Malaysia Open: Yew Sin-Ee Yi dump world No. 4 to give home fans some cheer

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Men’s doubles shuttlers Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi brought cheers to the home fans in the Malaysia Open by pulling off a sensational 15-21, 21-17, 21-13 win over Indonesia’s world No. 4 Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto in the first round.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/ghuZ0  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The audience is cheering for the team

00:07The audience is cheering for the team

00:13We're more relaxed now

00:18Not like we're not focused

00:20Because we didn't play well last year

00:23So we just want to play our best

00:26That's the best thing for the outcome

00:30So it's more like nothing to lose

00:33Like you said, we didn't play well last year

00:36We had ups and downs

00:38A lot of downs

00:4070-80% down

00:43So far, hopefully we can do better in the second round

00:48Does the environment help with your performance?

00:52Yes, it does

00:54The answer is the same

00:56The audience is cheering for us

01:02Yusin, how important is this win?

01:05Like you said, we didn't play well last year

01:09Yesterday, a lot of your Malaysian friends

01:12Didn't advance to the second round

01:14Before going on the court

01:16How important is this result for you guys?

01:22We didn't say we wanted to go on the court

01:26We all wanted to win

01:28But we didn't force each other

01:32Like we had to win

01:34We focused on ourselves

01:37Don't think about winning or losing

01:41This win is important for us

01:44But keep it low

01:46Don't think it's enough

01:50You lost the last 3 games

01:53Not the last 3 games

01:55But the last 2 games

01:57So what's the key point today?

02:00Like you said, we didn't force each other

02:05We focused on ourselves

02:08Last year's result wasn't good

02:12So we focused on ourselves

02:15How do you see your performance tomorrow?

02:19It's tough

02:21Super Top 1000 isn't easy

02:23So we need to focus

02:25And recover well

02:27Yusin, does this result show that you're still hungry

02:30To continue your career?

02:33We want to win

02:35We're still hungry

02:37But like we said

02:39Don't put too much pressure on ourselves

02:42Focus on each game, each point

02:48Super Top 1000

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