Nice....INA beat TPE 3-1 and progress to the SF of the Team Event for the first-time in recent years, despite having a limited team. So, the effort to send the players to Mexico paid off after all. As expected, TPE won the GS through Tai Tzu Ying. Riyanto Subagja beat Hsieh Feng-Tse 21-18, 13-21, 23-21 and he had to save 1 match pt Jones Ralfy Jansen/Nurbeta Kwanrico also beat Hsieh Ping-Hsuan/Chiang Mei-Hui 21-13, 18-21, 21-13; while Nurbeta Kwanrico/Aulia Putri beat Wu Yu-Lun/Lee Fang-Yu 22-20, 21-19. At the end, Jones/Dandy did not have to play.
DEN vs IND went all the way to the wire as DEN's GD won the third-set 23-21, despite having saved 2 match pts at 19-20 and 20-21 Tough luck for IND. Their BD (Pranav Chopra/Sai Praneet B.) also lost the BD despite leading for most of the third-set.
THA vs KOR is the match to be watched right now. THA has a chance to beat KOR through their XD, GS, and BS. Ratchanok, Pisit, and Sapsiree will play 2 matches.
INA's recent finishes at the WJC: 2006 (Incheon, South Korea) - 4th place 2007 (Waitakere City, New Zealand) - 6th place 2008 (Pune, India) -7th place 2009 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - 5th place
KOR 1 THA 1 MAS 2 DEN 0 BD is being played in the KOR vs THA tie; while BS is being played in MAS vs DEN tie.
Loh Wei Sheng lost the first game 17-21...where is the promise he has shown? 0-1 come on Wei Sheng!!!
Loh WS lost to Denmark's Viktor Axelsen. Score : 17-21; 12-21 A rather tame loss. Malaysia 2 Denmark 1 I think Malaysia has to rely on their BD now...I don't think their WD can make it.
Loh Wei Sheng conceded a pt to DEN as Viktor Axelsen (arguably Europe's best BS prospect) beat him in straight-sets. Meanwhile, KOR just made it 2-1.
I'm not surprised at all. Li Gen and Song Ziwei are arguably not very good. China should field other BD...
Luckily our GD did decide the tie! By making it 3-1 for INA!!! Riyanto got quick points in game 3 and then lost quick points!!! Still a teenager, after all!!! 2010 is our comeback year!
What the...Denmark MD at game point Yao Han/Hong Kheng...what happened to you guys? Deuce...come on...take game point now...