Don't give up hope. If any of the first third matches is won by KOR, I believe KOR will have a better chance to beat CHN.
To be honest 80% of the Korean matches are also all broadcast either at court 3 or 4. So I also have no choice but just to stare at the live scores.
Where is your positive energy? Please don't stand in front of SWH. Remember there was once you gave up on LYD/YYS but I asked you to have faith and they finally won.
Well I was thinking that China win MS 1. Then MD 1 can also go either way although certainly Korea stands a high chance to win. But when I checked the H2H it shows that LYD / YYS have also lost to Fu Haifeng / Zhang Nan a few times. Then It all goes down to MS 2 which is definitely too strong for Korea to win. Nevertheless I will be there to support Korea and shout aloud at 7 pm Korea win win win.
Okay when the match is aired live later I will shout aloud in front of my computer screen Son Wan Ho win win win you can do it. I will give my full support.
It will be very tough for Anthony (vs Lin Dan) and for Ihsan (vs Tian Houwei) to win. I would give a chance to Tommy since he looks quite stable during this tournament. Chance for Jonatan to win against Lin Dan and for Anthony to win against Tian is greater than what is proposed in your line up i think. Hendra/Markus is quite impressive in the last match. So my line up would look like this: MS1 Tommy MD1 Angga/Ricky MS2 Jonatan MD2 Hendra/Markus MD3 Anthony In the end it will always be difficult to meet CHN what ever line up you set with the current INA players.
Premonitions, premonitions. These visions you have... Careful you must be when sensing the future ... The fear of loss is a path to the dark side.
MD will favor more to Korean imo, but like many said MS is favoring to Chinese. For me, I don't care what the result between both countries, but as a fan of this game, I'm really really really sure, it will be a CRACKING match! can't wait for it..cheers! Good luck to both.
Tommy said during the interview that he is having a pulled hamstring that he got it during the match vs Tanongsak and having some difficulty to move. It's not good to put him in the lineup tomorrow. JC will be a better bet.
Although I like Zhang Nan more than LYD, I would like to see LYD beat him tonight. Hope that lifts your hope.
What a pitty for INA team, get better soon Tommy! There is even fewer choice for INA. JC should be MS1 then.
By the way, do you mean Tanongsak or NG Ka Long Angus? Tommy played today and won against NG Ka Long Angus ..
Damn, so many interesting matches imo. A pity we can only see 4 machtes today... Would love to see JPN vs. DEN TC today, too. Great effort by India to make the SF! After RI won I tought chances are good THA could make it, but expect RI their girls dont perform well under pressure :/ Hong Kong put up a very good fight against IND! I really wonder what is wrong with MA/HS?! I supported the underdog, but for tomorrows SF the line-up CHN vs. IND provides more thrill Imo, they should field MS1 TS, MS2 JC, MD1 MA/HS, MD2 AP/RS and MS3 AG. Ofc it could be 3:0 to China, but if they go to match 5, everything is possible... I fear Korea wont stand a real chance later... Oth China is vulnerable, CL and FuNan showed nerves yesterday. They were not supposed to go to three sets! MAS has a great chance to make the Final, this quarter is very open, but MAS has the slight edge over JPN or DEN.
INA's WS need more inclusive with Chinese descent players post 1998 socio-political problem. The lineup now couldn't compete technically, mentally and physically losing on all ground with the current top players. They should now who they have to turn to. What steps and measure they take with junior players will be fruitful in the future. Hope they can revive golden era of Susanti, Audina and Meuliawati.
But Tommy just have played this afternoon against Ng Ka Long Angus and manage to win his today's match.
The pulled hamstring is caused by the match vs Tanongsak. In the post-match (vs Angus) interview, he said that he was having difficulty to move due to this minor injury and he needed to push himself to win the match. By the way, this is the source(In Indonesian, please use google translate): http://badmintonindonesia.org/app/information/newsDetail.aspx?/4971
What a hero Tommy is, this is what he said about the injury: "This is a team event, if it was only for myself i would not have this high spirit. The coach adviced me that even i felt the pain I should keep focused and fighting for the team. What ever the result i had given my very best"
