2013 Victor KOREA Open GP Gold - Qualification to FINAL (5th-10th November 2013)

Wow, Lee HI coming back is a really smart move for Korea.

If he plays third singles in the next Thomas Cup, Korea will have a very good chance of winning the cup. Unless, china plays LD in third singles too :-)
I wouldn't read too much into this. Lee Hyun Il is not back from retirement any more than Kim Ji Hyun, Huang Sui, or Hwang Ji Man were. In the case of Lee or Kim Min Jung playing in Jeonju this week, you have the fact that the event is domestic and they don't need any special permission to represent Korea overseas. Also, the dozens of non-national team players are playing with their domestic team logos and with their domestic team coaches and have been encouraged to do so by the Association. Korea has only had one tournament in the last 7 years that had players of various age groups in the same draw so they seem to be letting this event fulfill that niche as well.
 
I wouldn't read too much into this. Lee Hyun Il is not back from retirement any more than Kim Ji Hyun, Huang Sui, or Hwang Ji Man were. In the case of Lee or Kim Min Jung playing in Jeonju this week, you have the fact that the event is domestic and they don't need any special permission to represent Korea overseas. Also, the dozens of non-national team players are playing with their domestic team logos and with their domestic team coaches and have been encouraged to do so by the Association. Korea has only had one tournament in the last 7 years that had players of various age groups in the same draw so they seem to be letting this event fulfill that niche as well.

Thanks for info.

Clicked on your link for Kim Ji Hyun. I'm assuming that she is married to a Kiwi named Mr Marr.
 
I heard zufladi quit due to very bad call
Yeah, I read the same stuff today! The most atrocious decisions are how Zulfadli got fault for 3 times in the 1st set each time he did a chop on the net! On contrary, every time Han Ki Hoon did the same, no fault call! He than lost to a small margin of 19-21 after leading most of the time. It's even more intriguing the fact that how on earth a match between a Malaysian and a Korean (Han Ki Hoon), all of the umpire, serve judge, and line judges are Koreans!

Time and again, BWF's authority and seriousness in popularize badminton is in question. Korea has notoriously done the same stuff for years, how could BWF conduct no scrutiny on this issue?
 
well
the thing is
can u guess how many walkover or retired zulfadli had been giving in his badminton career?
more than 10,maybe more than 20.
what he said dont seem to be creditable to me,seriously
he always injury here and there during match or before matches
always get problem with this and that~
sound funny to me
 
Hong Ji Hoon just beat Son Wan Ho

Son Wan Ho didn't play bad, but Ji Hoon was just more offensive and overall more stable in his play. Best I've seen from him for a long time.
 
well
the thing is
can u guess how many walkover or retired zulfadli had been giving in his badminton career?
more than 10,maybe more than 20.
what he said dont seem to be creditable to me,seriously
he always injury here and there during match or before matches
always get problem with this and that~
sound funny to me
That article from The Star implies that Hendrawan confirms what Zul said.
 
That article from The Star implies that Hendrawan confirms what Zul said.

he is 20 this year with 6 retired and 1 walkover.(not including his local tournament figures)
this is what i think of,just like that drank too much cold water thingy
u can ignore me:p.
 
In MS dept: out of 16 seeds, only 2 survives R16: Tian HW & Simon. The rests already KO-ed.
:eek::rolleyes::cool::p

Home shuttlers have secured one final ticket, high possibility we'll see all KOR finals in MS :D

you forgot about Iskandar of MAS (10th seed), there end up 3 seeds left, but there will be battle of 2 seeds and it is WJC 2009 MS Final rematch:

[TABLE="class: ruler matches"]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
[CHN]

[TD="align: right"] Houwei Tian [11] [/TD]
[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
you forgot about Iskandar of MAS (10th seed), there end up 3 seeds left, but there will be battle of 2 seeds and it is WJC 2009 MS Final rematch:

[TABLE="class: ruler matches"]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]
[CHN]

[TD="align: right"] Houwei Tian [11] [/TD]
[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]-[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Yeah, Tian HW, Zainuddin and Santoso are grouped in bottom half draw with home fave Lee Hyun-il.
 
LHI had to apply to BWF ,at least 6 months before he could join any international tournaments including KOREA GP after he submitted his resignation and also did doping test.
He is on Reserve list on MAS Challenge and tough to get in to Qualification....
 
"Originally Posted by CLELY
Full force KOR squad will try once again to sweep all 5 titles here, let's see who can deny them to realize it "

well, we all know what that mean, don't we?
players, coaches, linemen, service judges, umpires, etc etc

well, we all know what's going to happen when sports competition being held in Korea... for the past few decades... including the notorious soccer world cup...

i just read from news that the Italian legend coach Lippi, just complained when taking a Chinese club to play away game in Korea in the Asian Champions League, that in his 30+ years of coaching career, he never seen a home team being so dirty in treating an away team off court....

the most amazing part is that, when the Koreans trying to win something by cheating, they are not really good in cheating the others (coz the trick is too obvious) but very good in cheating themselves (coz they will deeply believe what they did is very righteous, and no need to find excuse).

i still remember the Korean line judge still holds the world record of calling in a really out shot of farthest from the line (like 1 foot?) :D
 
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