2011 All England: Day 3 Thurs 10-March (Round 2)

Apparently a French poet of Spanish descent (1726 to 1817)

 

Wow, this match must be really boring for us to be so far off topic and no one giving a damn

 

oh, I was going to paint the walls in your house, then watch them dry !

 

OK, my ambulance... errr... private jet will be at your place soon

 

Anyway, a little blip of excitement in the match as Saina went from 6-8 to 12-8

 

Well it is WS !

Anyway we are learning some new phrases and history.

 

From my observation, Saina has grown into a fine player with excellent footwork, not prone to errors, tight netplay, and powerful smash.

She rebounded well from her heart breaking loss from MKY at OG 2008.

The kind that really can challenge Chn domination.

Sure there are also Inthanon and all, but she has that "it" quality.

 

this "private jet" of yours better have 1st class facilities.

14-13 in Saina's favour

 

17-17 now.... Yawn. Anyone in birmingham still watching this that isn't the umpire line judge or tournament referee ?

 

It'll be empty save the pilot, you, a can of paint and a brush

 

Finish this Saina, I cannot bear this anymore....

 

It would have helped if there had been some visuals. TTZ is actually quite an exciting player. She can hit the shuttle really hard. Last year she lost 21-18 21-15. I suppose the scoreline should be about the same again.

 

Saina wins 21-17

End of round 2

 

Saina Nehwal (IND) [5] def. Tai Tzu Ying (TPE) 21-17, 21-17

She will face Eriko Hirose (JPN) in the Quarterfinals.

This concludes Round 2.

 

There is another. Nozomi Okuhara. Watch out for her .

 

phil-mm, I see your location is now Birmingham. Is this because you're there for the AE?

 

I second this. Got to watch her live at the Austrian International Challenge.

 

Ha ha, pretending to be there.

 

She is only 15 . Plenty of time on her side.

 

But you're physically in that city? Or somewhere in the Perfidious Albion