Hendra A. Gunawan/Alvent Yulianto Chandra win their first match of 2010 quite comfortably over Kenta Kazuno/Kenichi Hayakawa 21-15, 21-13. Up next will be Songphon Anugrityawon/Sudket Prapakamol, which should be a winnable match too. I think AG/Alvent are definitely capable of reaching at least SF and are likely to face a tricky match against Fang Chieh-Min/Lee Sheng-Mu in the QF. Meanwhile, Flandy Limpele/Cheng Wen-Hsing progress after a 3-sets battle over Kenta Kazuno/Reika Kakiiwa and will face Fang Chieh-Min/Wang Pei Rong tomorrow.
So far not a lot of major suprises for first day. Sure TJM/ZYW win over LYD/LHJ. BUt as we all know, Zhang Ya Wen is one of the best women and mix doubles players right now. So even with a new partner, she can beat any pairs. A little suprise when Salakjit lost to new Korean player. But as we all know Salakjit lack consistency. Not a major suprise. Fang/Wang had good results in near end of 2009 and continued the good results by beating Robert/Nadiezda. The pair to watch this year.
Cho Gun Woo/Kwon Yi Goo fighting neck-to-neck with Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng. Although the Chinese pair are pulling away now No Malaysian MD involved here(The sole doubles pair had lost) so I'll just support CY/FHF for now
