MS predictions Lin Dan bt Wong Choong Hann (maybe only just, Lin has to buck up) Kenneth Jonassen bt Sairul Amar Ayob Lee Chong Wei bt Wu Yunyong Chen Hong bt Yeoh Kay Bin Chen Jin bt Boonsak Peter Gade bt Ng Wei Lee Hyun Il bt Kuan Beng Hong Shoji Sato bt Joachim Persson Match of the day: Lin v Wong because Lin has been lacklustre but maybe he is just not fired up yet; Wong is no ordinary opponent and Lin knows that WS predictions There will be two rounds played today, R32 and R16. I will only make the R16 predictions. Zhang Ning bt J Schenck Eriko Hirose bt N Weckstrom Lu Lan bt Pi Hongyan Cheng Shao-Chieh bt P Overzier (Cheng has to get past Hallam first) Mia bt Jiang Yanjiao Wang Chen bt Yu Hirayama (Yu v Grether could be a struggle) Xu Huaiwen bt Wong Mew Choo (or Tine Rasmussen; Wong v Tine interesting) Xie Xingfang bt Koari Mori (Mori v Seo Yoon Hee also interesting) Somehow, the WS has become harder to predict than MS. Match of the day: Lu Lan v Pi Hongyan, Lu has won twice over Pi, will Pi let it be three times in a row?
MD predictions Two rounds to be played today, R32 and R16. First quarter Candra/Sigit v Choong/Lee in R32 has to be match of the round. It is an intriguing match between arguably the best pairs from Malaysia and Indonesia. I think it's 50-50, but if I have to choose the winner, it will be Candra/Sigit, world number 1. Still not sure if Chan Chong Ming will recover sufficiently to play; if not he will be replaced by Chew Choon Eng. Either way, they should have no problems getting past the Scots but Jung JS/Lee YD is another matter. I think (good recent performance by Koreans) + (inconsistent Malaysians) + (CCM sick; maybe replaced by Chew) = (win for Koreans). The Koreans will be moderately tested first by the Thai second pair. Candra/Sigit bt Masuda/Ohtsuka Jung JS/Lee YD bt Koo KK/Chan CM or Chew CE Second quarter Cai/Fu bt Lin/Fairuz Boe/Mogensen bt Laybourn/Paaske (interesting, this one) Third quarter Rasmussen/Steffensen bt Gan/Zakry (hard one to predict) Luluk/Alven bt Sudket/Patapol Fourth quarter Guo/Xie is the favourite has Jung TK/Lee JJ because the Koreans have not been showing good results. If they pass the Koreans, I think they have an even chance against Kido/Markis. There is also an interesting one between Eriksen/Lundgaard and Tan BS/Ong SH. Guo/Xie bt Markis/Kido Eriksen/Lundgaard bt Popov/Stoyanov or Langridge/Tonks
Maybe I am wrong (not too bothered to check). Anyhow, whether Lu Lan or Zhu Lin, it will be a good fight against Pi.
Prediction: Semifinal: Chandra/Sigit vs Fu / Cai Luluk Alven vs Markis / Hendra Final: Chandra vs Markin / hendra Winner: Chandra / Sigit
Prediction; Lin Dan vs Chen Hong Peter vs Lee H Ill Final: LD vs Peter ==> Lindan CH vs Peter ==> Peter LD vs Lee ==> Lindan CH vs Lee ==> CH
Yes, it is Zhu Lin who just beat Pi Hongyan twice in a row. Lu Lan has never beaten Pi Hongyan as far as I know. (but today could be the first time...)
Three XD matches kick off Thursday's proceedings: Prapakamoh/Thung.. v Lindley/Rayappan 13-7 KKK/WPT v Laybourn/Rytter Juhl 15-3 LJJ/LHJ v Clark/Kellog 14-9 I smell one upset in this set of matches
Prapakamoh/Thung.. v Lindley/Rayappan 15-7, 12-13 KKK/WPT v Laybourn/Rytter Juhl 15-3, 11-12 LJJ/LHJ v Clark/Kellog 15-9, 10-8
Eriksen/Schjoldager v Mognsen/Kristiansen 15-6, 3-0 ANUK'WON/WORAW'KUL v Widianto/Natsir 2-15, 5-9 KINDERVATER/PIOTROWSK v Xie/Zhang 4-15, 1-4
KOO Kien Keat &WONG Pei Tty - 5/8* Thomas LAYBOURN &Kamilla RYTTER JUHL 1 - 1 ( 15-3, 11-15, 6-5 ) Jens ERIKSEN &Mette SCHJOLDAGER - [Q2] Carsten MOGENSEN &Lena FRIER KRISTIANSEN 1 - 0 ( 15-6, 13-7 )
KKK/WPÜT now 8-7 Ingo KINDERVATER &Kathrin PIOTROWSKI - 5/8* XIE Zhongbo &ZHANG Yawen 0 - 1 ( 4-15, 6-14 )
