All England 2010 - The Finals

We left Aunty Ainol's house (a friend of friend's aunty - gila jauh connection >.<) at about 12++ and took cab straightaway to the NIA. Managed to buy 3 tickets for Aunty and her family from the "ulat tiket" outside the stadium for £30 - £3 cheaper compared to the price sold in the stadium. Took our seat, about the same spot as yesterday. Quite unstrategic because we were right behind the officials and were at most furthest part of the stadium so there's no way any of the player could come near us. So sad liao!

The men single match was scheduled at the 3rd match but we stayed from the beginning. The match was started by the mixed doubles which was won by China. The Indonesian team gave a good fight but they made quite a lot of mistakes, I must say. The second game was women single which was won by Tina Rasmussen from Denmark. She could have won the game easily without having to drag it until the 3rd game but she made a lot of mistakes especially in not getting the ball because she thinks it's out already. She did it not once, not twice but A LOT of time. Never learned from the lesson!

before the game started. had to capture the pictures curik2 coz no photography were allowed!

Soon after the prize giving ceremony for women single, the atmosphere of the stadium was heated even more than before. Almost every blocks at the stadium will be occupied by Malaysian supporters. The moment the judges and linesmen came in we've all stood up already. When Lee Chong Wei stepped in, crowds were cheering his name, loudly. Omo..it's a very sweet, patriotic moment I must say :') I was so proud and happy I was there, seriously!

So the match started and eventhough LCW started quite slow, the cheers from the crowd never stopped. There would be one guy screaming loud enough across the stadium to the word "MALAYSIAAAA" and the rest of the stadium will reply "BOLEHHHHH" I almost teared out because it was such a beautiful moment. Wahhh overdramatic much? Kekeke..There were at times, a group of orang putihs will be cheering for Kenichi Tago with their orang putihs accent - "TAY-GO!" kekeke...But of course there were no competition at all for Malaysian supporters. We won the stadium big time. I bet it'll be a different story if we were playing against China :)

Kenichi Tago is a player with a lot of potentials! He's quick. He's fast. He's always on his guard and of course, his determination is very high. The whole stadium is cheering for LCW and yet he could give LCW and us a lot of nervewrecking moments when he led by 4-5 points during the game. I think, given a lot of experience and training, he would be World's no 1 in no time! However LCW is of course someone who is not easily beaten by anybody. He got superb skills and he got up on his feet quickly whenever he fell.

The winning point is quite confusing yet the moment we saw LCW knelt down on the court we knew that was it. I know I heard there were problem with the linesmen decision but the game was done already. Too bad for him, he could have won this in better way but what's done is done eyh? He deserved the winning, that's all we know :) The atmosphere of stadium were even hotter than the beginning. We jumped we shouted and we were very proud to witness this moment. His first All England winning at the 100th All England tournament. If only I could be there when Hafiz Hashim won this title back at 2003 - that would be sweeter, aite?

he went around the stadium and some lucky fans get to shake hand with him and get his autograph

Dato Misbun - the proud coach :')

the cameraman responsibled for capturing the fans'

on his way out from the court

After the prize giving ceremony we waited outside the stadium with hope we could meet LCW. There were a lot of Malaysians too. We met the RTM crew again and were recorded again and again :P Hahaha..We even went down to the back entrance where we thought LCW might come out from it but after about half an hour waiting, we gave up because there were no sight of him at all. Tapi ada la jumpa a few other players like this China player - eh eh cutenye dia tuuu~

the cute China player :P

the RTM crew and the over excited fans behind him -__-"

All in all, this was a journey well spent and worth alllll the hassle. I hope I could make it to next year's All England but the chance is pretty slim because of the exams etc andddd I really hope I could make it to the Olympics in 2012. Wah wah wah...perancangan tak beringat :P Apapapun congratulations to Dato LCW and Dato Misbun Sidek and the team, as well as to whole Malaysian supporters (wah wah nak kredit jugak tuuu :P) for making this winning possible. Malaysia Boleh!

:')