good TH lost straight set to kazushi yamada what happend indo camp..sure theres problem and more to non technis / internal problem thought
Chen Hung Ling/Cheng Wen Hsing (TPE) [8] def. Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA) 21-17, 21-15 (23 minutes) They will face Hendra Setiawan (INA)/Anastasia Russkikh (RUS) in Round 2.
Savitree Amitapai/Somsri Nessara (THA) def. Mariana Agathangelou/Heather Olver (ENG) 21-15, 17-21, 21-14 (42 minutes) They will face Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang (CHN) [3] in Round 2.
Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (DEN) def. Noriyasu Hirata/Miyuki Maeda (JPN) 21-10, 22-20 (37 minutes) They will face the winners of the match Lee SM/Chien YC (TPE) vs. H Hashimoto/M Fujii (JPN) in Round 2.
It's not a surprise at all. It will be a surprise if MJ/XC lost to Ko/Ha. MJ/XC are several levels above Ko/Ha. In fact, MJ/XC could beat any pair in the world as long as one of the pair is a female.
The surprise is the ease of which, I agree it's not a surprise they won and expectedly. "Several levels above" ... Ko/Ha can beat any pair in the world as well as long as one of the pair wears a dress
that's true. 21:5 is a surprise. Actually I pointed it out in the Korea Premier that the same Xu Chen/Ma Jin defeated the #4 seed that time with the similar score. That time, I said it's a surprise for a scratch pair to win so easily against a high seeded pair, someone else told me it's not a surprise as long as they are from China.
Lee Sheng Mu/Chien Yu Chin (TPE) def. Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Mizuki Fujii (JPN) 24-22, 21-12 (30 minutes) They will face Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (DEN) in Round 2. This concludes Round 1.
Lots of good matches today! Even the 1st round are so exciting. Just the 1st round, the traditional badminton power houses, Indonesia, Malaysia, Denmark, and Korea, all of them have just 1 MS left. This is just the 1st round. Even Thailand, Japan have 2 MS still active in the draw, China have 6, no casulties yet.
I see they beat the Polish #3 at the Korean 13 & 19. This Polish pair in turn beat Tao Jiaming & Qing Tian at the HK Open; Tao Jiaming & Qing Tian beat Ko/Ha at the Korean and lost the final 21-17 13-21 21-19 to Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei who in turn beat Xu/Ma 14 & 11 in the semis. Almost anyone can lose to one another and beat the pair their vainqueur lost to another tournament and lately a different chinese pair seems to end out on top . But the OG qualifying is starting soon so let's wait and see who starts coming through consistently. Thomas Laybourn should be working his way back from injury soon and pair up with Kamilla Juhl again to get back in the mix (literally), maybe Lee Yong Dae and partner. Sudirman Cup might give a preview of what's in store ...
What happened to TH....? Tired after INA Badminton League ? or injury ? This is not the first time he lost to the same Jap player, if I not mistaken....!!
It's a sad day to see Taufik, Simon and Sony crashed out in the 1st round of AE.... two of my fav players are OUT...
Head to Head BWF Records . Have a read of this thread located at; http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php/94030-Head-to-Head-BWF-Records .
I think TH is too busy with INA Badminton League, CBL after, Taufik Hidayat cup in between + Milo Junior Cup (junior high school tourney that he sponsored as icon), TH Arena, etc, etc. I consider TH like Oscar De La Hoya, which is still good, but not as good as he were as golden boy in boxing.
Taufik played 2 matches for the Guangzhou team last week. The travelling to China and to UK might be the factors. Not to mention, he also lost to Andre Kurniawan Tedjono in Surabaya 2 weeks ago.
My gut feeling is that TH will never win the AE MS title as he will be 30 years old next year and that is really unfortunate. In this respect we have to admit that LD is the best MS badminton player of all time up till now. :crying::crying::crying:
. From memory, TH has always been unfortunate not to win the All England MS title. Even in his younger days, his wedding was scheduled to clash with this tournament. .
