I had a chance to talk to Thailand referee which happened to be one of Thai Badminton officer... The entry is pretty weak.. In MS only 42 instead of 64... Taiwanese sends the most of their players. Here are some names: Zhou Mi Wang Chen Ng wei Hu Yun Another HKG players Gao Ling/Wei Yi Li Zhang Jiwen/Yang Wei 2 WS from China, unranked..not sure it is Wang Lung..??? Joko/Luluk Alvent/Hendra AG Ricky Widianto/..I forgot his partner Entry comes from Japan, Singapore
Isn't that too much time in the US? Let's hope he is aware of the quarantine rules now in force in many countries. The last thing he wants is to sit out the WC in some hospital in India
2 WS of China are Liu Jian & Wang Rong Sigh, other potential big pointers. I allways got problems abt huge pts in PAW. Riky Widiantowill pair with Komang Sandy Wijaya
Liu Jian and Wang Rong are playing in Thailand Open? Are they the Liu Jian from Guangdong and the Wang Rong from Jiangsu?
The entry list file has been posted in other thread, http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71817
I think there's a high possibility that it is due to H1N1 since Thailand is listed as affected area. Maybe? Maybe that's one of the reason why there isn't lots of players participating as well.
It could be the other way around. Singapore's 'infection' numbers are up. It's around 1 in 4,000 now.
No...he comes back to play for his club...he is representing INA now... BWF just reminded Thai Referee to change it from SIN to INA... I have been told that next year Thai Open will be scheduled after INA Open.. Basically will be like this in 2009" Phillipine Open, SIN Open, INA Open and Thai Open...
Quite surprise, both Zhou Mi and Wang Chen names are in the entry list when most of top-players (except home shuttlers) will skip this GP Gold tourney due to World Champ preparation...
They're probably.. ..playing for money now more than a WC title. Taufik should participate, too. Will benefit him in 2 ways: it'll give him more training for the upcoming WC and it could fill up his wallet, too..