Asian Games: Malaysia fall to South Koreans in the semis

MALAYSIA will have to wait for four years more to get another chance to win the Asian Games gold medal in team badminton after they crashed to a 1-3 defeat by defending champions South Korea in the men's semi-finals at the Aspire Hall 3 in Doha last night. 

The hope was on Lee Chong Wei to earn the first point for Malaysia against Lee Hyun-il but he played a match littered with mistakes and was beaten 19-21, 19-21. It was the Malaysian number one's first defeat by the Korean in five meetings this year.