"I love Indonesia," said Yunlei in front of reporters after a match on Sunday (7/6). "I just learned how to say it last night,” Yunlei added.
Meanwhile together with Zhang Nan, Yunlei had to accept their opponent’s superiority who happens to be compatriots, Xu Chen/Ma Jin. They were defeated 17-21, 16-21 thus failed to win the tournament.
"Our opponent is another China’s pair, so we know the strengths and weaknesses,” Yunlei said without being accompanied by Zhang Nan.
Moreover, Yunlei admitted that the opponent is better this time. Lack of preparation is considered as one of the factors of the defeat. In the match against China’s number two seed, either Yunlei or Zhang
Nan didn’t showcase their aggressiveness as they did when they faced Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir in the semifinal. The unforced error made by the pair says it all.
"Today we are pretty exhausted. So we didn’t perform as good as we did yesterday. The match itself was not as hard fought as yesterday,” Yunlei added.
As the runner up, Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei deserve US$ 30.400 prize money. They both will come back to Indonesia in their participation at the World Championship 2015 in Jakarta, in August this year.