1986 Thomas Cup Badminton Prelims-China vs Malaysia.mp4

In the 1986 Thomas Cup preliminaries in Bangkok, Foo Koo Keong becomes the first Malaysian player apart from Misbun to beat a China player in the 80s..
Here,FKK beat Xu Biao over 3 sets, Xu Biao ran out of steam and was later dropped from the China team.
This was the ascent of Malaysian badminton, later Fang Kai Xiang, then Yang Yang and Hanjian were roped in to upgrade Malaysian badminton.
Note that badminton today is different today with emphasis more on skill,concentration and mental strength ,focus and strategy as compared to the old scoring system pre 2003.

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[mynahbird20000]

it was in this same tie that Misbun came close to beating Yang Yang for the first time losing the 3rd sert 17-16.Later Misbun did suceed in beating Yang yang a few times.

[mynahbird20000]

As pointed out by Sonny Mak, Misbun Sidek had managed to beat another China player Chen Zhang Jie in the 1983 World Cup previously.

[mynahbird20000]

@mynahbird20000

Misbun had also beaten China's junior champion Yang Ke San

in the 1985 ABC Finals in KL.

[sonnymak]

Thanks for the further info. Foo was feared by top players not that they think they couldnt beat him but he would make them press their muscles and drain their last drop of sweat to beat him. The mercurial Zhao lost to Foo many times. Foo contribution to badminton is the defensive dive to the side lines to retrieve sideline smash. He was the 1st to do so and today all the top players do that including Lin Dan and LCW.