Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari

Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
Personal information
Birth name	Mohd Fairuzizuan bin Mohd Tazari
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1983-02-05) 5 February 1983 Perak
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles, Men's & Mixed doubles
Highest ranking	4
Current ranking	87 (August 2014)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing Malaysia World Championships 2009 Hyderabad Men's doubles Asian Championships 2007 Johor Bahru Men's doubles 2007 Johor Bahru Mixed doubles Thomas Cup 2008 Jakarta Team Asian Games 2006 Doha Mixed doubles 2006 Doha Men's team Southeast Asian Games 2009 Vientiane Men's team 2009 Vientiane Men's doubles
BWF profile
Updated on 10:49, 26 October 2013 (UTC).

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Mohd Tazari is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Mohd Fairuzizuan. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari (born 5 February 1983 in Perak) is a male badminton player from Malaysia.

Career

2007

Mohd Fairuzizuan played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif. They were seeded #7 and were defeated in the second round by Guo Zhendong and Xie Zhongbo, of China, 21-14, 21-13.

At the 2007 China Open Super Series they beat the tournament number two seeded, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, in three sets in the first round. However, in the same round of the next Super Series, the Hong Kong Super Series, Mohd Fairuzizuan and Mohd Zakry were forced to bid an early farewell by the same rivals.

2008

In the Thomas Cup semi-finals between Malaysia and China at Jakarta, due to exclusion of the original first doubles, Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah, due to injury reasons, the original second doubles, Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong, was lined up as the first doubles and the unseeded Mohd Fairuzizuan and Mohd Zakry were lined up as the second doubles. At that time, Malaysia scored a point through the first singles while China scored 2 points through the first doubles and second singles. Despite being greenhorns in the Thomas Cup, what more facing opponents Xie Zhongbo-Guo Zhendong, Fairuzizuan-Zakry led a fierce fight and scored the 2nd point for Malaysia, defeating the Chinese pair, balancing the points at 2-2. However, Malaysia was eventually defeated through the third singles.

In Singapore Open in June, Fairuzizuan-Zakry faced fellow country comrades, Gan Teik Chai-Lin Woon Fui, in the men's doubles finals. Defeating Gan-Lin by two straight sets, Fairuzizuan-Zakry's win of the men's doubles finals can be almost considered as the starting of the peak of their badminton career.

External links

• Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com