Yep these two met before... twice if I am not mistaken... And I think the most recent encounter was China Open 2004, ended up as rubber match... with LD winning
xd results out... and... there will be no chinese competition in this field... xie zhang lost to prapakmol thungthongkam 7-15 4-15 and chen zhao lost to eriksen schjoldager 6-15 9-15...
Though so far, everyone in this thread said Chen Hong has never beat Taufik, Somehow I remember Chen Hong won a match against Taufik in Asian Tournament. Anyone remeber that too? I wish IBF can let us read all previous records, instead of censored version. So Though unlikely, Chen Hong does have a chance to win. And I expect Lin Dan to win, I always admire KJ, his fighting spirit and his sportsmanship, he is one of gentleman you want to be a friend with, but I think he might not be able to cope with a full speed Lin Dan.
here goes: Quick Links: Player Profiles | Head to Head [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PLAYER HEAD-TO-HEAD[/font] Taufik HIDAYAT 6 - 0 Hong CHEN INA National Authority CHN 10 Aug 1981 Date of Birth 28 Nov 1979 Bandung Place of Birth Fujian 175 Height 181 - Weight - Right Right/Left Handed Right Year Tournament & Nation Round Winner Score 2004 DJARUM INDONESIA OPEN 2004 INDONESIA Gold Medal Final HIDAYAT 15-10 15-11 2003 SANYO INDONESIA OPEN 2003 INDONESIA Gold Medal Final HIDAYAT 15-9 15-9 2002 Sanyo Indonesia Open 2002 INDONESIA Gold Medal Final HIDAYAT 15-12 15-12 2000 Malaysia Open 2000 (I) MALAYSIA Quarter-Finals HIDAYAT 15-13 9-15 15-0 2000 All England Open 2000 (I) ENGLAND Quarter-Finals HIDAYAT 15-11 15-10 1998 Brunei Open 1998 (I) BRUNEI 1/64 HIDAYAT 15-12 15-18 18-3 yea, i thought there was time when the record was 4-1
OMG, the Chinese men are through! This will be an All England Repeat Lin Dan bts Kenneth 17-14, 15-10 Chen Hong bts Taufik 15-9, 15-5.
Argg nevermind that about the Chinese men, only the singles...as Eriksen/Lundgard win by a walkover from Cai/Fu, injury perhaps?
Whoohoo! What a victory for Chen Hong, 15-9, 15-5. Now, only Lin left in the way to conquer! Time for Chen Hong's ascension to world number 1 again!! Sadly, both Chinese XD lost tamely. And, JO page showed Cai/Fu withdrew from SF match?? Did one of them get injured??
well, taufik lost.......................................................................... .............................................................................................. well, im dissapointed, but semifinal cant be that bad i guess :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying: but it was such an easy win for ch,,,,, neway,congrats to ch, hope him all the best, he deserves to be in final now that he is in his ae form
I dont think Taufik is that injured.. as he mentioned on worldbadminton.net he was tired in his arm, could be due to less training the last weeks.. but he didnt mention his injury and if you can win over a well playibng Gade you cant be that injured. Chen Hong has improved I guess thats all. Good to see him "back" and to have a new challenger to Lin Dan lets hope Gade, Lee Chong Wei, KJ, Taufik and Hafiz can improve too so the WC wont be that predictable
According to sports.sins.com.cn that Fu was not injured but suddentlly fell ill so had to give up the match. No mention what caused the problem (tummy upset like Gade had at times? ) :crying: ken
