The draw is out and can be found here: http://internationalbadminton.org/tournamentcalendar_event.aspx?id=2199&calendarid=73
Perhaps Mikkel/Mie are too strong for Fran/Pia at this moment. They just won Bitburger GP this week. Who knows, maybe they're DEN XD #3, after Thomas/Kamilla & Joachim/Christinna.
If Mathieu Lo Ying Ping #1 in qualifs reach main draw, he will face the other frenchman Leverdez. Bad draw for them actually.
I think there will be some withdrawals on MS..as there are 4 Chinese MS in same half of the draw..so there is a chance that Mathieu will be promoted to main draw...
INA has only 1 WS representative here with Maria Kristin pulling out, Firda will face Wang Yihan at first round.
In MD, it's reasonable draw for the top-seed Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan. They are expected to reach the Final: R32 vs Michal Logosz/Robert Mateusiak R16 vs Chris Langridge/Robin Middleton QF vs (possibly) Guo Zhendong/Xu Chen [8] SF vs (possibly) Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen [4] F vs (possibly) Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong [2] Meanwhile, the 2 other Pelatnas pairs will face a tough draw. Bona Septano/Mohd Ahsan: R32 vs Q4 R16 vs (possibly) Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen [6] Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki: R32 vs Michael Fuchs/Ingo Kindervater R16 vs (possibly) Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong [2] As for Hendra A. Gunawan/Alvent Yulianto Chandra [5]: R32 vs Rasmus Bonde/Simon Mollyhus R16 vs (possibly) Sun Junjie/Tao Jiaming QF vs (possibly) Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif [4] In XD, the second-seed Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir should face a rematch against the third-seed Joachim Fischer-Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen in the SF: R32 vs Wojciech Szkudlarczyk/Agniezka Wojtkowska R16 vs (possibly) Flandy Limpele/Britta Andersen QF vs (possibly) Hendra A. Gunawan/Vita Marissa [7] SF vs (possibly) Joachim Fischer-Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen [3] Hendra A. Gunawan/Vita Marissa [7]: R32 vs Valeriy Atraschenkov/Elena Prus R16 vs (possibly) Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork As for Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita, as usual, they may not even clear the first round against the sixth-seed V. Diju/Jwalla Gutta. If they do, then, they might reach the QF with an anticipated match against the third-seed from DEN yet again. Fran Kurniawan/Pia Bernadet Zebadiah have an interesting tie against Mikkel Delbo Larsen/Mie Schjott-Kristensen and if they win, they will face the top-seed Zheng Bo/Ma Jin. In WD, Meiliana Jauhari/Shendy Puspa Irawati have a kind draw that should see them in QF, facing Satoko Suetsuna/Miyuki Maeda yet again. As for Nitya Krishinda Maheswari/Greysia Polii, if Grace recovers in time, then, they might face a tough match in R16 against Zhang Dan/Zhang Zhibo for a place in the last 8. In MS, Simon Santoso [7] will face tough matches from the start: R32 vs Kenichi Tago R16 vs (possibly) Chen Long QF vs (possibly) Lin Dan [1] As for Sony Dwi Kuncoro [4], he should reach the SF quite comfortably: R32 vs Q4 R16 vs (possibly) Chetan Anand QF vs (possibly) Joachim persson [5] SF vs Peter Gade [2] or Bao Chunlai [8] Finally, in WS, expect Adriyanti Firdasari to be eliminated in the first round by Wang Yihan [2]. I hope Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan can defend their title (and ranking points) in Denmark!
BCL have to pass the test againts SDK first ...........remember! BCL is still having the serious, very painfull knee injury,.... dont u expect too much from him....
haha! but he still beat PG and TH seems like the injury isnt bothering him that much..but I think he will have a tough time against SDK..think SDK is his jynx..haha
SDK has comfortable way to enter last four, no impossible that he can make it into finale...On the contrary, Simon has hard test at top-half draw.
Be aware of chetan Anand Just last year at Denmark open, Sony lost to Chetan Anand 0:2 in the 2nd round. Now the same person, the same place, the same time, the same tournament, and even the same round, will the same thing happen again?
Last year, SDK still bachelor, this year is a married man already,....not the same person anymore.......dont worry....
Those loses to lower rank pair from Jpn and Eng.......are not a shock loss anymore, it happened many times before.....so, be ready for it...
Actually his injury is recovering, and feel better after having the medical treatment in Hong Kong this summer, that's what he said...but i still looking forward for SDK and his match