. Good Morning from Melbourne, Australia. It's 7:22am (Tuesday 01-May-2012) here in Melbourne. In just a few hours, the Qualification matches will start at the Stadium Bandaraya Johor Bahru, Malaysia. But I was wrong. There will be no Qualification matches today; this link explains why: http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=DB3A8D19-CA18-4F03-A830-B7B78BE1D0A6&draw=3 Anyway, let's start with these info: For this tournament's Schedule of Matches (Wednesday 02-May-2012): http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/s...3A8D19-CA18-4F03-A830-B7B78BE1D0A6&d=20120502 For Time in Johor Bahru, Malaysia: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_MY.aspx For our BC PAW Game, Sandy posted this: For Live Streaming: Perhaps BCers from different countries can post the links that are working for their regions. Different countries sometimes cannot use the same links. I am waiting for BadmintonLink to inform me of any links of Live Streaming. When received, I shall post it here. .
It's a holiday here in JB and I thought there will be qualifying matches today. So, house work today.
Yup, first match of this GP Gold will be started on main draw tomorrow due to 2 MD pairs from qualification have been promoted to replace Kido/Setiawan (INA) and Cho Gun Woo/Kang Ji Wook (KOR).
Are you going to play in this PAW Game? . Are you going to play in this PAW Game, limsy? I have just PAWed for; MS: Ha Young Woong (KOR) MS: Wisnu Yuli Prasetyo (INA) WS: Park So Young (KOR) WS: Nozomi Okuhara (JPN) .
R64 for MS and R32 for the other events will be played today. As Kido/Hendra withdrew, INA's chance of winning a title in Malaysia is quite slim as most of the representatives are young players. I will not be suprised if the majority of the players sent end up being eliminated today! MS R64 - Tommy Sugiarto is seeded 3rd and he receives a bye. Evert Sukamta vs Ha Young Woong - Evert has been unspectacular since his graduation from the juniors last year. It's time for him to show some good performances this year and raise his ranking to at least the top 75 by end of this year. Sai Praneeth B. vs Wisnu Yuli Prasetyo - the Indian player has a slight edge, but, Wisnu could upset him. Goh Soon Huat vs Riyanto Subagja - Riyanto is probably the most disappointing of all the INA youngsters despite his great talent (according to Li Mao and Fang Kaixiang). He was exhilirating to watch during his junior days, winning a few IC titles in 2009 but has been on a steep decline since then He could lose in early round again today, facing the higher ranked Goh. Shesar Hiren Rhustavito vs Anup Sridhar - Vito is the highest ranked at WR140 of all the youngsters sent to Johor Bahru this week. However, he will have a tough time facing the much experienced Indian. Zulfadli Zulkiffli vs Alrie Guna Dharma - I think Zul will take this one. WS R32 Salakjit Ponsana vs Bellaetrix Manuputi - it will be a good result for Bella if she can beat Salakjit. Sekiya Mayu vs Hera Desi - ditto for Hera Desi. Mong Kwan Yi vs Aprilia Yuswandari [4] - April has a good draw and I think she can progress to at least QF. MD R32 - this is the most hotly contested event with ALL the INA young MD pairs facing MAS pairs. I will be happy enough if one pair can progress to the next round! Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto/Afiat Yuris Wirawan [7] vs Chan Peng Soon/Ong Jian Guo - as a seeded pair, Rendy/Afiat ought to win this but they have lost in R32 in 3 straight tourneys (Aussie GPG, BAC, and India SS). If they lose again here, it's time to split them! Markus Fernaldi Gideon/Agripinna Prima Rahmanto Putra [6] vs Mak Hee Chun/Teo Kok Siang - the MAS pair is more experienced and they may just have the edge. Rahmat Adianto/Berry Angriawan vs Hoon Thien How/Tan Wee Kiong - Rahmat/Berry is the weakest among the INA pairs sent here. I would be very suprised if they can beat Hoon/Tan. Muhd Ulinnuha/Ricky Karanda Suwardi vs Goh V. Shem/Lim Khim Wah [3] - Goh/Lim have been performing quite well recently. It would be very difficult for Ulin/Ricky to upset the MAS pair. Andre Adistia/Christopher Rusdianto vs Mohd Lufti Zaim Abdul Khalid/Vountus Indra Mawan [8] - the MAS pair prevailed the last time they met. I believe they could win again today. WD - all the INA pairs receive byes and will play in R16 tomorrow XD R32 - Alfian Eko Prasetya/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja also receive a bye Riky Widianto/Richi Dili Puspita vs Terry Yeo Zhao Jiang/Dellis Yuliana - Riky/Richi just won an IC title last month and it's time to step up into GP/GPG level tourneys, starting with the tricky tie against the Singapore pair. Irfan Fadhilah/Weni Anggraini vs Park Sung Min/Kim So Young - it's always not easy facing a Korean XD pair and I hope Irfan/Weni can win this match.
So far so good for Evert and Shesar, but not so much to Riyanto I think Riyanto is getting more easily lost in early rd
Evert Sukamta progresses to R32! A job well done in beating the Korean player. He will face the winner between Wisnu and the Indian player.
Riyanto looks like a gone case....trailing 2-11. Motivation drops after losing the first-set 17-21? Vito is still leading 16-15.
The problem is within himself, he has great potential but never has a chance to show them off......Poor him.... He should go back to class and study again
Wow.....Shesar Hiren Rhustavito beat the higher-ranked and more experienced Anup Sridhar in straight-sets 21-15, 21-19! Another positive result for him....he's expected to face Goh Soon Huat for a place in the last 16.
There it is....Riyanto lost easily 17-21, 11-21. Li Mao should seriously consider dropping him for a few international tourneys and send him to a few Sirnas instead!
Oh...I forget about Andre Marteen and Sony Dwi Kuncoro in my prediction. Andre Marteen vs Anand Pawar - it will be surprising if the IND player loses this one. Kuan Beng Hong vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro - Sony is facing a hard time finding his form and touch. I hope he can progress to R16 here.
