Rian-Yoke in Kejurnas Too bad the young guns were defeated by the old lions this week. They both played well, but the old lions deserve to win more...
OMG.. those pics took forever to load.. but thanks! When I finally opened the page to check if they're loaded.. Shock, so close-up pics!!! Hahaha.. Nice
There's a reason.. ..for why the pics load up almost like "forever" and very slow...That is, to test and see if those trying to see the pics are "true" supporters of Rian....
Today is Rian's birthday.. Means I've known him for exactly a year.. Still remember your birthday last year?? Hehe.. So Happy BIRTHDAY Rian... Hope you get healthier, funnier, more ganteng and less malu.. Hahahaha Wish you another year of success.. But Erin & I will still.. Hajar!!!
Krisna.. It was yesterday: Nov 21st. Btw, Yoke also had birthday yesterday (Congratz Yonathan!!!) It's kinda funny/weird, cuz KKK/TBH share the same birthday too (Sep 18th)...
Really? Wow...what a coincidence and pairing. I think Yoke is one year younger than Rian right? Now, on the more important stuff, draw in Russia Open GP: R32: vs Evgenij Dremin/Alexej Vasiljev -- should be a good opening match R16: vs Tsai Chia-Hsin/Hu Chung-Hsin -- the Chinese-Taipei pair upsetted Koo/Tan yesterday and it will be an interesting matchup QF: (if they can fulfill their seeding) vs Anggun Nugroho/Tantowi Akhmad or Mike Beres/William Milroy (4) -- should be a manageable match and target will be a SF placing SF: (yet again if all things went smooth) vs Shuichi Sakamoto/Shintaro Ikeda -- a matchup against the World Championships bronze-medallist and it will be a tough test. I personally don't think Rian/Yoke can win the Russia Open given the tough competition from willy European (esp Logosz/Mateusiak and Boe/Mogensen) and Japanese pairs (Sakamoto/Ikeda).
Rian should just fight and do his best laaah... He he he... Even Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng and KKK-TBH can loose [like this week in China], let alone Logosz-Mateusiak and Boe-Morgensen... very beatable for Rian-Yoke.
Rian and Yoke lost to the Japanese pair in rubber sets yesterday. Oh well, a SF result is not too surprising and fair. The Japanese are good...
I agree. A fair result.....let's see if they can perform better in Rome next week. They should progress to the QF at least, with a Russian pair, the winner of the Russian Open this week awaiting in the QF and SF.
Rian-Yoke defeated the Russian Open champs, Hopp-Kindervater, yesterday night in a thrilling 20-22, 21-17, 21-19 win... They will face Boe-Morgensen in today's Italy Challenge MD finals...
hmmm... i hope rian/yoke can pay their failure in Rusia Open by winning the Italy Challenge though their opponent is very tough...
If they win today, then their world ranking can improve from 28 today to around 23 next week... We'll see... More importantly, they have to focus on finding ways to win against difficult opponents like Boe-Morgensen... Next year Rian-Yoke can think about entering the top 10-15 where they have to defeat even tougher opponents... The 2 Japanese pairs [students of Park Joo Bong] are included as MD pairs to beat for them there...
I have written in the other thread that they will rise to around 23-24. A pretty good half a year for them since their debut. Fully agree that they will now have to concentrate on being the best...which means beating top pairs consistently. It takes Kido/Hendra at least one and a half years (2005 and most of 2006) to be up there in the top 8. We'll see how Rian/Yoke fare. I think they have gathered some fans here in BC.
