Indonesia Open: ‘Actually, It Broke My Heart’
Goh Soon Huat and Lai Shevon Jemie gritted their way to a first round upset over top seeds Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai, a physically and emotionally draining feat for the Malaysians given that Goh…
· DEV SUKUMAR
Goh Soon Huat and Lai Shevon Jemie gritted their way to a first round upset over top seeds Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai, a physically and emotionally draining feat for the Malaysians given that Goh collapsed on the floor a few times as he was still feeling the effects of food poisoning last week.
The Malaysian duo, who are off-court partners as well, have a healthy 6-8 record against the world champions, but today’s win at the EAST VENTURES Indonesia Open 2022 came under difficult circumstances. Goh had had diarrhoea and vomiting last week, and could barely stand on court in between points towards the end of the match.
“The day after he vomited and had diarrhoea, he still had chills and fever, and then chills on and off. He recovered for one or two days and then it came back again. So his body wasn't 100 per cent back. He started training only a day earlier,” Lai recalled, after the Malaysians had kept their nerve in a tense end game to win 21-18 7-21 22-20.