my goodness. China up 2-0 now? surely China will win this tie with 3rd singles still to be played... but this is not the final though.
well.. taufik.. i hate his attitude... remember the 2002 TC finals? gave the game away because angry with umpire... BAO WIN!!! 15-13 , 15-6 CHINA WIN 3-0
i just got to noe tat but i don have ch 31.......... arghhhhhhhh......... if not i'll subscribe earlier to watch this exciting match wat about quarter final??? TVRI showing it???
Taufik Today, Taufik was required to summon by police because of fight by car accident. I read an article.
tried in vain to tune tvri or trans.. my scv no tvri... so we're gonna play malaysia next... hmmm... now up to candra/trikus to save face... taufik was absolutely disgraceful, he has no excuse... my friend who watched it told me over the phone, he was playing stupidly... and its probably true... for all his talent his attitude sucks...
yeah CHN win......... but i'm quite surprise tat taufik will lost.... tot he say he definately scoring this point for indo??? someone say this is indo's strategy.... they giving away this time n beat china down in the final
i think the match btw bao and taufik, most points wrnt earned bt 'given', thr wr so many mistakes... thr wr some really exciting rallies though.. bao hs the advantage of longer reach, espec his drop shot whch killed taufik espec in the 2nd game (taufik dived and fell flat few times retrieving bao's smash bt NONE succesful).. interesting to see bao asking for shuttle change practically after every serve and was denied once by the umpire... the crowd (frm tv, with reduced volume) wsnt exactly wht i hd expected of jakarta folks who wr once really crazy and intimidating bunch.. thr wr some cheers and boooos... kudos to the small chinese supporters for their gut (zhong guo jia you cd be heard on and off)... the match btw taufik and bao, thr wr many booos each time taufik md a mistake, i dont knw whthr they wr targeted at taufik or bao...
i agree.. knwing bao has very sharp smash, many wr practically thrown to bao and i believe, mid way thru the 2nd game, taufik gave up... whn bao ws leading 10-5, taufik sm to hv lost interest and surrender... as for bao, he played well, bt not the best yet.. if he cant improve on his mental and attitude, i am afraid he wd be chn's sinner losing in the big game.. if he wsnt 'lucky' (or timely wake up call), the 1st set wd hv been taufik...
strategy?? maybe not ths time because the next opponent in the q-final is malaysia... i remember indo did give the game away to china in the 1992 thomas cup semis (to avoid meeting malaysia), fielding double players in the singles...
But indonesians doubles not giving up.. at least lose with some dignity. Candra/Trikush vs Shag/Zheng 11-11
it is hard to guess what the Indonesian coaches are thinking. they certainly put up one of their best lineup, except for a suprise not fielding Flandi/Hian. but nothing in their lineup tells us that they are playing understrength. however, neither team shoudl think that this is the result of the TC. this is a group match afterall and what matter is when/if they meet again in the finals. now we have to pick the winner between MAS/DEN/INA, and the winner between CHN/KOR for the place in the finals.