Yes I was in Kudus... busy being a spectator at the annual Djarum mass-audition process... PB. Djarum had to select only a few of the best talents they can find out of the 1100 applicants... 1st round: 1100-something athletes (up from 800-something in 2011 and 600-something in 2010) 2nd round: 300-something athletes 3rd round: 100-something athletes 4th round: 12 girls, 14 boys final decision: approximately 5 girls and 5 boys... Interestingly, INA badminton results are devastating (compared to INA's historical standard), but the interests in becoming badminton athletes are improving... I am very happy that Edi-Arya and Ricky-Ullin won their respective final matches! Good progress!!!
mitani minatsu already overage lah!hehe she was busy being savior of japan uber cup. he have one more year to go instead of won a gold medal in asean school games,he did a right move,quit bjss and play in asian junior he reach final.
I haven't posted my thought yet since I was quite busy yesterday. I was really thrilled to see the INA pair Edi Subaktiar/Arya Maulana Aldiartama winning INA's 2nd AJC BD (still my favorite event) title after Angga/Rendy (back in 2009). It was also a close shave as it turned out that the TPE pair had 3 match pts at 20-17 in the second set, only to be overturned by the INA pair 22-20 (winning 5 straight-pts). The third-set was practically Edi/Arya's. Surely, they will be among the top seeds in the WJC. Despite being a scratch pairing, Alfian Eko Prasetya/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo also managed to win a Bronze Medal for INA, losing 20-22, 13-21 to the silver-medallist TPE pair. I guess we will see them in action again in the WJC or Kevin will partner Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho considering the fact that Alfian will no longer be available for AJC & WJC 2013. INA will surely need to introduce some new players to prepare them for next year? As for Hafiz Faisal/Putra Eka Rhoma, they will also be sent to WJC as well and with some good draw (unlike this week where they unfortunately wasted 2 match pts against the JPN pair), they are still good for a medal considering they will also be highly seeded (thanks to their ranking). The competition in WJC will remain pretty much the same. The top pairs will be Lee Chun Hei/Ng Ka Long, Wang Chih Lin/Wu Hsiao Lin, Takuto Inoue/Yuki Kaneko (who beat Edi/Arya in the team-event and Hafiz/Putra in the inidividual-event), and some KOR pairs (they may reshuffle them again) + don't forget the formidable DEN pair of Kasper Antonsen/Frederick Colberg, whom I believe are still eligible for this year's WJC.
Some contenders for AJC 2013 for INA's BD: Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho (3 consecutive domestic titles in May/June) plus 2 from the following pairs: Tedi Supriadi/Yantoni Edy Saputra - Won Sirnas Semarang (U-19) 2012+Pertamina Open (U-17) 2011 titles. Yantoni is the left-handed player....I kinda like him....very seldom we have a left-handed BD player in INA. Tedi also looks quite solid as he won 2 Sirnas titles (U-17) with Kevin Ersa in 2011. I actually prefer Tedi/Yantoni to Hantoro/Arsya. Hantoro/Arsya Isnanu Ardi Putra - Won Sirnas Makassar (U-19) 2012+Astec Open (U-17) 2011 titles. Rian Swastedian/R. Eka Fajar Kusuma - Won Sirnas Banjarmasin and Palembang (U-19) 2012 titles. But recently, they lost to each of the above Djarum pairs. Rizko Azuro/Wildan Atmaja - Won Sirnas Jambi (U-19) 2012 titles.
