Damn!!......too bad that I cant go back to Indo until August 20...I will be attaending WC in Kuala Lumpur.
I know, man... Nadya will add the attention towards badminton. She is waaaayyyy prettier than Sharapova! Maybe she will make an appearance at the Superliga this week. Who knows... Because I sometimes see the pretty artists/movie stars/singers in the crowd. They are, after all, Indonesians, so naturally many of them love badminton. Nadya Hutagalung
Cai Yun and Ng Wei Ng Wei told me that they both come from the same Jiangsu province. They live 2 hours from each other.
Cool.....Phillipine badminton put Ng wei's profile ( last year) that he was born in Indonesia..... Jiang su is pretty place...
Just found out that HU YUN or WU Yun was born in Hebei, 31 Aug 1981, he will be 26 soon....he must be a former of Chinese squad...
Indosiar will broadcast final match, LIVE from Britama Arena Sportsmall KG : - 30 June/07, 12.00 - 16.00 WIB - 01 July/07, 13.00 - 17.00 WIB The advertisement of the inaugural Superliga Badminton is quite positive so far. Radio-TV-Newspaper-Sport tabloid as promotion media have announced about this event. "Be Ready for The Big Thing" , 'Superliga is On' -- there's one tagline that displayed by street billboard.
too bad i can't see this Superliga,i'm still at China maybe anyone know how to watch this liga via internet stream..??? i WANT to see it......
First day's results June 22, 2007 results: Women SGS Elektrik Bandung vs. Mutiara Bandung 3-2 Djarum Kudus vs. Bina Bangsa Jakarta 5-0 Suryanaga Surabaya vs. Ratih Banten 5-0 Tangkas Jakarta vs. Jaya Raya Jakarta 4-1 Men Suryanaga Surabaya vs. Ratih Banten 5-0 SGS Elektrik Bandung vs. Mutiara Bandung 5-0 Djarum Kudus vs. Musica Champion Kudus 4-1 Jaya Raya Jakarta vs. Tangkas Jakarta 4-1
Divisyen Superliga Lelaki (Putra) SGS ELEKTRIK BANDUNG mn MUTIARA BANDUNG 5-0 MS1 Taufik Hidayat mn Sartono Ekopranoto 19-21, 21-14, 21-12 MD1 Hendra Aprida/Iman Sodikin mn Enroe/Agung Ruhanda 21-13, 16-21, 21-18 MS2 Muhammad Roslin Hashim mn Budi Santoso 21-16, 21-13 MD2 Flandy Limpele/Anggun Nugroho mn Ignatius Rudi/Belly 21-17, 21-18 MS3 Hariawan mn Mahardi Wiempie 21-16, 12-21, 21-14 (Source: http://bulutangkis.web.infoseek.co.jp)
Tangkas vs. Jaya Raya Women Wang Chen def. Firdasari Jo Novita-Endang Nursugianto def. Nadia Melati-Nitya Krishinda Yip Pui Yin def. Pia Zebadiah Vita Marissa-Lilyana Natsir def. Greysia Polii-Rani Mundiarsi Yuan Kartika lost to Fransisca Ratnasari Tangkas def. Jaya Raya: 4-1 The money that Tangkas spent to bring Wang Chen and Yip Pui Yin from Hong Kong apparently paid off here... Before they hired these 2 HK players, Tangkas is very beatable by Jaya Raya in all 3 singles. But since Tangkas was willing to pay the $$price$$ of winning, today, they annihilated Jaya Raya. On the other hand, Jaya Raya Women relied only on their home-bred players. Similar to Djarum [Men & Women] and Bina Bangsa Women. Men Kendrick Lee def. Simon Santoso Candra Wijaya-Markis Kido def. Albertus Njoto-Yohan Wiratama Ronald Susilo def. Alamsyah Yunus Hendra Setiawan-Joko Riadi def. Nova Widianto-Devin Lahardi Taufik Akbar lost to Tommy Sugiarto Jaya Raya def. Tangkas 4-1 This result is the reverse of what happened to the Women's team. Even though Tangkas hired three players, they still got clobbered by Jaya Raya. Albertus-Yohan [who were Djarum players who moved to HK now hired-guns of Tangkas] pushed Candra-Kido to 3 games. In the end they experience of Candra and the energetic play of Kido prevailed. Kendrick Lee and Ronald Susilo, Jaya Raya's first two hired guns did their job. Tangkas' third hired-gun, Tommy Sugiarto from PB. Pelita, was the only saviour from a Jaya Raya blowout! Tommy defeated Taufik Akbar of PB. SBS, who is Jaya Raya's third hired gun.
Wah!!! Hendra AG with Imam!!! LOL! Imam told me he coached Hendra AG when Hendra was still junior.. So weird they play together.. Huh Agung?! Means Agung back to Indo from Switzerland.. Anyways, Imam getting married next month..
Suryanaga vs. Ratih Men Chen Hong vs. A. Rivai 21-12, 21-16 Sony Dwi Kuncoro vs. Dani 21-10, 21-16 Ng Wei vs. Ikeda 23-21, 21-16 Alvent-Trikus vs. Davin-Rio 21-14, 21-13 Bambang Suprianto-Vicky Indra vs. Riony-Aoyama 21-11, 18-21, 21-17
Sartono Eko Pranoto is Mutiara's 10-day Superliga hired gun. He is from Djarum and a practice partner of Andre Kurniawan and Ari Yuli Wahyu. His younger sister is Anastasya Emaya who was also from Djarum from her primary school to highschool years in Kudus. Later on, she moved to Mutiara Bandung and studies at a university in Bandung. Sartono Eko is not very highly ranked and not among the best in his club. His most recent appearance that I remember is playing in the first round of 2007 Indonesia Open Super Series.