Ireland Open in the next two weeks.
Meanwhile, Marylen Ng Paou Leng is the sole Sabah player left in the on going Proton Malaysia international challenge held in Ipoh Perak.
She and partner Lim Yin Loo have stormed into the semi-final stage on Friday and was due to play against Japanese pair Eto Rie and Wakita Yu for a place in the final on Saturday.
All the other Sabah shuttlers failed to advance on Friday and second seeded Sannatasah Saniru was upset in the women singles quarter-final stage by Thailand teen star Intanon Ratchanok in straight sets 13-21,15-21.
She also lost her doubles match with Tee Jing Yi against the top seeded pair of Woon Khe Wei and Chong Sook Chin in the quarter final-stage.
His elder brother Vountus Indra Mawan partnering Asdul Khalid Latfi Zaim also lost in the second round while Marylean's younger sister Flora Ng Siew Fong was eliminated in the first round in both her singles and doubles matches.
Amelia Anscelly meanwhile, was knocked out in the first round of her doubles match with Nairul Suhada Latif by Taiwanese pair Chaing Kai Hsin and Hsieh Pei Chan.
