XD q-finals: Robertson Emms bt Bowman/Miller 2-0 (8, 6) - walk in the park Saputra/Li bt Denney/Wilson-Smith 2-0 (21, 17) Shirley/Runesten Petersen bt Milroy/Sun 2-0 (20, 11) Koo/Wong bt Wijaya/Liu 2-1 (-16, 11, 11) MS Q-finals:- LCW bt Anup 2-0 (15, 18) - pretty good fight by Anup Amir Ghaffar bt Niluka 2-0 (19, 19) - Amir having it tough against Sri Lankan guy Wong CH bt Kendrick Lee 2-0 (17, 20) - tough resistance by Lee, good for S'pore badminton Chetan Anand bt Hendra Wijaya 2-1 (16, -13, 11) WS q-finals:- Wong MC bt Xing 2-0 (10, 8) - Expected better fight from Xing Elizabeth Cann bt Aparna Popat 2-0 (14, 13) - shocking result! Tracey Hallam bt Rachel Hindley 2-0 (11, 6)
MD, qf: Chan/Koo bt Saputra/Susilo 2-0 (17,17) Brehaut/Denny bt Bellingham/Cooper 2-1 (-22,16,19) Choong/Wong bt Morgan/Phillips 2-0 (14,9) Blair/Clark bt Shirley/Moody 2-0 (11,9)
Semifinal predictions: XD Robertson/Emms (Eng) v Saputra/Li (Sin) - no doubt Koo/Wong (Mas) v Shirley/Runesten (Nzl) - expect a fight MS Lee CW (Mas) v Ghaffar (Eng) - no doubt Wong CH (Mas) v Anand (Ind) - expect a fight WS Hallam (Eng) v Cann (Jer) - not much doubt Wong MC (Mas) v Hughes (Sco) - if her back is ok, not a problem MD Chan/Koo (Mas) v Brehaut/Denney (Aus) - no doubt Blair/Clark (Eng) v Choong/Wong (Mas) - almost 50-50 this one WD Chin/Wong (Mas) v Murgunde/Nehwal (Ind) - not much doubt Emms/Kellogg (Eng) v Jiang/Li (Sin) - expect a fight Li YJ, Emms and Wong PT have 4 doubles matches to play today. Wong CH has 2 singles and 2 doubles matches today!!! Quite a few others have 2 or 3 matches today, and this is in the quarterfinal and semifinal stages, where the level is higher. Saina Nehwal is still alive, but I think the bronze in the mixed team is all she will take home because the other three WD semifinalists are (supposedly) superior.
If my predictions come true then the finalists are either Malaysians or English. There is half a chance that the men's events will be all-Malaysian.
Yesterday I suggested WMC was going to have it tough against Xing. How wrong I was, and I gladly eat my words. Someone pass the ketchup.
They were not going to win the gold anyway, so no big loss. For me, the big one is the gold. Silver and bronze are better than none, but way down from gold.
Shirley/Runesten Petersen are not World Championship semifinalists for nothing, you know. The only reason they are not that visible is because they compete in very few tournaments.
Chetan Anand took a game off Wong Choon Hann, but the two games Wong won were comfortable. All-Malaysian final unless Ghaffar can somehow invoke some superhuman powers.
