Pretty much depends on WMC's injury or her recovering from it. For all we know, Julia might end up as the main WS, WMC as reserve. As for WD, as usual, only CEH is injured. The coaches can always select another gal from the youngsters : Woon Khe Wei, Chong Sook Chin, Ng Hui Lim, Goh Liu Ying,even Vivian Ho to replace CEH if necessary. Good practise also for the gals for next year's Uber.
Without Vita, Indonesia had smaller chance to be a runner up. But that also depend on the drawing. They had chances against malaysia team. But against Denmark without one guarantee point from WD? IT will be super hard. Lets see: Peter G - Sonny: Hmm, Sonny usually struggle in team event if he was count to win to secure a point. And he just back from injury. Peter-Simon S record: 5-2 with Peter won 2 times this year. TIne R - Maria Kristin, Firdasari etc. Tine will win. MD: If Markis/Hendra back on form, they had better chance to win. WD: Denmark pair had win 2:0 against Meliana/Shendy from last year. And 1-0 from NItya/Polii this year. Den pair had better chance. XD : Nova|lilyana will win if Nova didnot choke out. Indonesia chance to win against Denmark only from WD. Cause they split 2-2 . But with Vita not playing. 3-2 to Denmark.
IF the KOREAN team consist of these players : PSH (MS) HHY (WS) YYS/CGW or LYD/JJS (MD) LKW/LHJ or Ha JE/KMJ (WD LYD/LHJ or YYS/KMJ (XD) 6 players is already enough for them to make a damage to any teams. Remember in TC last year? They are the only top teams with least entries.
all teams expect china stands a chance to finish 2nd... but i see Denmark & Korea as serious rivals to Malaysia this time around
No, not all teams stand a chance to finish 2nd. absolutely nonsense! Mongolia, Luxembourg and Australia just to name a few that will be in the tournament and they have a combined total of ZERO chance to win, 2nd, 3rd or 4th ....., full stop.
sry.. forgot to mention the teams which being place in Group A ......of cos teams like Mongolia , Australiab won't stand a chance..
Only the countries in Group 1 can compete for the cup. The countries in Group 2, 3 and 4 will compete for promotion to the next higher group.
Yes.. ..and before i also rest my case, any idea or answer to my 2nd question?? Or if there's no answer, i assume only the KOR pair (LHJ & LKW) can be considered the only (non-CHN) main challenger to the CHN's WD pairs??..
I think either Denmark or Korea... They both are pretty balanced (with 1 or 2 weak points - but every country bar China has weak points in their squad ).
Okay..for fun, let's tabulate both KOR's and DEN's chances.. KOR vs. CHN: MS - PSH vs. LD.........................LD in a likely white-wash WS - HHY vs. any CHN player........uuummm.. WD - LHJ & LKW vs. any CHN pair.........45-55 (KOR pair has had success vs. CHN pairs recently) MD - JJS & LYD vs. CY & FHF....................55-45 (CHN might upset KOR because JJS hasn't played competitively in a while and they're playing in their own backyard) XD - LYD & LHJ vs. HHB & YY.......50-50 DEN vs. CHN: MS - Gade vs. LD........................I think only bananakid would cheer for Gade.. WS - Tine vs. any CHN player........45-55 WD - Kristiansen & Juhl vs. any CHN pair......another likely white-wash MD - Boe & Mogensen vs. CY & FHF............50-50 XD - Laybourn & Juhl vs. HHB & YY.............40-60 Percentage wise, KOR seems to come out just ahead of DEN..
Answer is.. ..check these: http://tournamentsoftware.com/sport/teammatch.aspx?id=46789A4E-B185-419B-B999-9B5390965F7D&match=898 http://tournamentsoftware.com/sport/teammatch.aspx?id=46789A4E-B185-419B-B999-9B5390965F7D&match=899 It'll affect the order more, if say, CHN plays Yu Yang in 2 events and/or KOR also plays Lee Hyo Jung in 2 events, which are likely.. ..that question was exclusively for AlanY to answer..
well if that particular player "enroll" in two events , then thier physical condition & mental toughness will play an vital part ...