Mens Team Tie Malaysia Vs Thailand 1st Singles Lee Chong Wei bt Boonsak Ponsana 15-9 , 11-15 , 15-11 2nd Singles Hafiz Hashim bt Poompat Supkulchananart 6-15 , 15-4 , 15-12 1st Doubles Koo Kien Kiat/Chan Chong Ming bt Sudket Prapakamol/Phatapol Ngensrisuk 15-4 , 9-15 , 17-14 Winner MALAYSIA 3-0 Indonesia vs Vietnam 1st Singles Taufik Hidayat bt Nguyen Tien Minh 15-12 , 15-11 2nd Singles Sony Dwi Kuncoro bt Nguyen Hoang Hai 15-1 , 15-8 3rd Singles Simon Santoso bt Nguyen Quang Phong 15-3 , 15-2 1st Doubles Alven Yulianto/Luluk Hadiyanto bt Tran Than Hai/Nguyen Quang Minh 15-9 , 15-9 2nd Doubles Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan bt Nguyen Hoang Hai/Nguyen Quang Phong 15-5 ,15-12 Winner INDONESIA 5-0 Womens Team Tie Thailand vs Malaysia 1st Singles Salakjit Ponsana bt Wong Mew Choo 11-1 , 11-5 2nd Singles Julia Wong Pei Xian bt Monthila Meemek 13-10 , 11-8 3rd Singles Norsyaliza Baharom bt Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn 11-5 , 11-3 1st Doubles Saralee Thungthongkam/Satinee Jankrajangwong bt Wong Pei Tty/Chin Eei Hui 15-10 , 13-15 , 15-6 2nd Doubles Kulchala Worawichitchaikul/Sujitra Ekmongkol Paisarn bt Ooi Sock Ai/Mooi Hing Yau 15-5 , 15-9 Winner THAILAND 3-2 Indonesia vs Singapore 1st Singles Ardiyanti Firdasari bt Li Li 5-11 , 11-8 , 11-3 2nd Singles Xing Aiying bt Fransisca Ratnasari 11-7 , 11-5 3rd Singles Jiang Yan Mei bt Maria Kristin Yulianti 11-9 , 11-7 1st Doubles Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia bt Jo Novita/Greysia Polii 6-15 , 15-2 , 15-10 2nd Doubles Lita Nurlita/Liliana Natsir bt Liu Fan Frances/Shinta Mulia Sari 15-1 , 15-1 Winner SINGAPORE 3-2
Hmm...Firda beats Li Li...quite a surprise...but that's a good sign. The other surprise is Singapore's third singles...with Jiang Yanmei beating Maria Kristin. I never expected Jiang to play the third singles spot, especially when she has to play in the first doubles. The crucial point for both Malaysia vs Thailand and Singapore vs Indonesia team is undoubtedly the 1st doubles and it involves 4 pairs that are almost equally-matched. At the end, Saralee/Satinee and Jiang/Li won in 3 sets over Wong/Chin and Jo/Greysia. In the individual event, these 4 pairs will again face each other. This time, Saralee/Satinee will face Jo/Greysia (assuming they can overcome Malaysia's second pair) in the semi-final; while Wong/Chin will face Jiang/Li. It was heartbreaking for Malaysia as well because they were leading 2-1.
Dissapointed to Maria Kristin. Is really she played in 2st double when Ina beat Phil? May be it's better if she moved to doubles team...... Hoping Jo/Greysia and lita/natalia playing well in individual event
Congratulation on Vietnam team won Bronze medal in the men team! Congratulation Tien Minh, Quang Minh, Thanh Hai, Quang Phong, Hoang Hai, Nguyen Nhung, Thanh Thao, Thanh Thuy, Binh Tho, Thi Trang and all... Congratulation on all the effects of our team. Victory is not the most important thing but you are always in our hearts. Well come: Hochiminh Informatic Forum Badminton Club: http://www.ddth.com/showthread.htm?t=78620
Nah..but not in China. Malaysia's will never make their improvement with foreign coach included rexy.
Three Chinese coaches, including Yang Yang, helped Malaysia to topple the Great Wall of China and in the finals, Indonesia, to win the 1992 Thomas Cup. As a consequence Yang Yang, Han Jian and another Chinese coach were handsomely rewarded.
