Greetings from SFO! Just arrived and glad to know that my hotel provides free internet service Browsed through the draws and the XD event has been completed. Not much surprises and glad to know that all the three INA pairs have progressed. Selected results: Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir bt Jonas Rasmussen/Britta Andersen 21-14, 21-16 -- another Danish pair (Lars Paaske/Helle Nielsen) awaits tomorrow! Hendry Kurniawan Saputra/Li Yujia lost to Zheng Bo/Yu Yang 21-19, 15-21, 11-21 -- the newly formed Chinese pair will face Robert Blair/Natalie Munt next. Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Ryter-Juhl lost to Daniel Shirley/Joanna Quay Swee Ling 18-21, 18-21 -- probably the first upset? The Kiwi-Malaysian pairing will face Hwang Ji Man/Ha Jeung Eun next. Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen beat Songphon Anukritayawon/Kulchala Voravichitchaikul 21-13, 19-21, 21-15 -- a tough victory for the still not in-form Chinese pair. They will have an easier task against a Japanese qualifier pair tomorrow. Toru Matsumoto/Miyuki Tai lost to Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa 14-21, 7-21 -- an easy first test for the newly formed INA pair. They will face the WC silver-medallist Anthony Clark/Donna Kellogg next and they should stand a chance! Howard Bach/Eva Lee lost to Mohd Rizal/Gresya Polii 12-21, 14-21 -- the young INA pair will meet Zhang Jun/Gao Ling next. Let's see how they will perform against the experienced Chinese pair!
Some results in ms round1: PERSSON Joachim(DEN) beat MILROY Bobby(CAN) 27-25, 23-21 ZHU Weilun(CHN) beat SATO Shoji (JPN) 15-21/21-12/21-16 SAPKULCHANANART Poompat(THA) beat MOODY John (NZL) 21-17, 12-21, 21-11 SASAKI Sho(JPN) beat PALYAMA Dicky (NED) 2-0(?,?) HASHIM Muhd Roslin (MAS) beat QIU Yanbo (CHN) 21-7 21-12
SAEKI Koichi (JPN) beat NG Wei (HKG) 21-18、21-14 an upset! YEOH Kay Bin (MAS) beat IKEDA Yuichi (JPN) 22-20、10-21 21-18
Is LCW or BCL playing today...If yes,please update the results...BTW, can you all tell me where to get the results..Thank a lot..
MS results updated already. Mas players: 1st round Hafiz Bye Pei Wei Chung lost to Ohtsuka Shinya 16-21,10-21 Yeoh Kay Bin bt Ikeda Yuichi 22-20,10-21,21-18 Roslin bt Qiu Yanbo 21-7,21-12 LCW Bye 2nd round Hafiz bt Chan Yan Kit 21-12, 21-12 Yeoh Kay Bin lost to Sapkulchananart Poompat 15-21,21-9,21-23 Roslin bt Chen Yu 21-11,21-9 !!! LCW bt Sony 21-12,21-18
Taufik beat Bao 21-12,12-21,21-19 !! "Upsetted" players : Bao, Chen Yu, Ng Wei, Dicky Palyama, Yeoh Kay Bin, Shoji Sato