We like to call him "Moody Taufik".. ...yah, he's moody indeed....Abt him saying "now he's very motivated", i wonder, was he "less motivated" during the Team event??. ..Hmm, and what could be the reason he's "very motivated now"??..Could he felt some "pressure" now in following thru on his words of winning a gold medal (and dedicating a medal to his father-in-law)??.. Is there somekind of a chemical reaction that's going on in his brain that's affecting his mood swings??..
I don't know. Maybe. But you see, whenever Taufik plays with such a high motivation like yesterday, he'll play wonderfully, beautifully, he enjoys and controls the game, and win! No matter who the opponent is. Actually he said his motivaion is 'mulitplied' (berlipat). He mentioned two things. First, no longer Ina pair in XD after Nova/Butet crashed out. (FYI, it's XD and MD that was accounted for gold, not MS). The second, this will be his last AG. Who knows.... I guess if both Alven/Luluk and Markis/Hendra lost in SF, his motivation can be even higher, but if all INA MD finals, his motivation will be lower. Let's see how he will play
LCW and KKK/TBH will win ........ (with a bit of gamble and luck!) hopefully no hard attack today, regardless win or loss ... Malaysia Boleh
Heh and I am waiting, hoping that my ISP will screw up (as it sometimes does) and give me full speed internet despite the fact I've gone over my data cap . Otherwise I guess I'll just have to settle for score updates .
ZHENG B./GAO L. - M TAZARI M. F./WONG P. T. XIE Z./ZHANG Y. - PRAPAKAMOL S./THOUNGTHONGKAM S. LIN D. - LEE H. I. HIDAYAT T. - LEE C. W. GAO L./HUANG S. - LEE K. W./LEE H. J. OGURA K./SHIOTA R. - ZHANG J./YANG W. KOO K. K./TAN B. H. - KIDO M./SETIAWAN H. HADIYANTO L./CHANDRA A. Y. - JUNG J. S./LEE Y. D. YIP P. Y. - HWANG H. Y. WANG C. - XIE X.
XD doubles semis :9pm MS semis:10pm WD semis:11pm MD semis:12am WS semis:1am all in malaysia times GMT +8
My prediction ZHENG B./GAO L. - M TAZARI M. F./WONG P. T. XIE Z./ZHANG Y. - PRAPAKAMOL S./THOUNGTHONGKAM S. LIN D. - LEE H. I. HIDAYAT T. - LEE C. W. GAO L./HUANG S. - LEE K. W./LEE H. J. OGURA K./SHIOTA R. - ZHANG J./YANG W. KOO K. K./TAN B. H. - KIDO M./SETIAWAN H. HADIYANTO L./CHANDRA A. Y. - JUNG J. S./LEE Y. D. YIP P. Y. - HWANG H. Y. WANG C. - XIE X F.
Fairuzizuan and WPT will give it everything today. Good luck !!! I will hope my favourite XD pair Sudket and Saralee won against their XZB/ZYW.