There's a high possibility Simon Santoso will have to beat 3 CHN players before fulfilling his seeding. R32 vs Gao Huan R16 vs Chen Yuekun or Shon Wan Ho [10] QF vs Du Pengyu [5]
Well done little Noz. To the main draw... [TABLE="class: ruler"] [TR="bgcolor: #EBFAFF"] [TD="align: right"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: #EBFAFF"] [TD="align: right"]Nozomi Okuhara [3][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]-[/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]Shih Han Hung[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD]21-17 21-10[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
JPN teen player Nozomi Okuhara secures main draw ticket, 21-17 / 21-10 winning over TPE Hung Shih Han.
HHY is obliterated by Busanan from THA :crying: [TABLE="class: ruler"] [TR="bgcolor: #EBFAFF"] [TD="align: right"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: #EBFAFF"] [TD="align: right"]Busanan Ongbumrungpan[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]-[/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]Hye Youn Hwang [4][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD]21-14 21-10[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Probably will meet Chen Long in SF. Then, Lin Dan or Chen Jin in Final. That's 5 "Great Wall" for Simon to "break down" to win here
. Mens Singles Round of 64: Taufik Hidayat [6] retired and gave the match to Takuma Ueda (JPN). Any BCers know what happened? http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=6827E1D2-DD7D-451F-BE52-EA4FA37FFAF5&draw=1 Mens Singles Round of 32 Simon Santoso [4] will be facing Gao Huan (CHN) [Q]. Gao Huan defeated Chan Yan Kit (HKG) quite easily (21-17, 21-09 in 42 minutes) with an aggressive match with 10 Smash Winners. Let's see if Simon can bring out his defensive game-plan against Gao Huan. .
Taufik did not even go to Chengdu as reported by Hau-Ge. MS R32 Gao Huan vs Simon Santoso [4] - yet another tricky tie for Simon but I think he can progress to R16. Suppanyu Avihingsanon vs Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka [13] - if Hayom loses this one, it confirms his status as INA's yoyo player. MD R32 Hendra A. Gunawan/Alvent Yulianto Chandra [5] vs Hoon Thien How/Tan Wee Kiong - AG/Alvent have a very slim chance of qualifying for the London Olympics and they will not have it easy against the MAS pair. Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto/Afiat Yuris Wirawan vs Fang Chieh Min/Lee Sheng Mu [4] - the TPE pair will take this. Angga Pratama/Rian Agung Saputro vs Erdenebayar Enkhbold/Zolzaya Munkhbaatar - a warm-up match for Angga/Rian before another anticipated clash against Hashimoto/Hirata. WD R32 Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati vs Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa - the IND pair to take this. Meiliana Jauhari/Greysia Polii vs Jung Kyung Eun/Kim Ha Na - a hard match for Mel/Grace and I don't think they can beat the KOR pair. Anneke Feinya Agustine/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari vs Bao Yixin/Zhong Qianxin - ditto for Feinya/Nitya. XD R32 Irfan Fadhilah/Weni Anggraini vs Cho Gun Wo/Jang Ye Na - it will be a progress if Irfan/Weni can beat the Koreans. V. Diju/Jwala Gutta vs Riky Widianto/Richi Dili Puspita - Riky/Richi can spring a surprise here but the IND pair has more experience. Artyom Savatyugin/Surayyo Ahmadjonova vs Mohd Rijal/Debby Susanto [7] - a warm-up match for Rijal/Debby but this is likely to be the only match they will win in Chengdu.
Taufik pulls out of the 2012 Badminton Asia Championships . Here, we get the news from tempo.co Source: http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2012/04/17/100397749/Taufik-Mundur-dari-Badminton-Asia-Championship TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012 | 19:12 PM Taufik pulls out of the 2012 Badminton Asia Championships TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia single player Taufik Hidayat match canceled in Asia Badminton Championship 2012 which took place in China today. "I was in China also do not know why Taufik did not participate," said Secretary General of the Executive Board of the Association of Indonesian badminton, Jacob Rusdianto, told Tempo yesterday via text message. According to Jacob, Taufik must have reasonable grounds that he was to withdraw from tournament prize is U.S. $150 thousand. "There must be a compelling reason, but I can not," said Jacob. With the withdrawal of Taufik, Takuma Ueda from Japan directly qualify to the second round. On the other hand, Indonesian men's singles, Simon Santoso and Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka, breezed into the second round of the championship which is also a qualifying event for the London Olympics. Simon Santoso, nine world ranked player, defeated players from India Sameer Verma with a score of 21-19 and 21-14. Sameer perched on the 152 world ranking. In the second round, Simon will face Chinese player, Gao Huan. On paper, Simon should have won the match against Gao Huan. Gao Huan was ranked 305 of the world. Both of them had never met. Simon said he would be cautious in the face of Gao Huan. "I've never met him. Make tomorrow all out , "said Simon via a short message on the Tempo. By ANANDA W. Teresa .
Top-seed and defending champion Wang Yihan wins her opening match against Eriko Hirose, 21-13 / 21-18.
Has Hong Wei ever played Mixed Double ? If not, then it is the first time he played XD in international scene. The first time i saw Hong Wei play doubles with Shen ye, i have the feeling that he has the capability as well to play XD, provided CHN could find a good partner for him, as good as ZYL or MJ. If CBA could find, we would find 3 CBA XD at the top 5..
Nope. He's already in XD competition for quite awhile. His regular partner is Lady Pan Pan. Oh, and... no need to be a genius to guess how this pair perform.
I think CBA should allow Hong Wei to concentrate in MD only since China lack of talents in MD department. Anyway, his partner for XD... haih... disappointing...
