en’s singles title today. Chong Wei was in devastating form as he brushed aside Poland’s Wacha Prezmyslaw 21-17, 21-12 in 28 minutes to reach the final in Seoul yesterday.
The Pole put up a bit of resistance in the early stages but the top-seeded Malaysian was in cruise control once he settled down.
Chong Wei will make a bid to win his first title outside Malaysia as the world number one when he takes on top Dane Peter-Gade Christensen in the final today.
Christensen qualified for the final without even lifting his racquet after Indonesia’s Simon Santoso conceded a walkover.
The records favour the Malaysian as he has never lost to Christensen in five meetings.
Chong Wei beat the third-seeded Dane en route to retaining his Malaysian Open title last weekend.
However, singles head coach Rashid Sidek hoped Chong Wei would not be too over-confident of his chances against the 31-year-old Dane, a three-time winner of the Korean Open crown.
“I last reached the Korean Open final in 2000 (losing to Christensen) and Chong Wei has a really good chance to go one better,” Rashid said in a telephone interview.
“On paper, Chong Wei is younger and physically stronger but Christensen is one player never to be under-estimated. He must be focused at all times.”
Rashid also said that Chong Wei was a bit sluggish at the start of his semi-final tie against Prezmyslaw yesterday.
“But Chong Wei proved to be the more superior player once he settled down.There was no chance for the Poland player to come back at all.”
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