Result thus far. First result of the day is out. Korea Uber team had an easy win without sweat over Mauritius. The Koreans won the game 3-0 thus far. The next WD 1 and 2 is no longer important as Korea already won their match.
First result of the afternoon match is out. Korea versus Mauritius 1 WS1 Yeon Ju BAE win Kate FOO KUNE 21-8 21-12 1-0 0:24 2 WS2 Hyo Min KIM win Nicki CHAN-LAM 21-9 21-12 1-0 0:25 3 WS3 Jang Mi LEE win Shania LEUNG 21-1 21-3 1-0 0:15 4 WD1 Ah Ra GO / Hae Won YOO win Kate FOO KUNE / Yeldy Marie LOUISON 5 WD2 So Hee LEE / Seung Chan SHIN win Nicki CHAN-LAM / Shania LEUNG
Second result for the afternoon slot is out. Chinese Taipei just won over New Zealand. Chinese Taipei had an easy win without even made to sweat. 1 MS1 Tien Chen CHOU win Dylan SOEDJASA 21-14 21-6 0-0 0:21 2 MS2 Jen Hao HSU win Niccolo TAGLE 21-7 21-12 0-0 0:30 3 MS3 Tzu Wei WANG win Asher RICHARDSON 21-8 21-8 0-0 0:22 4 MD1 Sheng Mu LEE / Chia Hsin TSAI win Kevin DENNERLY-MINTURN / Oliver LEYDON-DAVIS 5 MD2 Hung Ling CHEN / Chi-Lin WANG win Asher RICHARDSON / Niccolo TAGLE
Third result for the afternoon is out. Malaysia also had an easy win over Germany. 1 MS1 Chong Wei LEE win Kai SCHAEFER 21-19 21-15 0-0 0:40 2 MD1 V Shem GOH / Wee Kiong TAN win Richard DOMKE / Fabian HOLZER 21-12 21-11 0-0 0:26 3 MS2 Iskandar Zulkarnain ZAINUDDIN win Lars SCHAENZLER 21-7 21-16 0-0 0:32 4 MD2 Kien Keat KOO / Boon Heong TAN win Mark LAMSFUSS / Josche ZURWONNE 5 MS3 Wei Feng CHONG win David PENG
Now we are left with the tough fought battle of Indonesia versus Hong Kong match. So far it is 1-1. Hong Kong have slight advantage in WS and Indonesia have slight advantage in WD.
Evening session (07.00pm) line-up : THOMAS Cup - CHN v FRA (court 1) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...98FF39E5-3CE5-4D78-A9E6-4199026B3C5D&match=11 Against team French, host China puts their A-players for singles category including two-time Olympic Champion Lin Dan as second singles. A experimenting pair will represent them for second doubles, Li Junhui/Zheng Siwei. - KOR v ENG (court 4) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...98FF39E5-3CE5-4D78-A9E6-4199026B3C5D&match=43 England fields Rajiv Ouseph who's expected to steal first point against Korea's leading MS, Son Wan Ho. UBER Cup - JPN v GER (court 2) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...8FF39E5-3CE5-4D78-A9E6-4199026B3C5D&match=141 Japan will create 5-0 for their opening tie, all their bests will play tonight. - TPE v USA (court 3) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...8FF39E5-3CE5-4D78-A9E6-4199026B3C5D&match=110 Another clean-sheet for TPE Uber team.
So happy to note that my predictions thus far are all correct. And the correct results are as follows. Denmark win South Africa 5-0. India win Australia 5-0 Thailand win Bulgaria 5-0 Japan win Mexico 5-0 Malaysia win Germany 5-0 Chinese Taipei win New Zealand 5-0 Korea win Mauritius 5-0
Interesting Korea Lineup 1 MS1 Wan Ho SON - Rajiv OUSEPH 2 MD1 Yong Dae LEE Yeon Seong YOO - Marcus ELLIS Chris LANGRIDGE 3 MS2 Dong Keun LEE - Toby PENTY 4 MD2 Sung Hyun KO Baek Cheol SHIN - Matthew NOTTINGHAM Harley TOWLER 5 MS3 Hyeok Jin JEON - Sam PARSONS But then I still feel that Rajiv Ouseph may be able to create upset for the first MS and Toby Penty also might have a chance to create upset for the second MS.
Though that LYD / YYS will be rested till the last match only they play for tomorrow. Looks like I am wrong. Today they will be playing.
Ellis and Langridge shouldn't be underestimated. They're not a top pair, but they play well together and more importantly, they don't play that typical Asian playing style.