So close, yet so far!
Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong of malaysia failed to defend their asian games titile that they won 4 years ago in Doha. It was a thrilling battle between them and the olympic champions Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan from Indonesia. The malaysians played brilliantly in the first set to win it 21-16, they almost won the match in the second set but luck was with the indonesians and koo-tan lost the second set 24-26. Kido and Setiawan played their best in the deciding game and edge the malaysians 21-19. It was heartbreaking for malaysia as both their representitives in the men's singles and men's doubles wasn't good enough for the gold medal. Malaysia ended their campaign in the badminton event win two silver medals.
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