..coming at 'cha..okay, first few pics to share before i log off.. The trophies.. ..and lastly.. ..okay, that's all...more pics later..
Day 1 pics..Let's see their faces (Part 1).. ..for those wondering who they are...pardon if i got the names mixed up with the picture (appreciate any correction).. If only those players would come...ah well, we'll take Taufik.. Dalery Riwu & Claudia Hardi Seth Elliot & Shannon Pohl David Neumann & Beckie Neumann Patrick long & Tiffany Chua Dean Schoppe & Susana Zhong Soe Htet & Andy Tran (left) Shiuh-Wuu Liu & Richard Vi (right) Tuan La & Tiffany Prajudha Serge Blanchet & Paula lynn O'Bañana Simon Wong & Maggie Ho David Lim & Panita Phongasavithas Brandon Chi & Sharon Ng Tam Nguyen & Thomas Wijaya (right) Soe Htet & Cheryl Chow Edward Linden & Sheila Pambuena (right) Michael Do & Ying Chen Shiuh-Wuu Liu & Molika Seng Steven Jonatan & Hendry Ranawijaya (left) Eisenhower Lee & Ricky Rachmat (right) Sy Nitto & Andrew Susanto (left) Jackie Lin & Trung Luu Christopher Flores & Quang Minh Nguyen (right) Leo (Chi-lum) Lee & Dominick Lim Tam Nguyen & Sarah Vang Richard Vi & Angela Yee Serge Blanchet & Takamichi Manaka (rear) David Riwu & Dalery Riwu (right) Randy Ma & Charles Yang Edward Linden & David Neumann (left)
Day 1 misc. pics.. Misc. pics.. Tournament referee..Mr. Chua Soo Hock (from M'sia).. Have we seen this before?? but yes, this time, at least it wasn't handwritten directly on the t-shirt.. Linejudge's official t-shirt (back and front)...using the same design as last yr's.. Tournament's official guidebook/handbook.. ..and of course, BadmintonCentral's exclusive VIP/Media pass..
Wow nice pics, looks like you covered almost everyone on court today. All I have to say is Go Monkie (Andy)! Never seen him look that serious.
^^Yup..^^ ..you should check out/search the 2008 U.S. Open thread, somewhere in here, to see more of Mr. Schoppe's pics..
@Jagdpanther: I think he's legally blind out of that eye, wears the patch so he can focus properly. Not certain the full story behind it, but I did have the chance to chat with him at another tournament he played in. Awesome guy, he had to basically completely relearn badminton, imagine lacking depth perception and still being competitive at ANY sport. That's passion for something if I've ever seen it.
why I realized that most of the male players' shirts are very large and their shorts are very long also
Thats US culture.................you should see the kids now wearing lower jeans with their underwear exposed...........
^^Yup..^^ ..SoCal/U.S. fashion culture seems to be to blame..It's almost like basketball fashion.. Apologies to these mixed-up names...Here are the correct identification: Jackie Lin & Trung Luu Leo (Chi-lum) Lee & Dominick Lim Sy Nitto & Andrew Susanto (right)
chris i believe you missed tam nguyen writing his name on the back of his shirt with a marker. the sweat from his back made the ink bleed down the shirt. that made my day =)
This is surely amazing. From the video, he even attempted a few tricky net shots, which could be rather difficult when judging the distance. Btw, I think I paid more attention on his MXD partner (Susana Zhong?).
Day 2 pics..The rest of the participants.. ..sorry guys for the late pics..My eyes nearly bled this morning after trying to stay up..Anyway, here are the rest of the participants pics before i go... *Apologize if i missed anyone.. The defending MS champion is back...Andrew DABEKA Tam NGUYEN Casey YONEYAMA Sattawat PONGNAIRAT Calvin LIN Brandon CHI Eisenhower LEE Dan KAI Dominick Lim Hock Lai LEE Matthew FOGARTY Edward LINDEN Ricky RACHMAT Simon WONG Patrick LONG Kyle FOLEY
Day 2 pics continue.. Daniel GOUW Seth ELLIOT Balram THAPA Derrick NG Thomas WIJAYA Chi Yuan LU Andrew SUSANTO (and his coach Ignatius Rusli) Joseph ROGERS Arnold "Starchild" SETIADI Nicholas JINADASA Charles PYNE Hagen HENTSCHEL Nicholas HARDI Eric KUO Jacob YRFELT
Day 2 pics continue.. Agus WIJAYA Takamichi MANAKA Yau Hwa CHAN Thomas ELLIS Sujay KARVE Kailai ZHANG Shun FUJINAMI Randy MA Charles YANG Anna RICE Jurate SIDLAUSKJAITE Thuy HOANG Anoma PHONGASAVITHAS Eva LEE Rachel THOMAS Nantana Cee KETPURA Beckie NEUMANN Nicole GRETHER Reni HERLINA
