Its certainly going to be very competitive tournament, despite only a GP Gold event. Most top 10 ranked players/pairs are there. INA's participants, seedings in bracket: MEN'S SINGLES Pelatnas Sony Dwi Kuncoro (8) Taufik Hidayat (9) Simon Santoso (14) Andreas Adityawarman Djarum Andre Kurniawan Tedjono Ari Yuli Wahyu Hartanto WOMEN'S SINGLES Pelatnas Maria Kristin Yulianti Adriyanti Firdasari Djarum Slyvinna Kurniawan (Qualifying) Tangkas Melicia Kurniawan (Qualifying) MEN'S DOUBLES Pelatnas Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (3) Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto (8) Hendra A. Gunawan/Joko Riyadi Bona Septano/Mohd Ahsan (yes!) Djarum Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki (Qualifying) -- my expectation is now lowered, it will be very good if Rian/Yoke were to advance to the second round; given the competition. WOMEN'S DOUBLES Pelatnas Rani Mundiasti/Endang Nursugianti (8) Jo Novita/Greysia Polii Vita Marissa/Lilyana Natsir Yulianti/Richi Puspita Dili (yes!) Lita Nurlita/Nitya Krishinda (so I suppose no more Nitya/Nadya pairing) Djarum Meiliana Jauhari/Shendy Puspa Irawaty MIXED DOUBLES Pelatnas Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (1) Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa (2) Mohd Rijal/Greysia Polii Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita Tantowi Ahmad/Yulianti (yes!) Lingga Lie/Nitya Krishinda (Qualifying) -- with no Zheng Bo/Gao Ling, Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen, Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms and Anthony Clark/Donna Kellogg in the Draw, NOTHING LESS THAN A TITLE is expected here! It's basically a show of depth from Team Pelatnas, with ALL its FULL first and second team pairings being fielded here Djarum Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki/Meiliana Jauhari (Qualifying)
I thought from newspapers , it mentioned that lius Pongoh would send Pia, Tommy, etc to taipei.....after India Open got cancelled....
The participants in this GP Gold are almost similar with Japan SS. INA send all top plus second string players to compete here. Meanwhile CHN and MAS also will come with powerful squad except their two prominent XD and MD respectively. On paper, agree with badMania that INA has best prospect to win title through XD.
No..they are not playing....according to Tony..after JO, he will play for Denmark superleague.......Tony/candra also will not playing at Denmark and French SS...thats all based on latest conversation ........
Off topic-IMO, Tony & Candra should participate.. ..at least for the Denmark Open, considering Tony is going to play for the Danish league anyway, after the JO...But could be a difficult proposition for Candra as he has to travel a long way again..
I did ask adn he asnwered that it was enough to play 10 SS...I just hope that they qualify by not playing French/Denmark..I am sure that they will play HK and China Open 2...so far I think they have played 7 SS, right? correct me if I am wrong..
I thought Gao Ling is listed and only playing WD, not XD anymore....do you have sources that she might skip this event? CHN is supposed to participate fully in Taiwan as part of their political agenda...you know what I mean......
Its funny that the indonesians players names has to be inserted with their club name. Why cant just leave the club name? Its fuuny if i put tha names of players like MS BAM WCH LCW KLRC LTS SAIROL Its like battle of clubs..who reign supreme.. anyway all play for one flag.
Zheng Bo.. ..is the one skipping the Taipei Open, or at least being skipped, as i don't see his name in both the MD and/or XD draws..Don't know why he's not being featured yet Gao Ling is playing in the Taipei Open?!?!
i fink its about time for Gao Ling to be rested. She was playing too much competition in 2 events this year.