Yup, overall home players totally dominate this SS, it's challenge for others to win title here... Also good luck to you at PAW game!
This is very unusual for Super Series... It's a great shame for CHN. How can they set CHN umpires and service judges for the games of CHN players?
korean line judges are unfair too you know remember last year korean open Lin Dan vs Lee Hyun Ill? not that i'm a fan of LD or what but it's still unfair
any video proof for us to view on poor chinese line judging skill? i can find one that summarizes KOR line judging talent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCdUgLuRTF8
Men's Singles Draw.. ..since you asked for them, here they are...(courtesy of tournamentsoftware.com) MS Draw
^^Yes..sort of..^^ ..since this China Masters SS is basically turning out to be a semi-national tourney, a mix and match pairing like that is not surprising.. Btw, that pairing along with a few others were also brought up earlier in this thread below: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1236695#post1236695 .and wait for our suetyan, one of BC's in-house CHN team "experts", to chime in..
jason, hope this article below could answer your question. 02 September, 2009 Indonesia Passes on China Badminton Masters After coming home empty-handed from the world championships last month, the Indonesian national team is taking a little more time to lick its wounds. No national shuttlers will compete in the China Masters Super Series, which is scheduled for Sept. 15-20. The decision was made after meetings between coaches and Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) officials. PBSI head of athletes’ development Lius Pongoh said the association wanted to give shuttlers more time before the Japan Open Super Series on Sept. 22-27. Few Indonesian shuttlers, whether on the national team or professionals, have been consistently successful this year. Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir won the country’s only Super Series title, the Malaysia Open mixed doubles crown in January. Taufik Hidayat is the last Indonesian to win a title, taking top spot in men’s singles at the third-tier US Grand Prix in July. “It's been seven months since the last title Indonesia won. The PBSI thinks it's better to give a longer preparation time to the athletes before they play in Japan,” Lius said on Wednesday. The PBSI, Lius said, will send 18 players to Japan, all of whom represented Indonesia at the world championship. Even with more preparation time, though, the association will not heap too much expectation on the shuttlers, placing most of its hopes for a title in mixed and men’s doubles. “We won’t be hoping much from mixed double as we used to. Nova is getting older,” Lius said. The PBSI moved to partner Liliyana with a younger shuttler. She teamed up with Muhammad Rijal at the Taiwan Grand Prix Gold last month and reached the quarterfinals. Men’s doubles world No. 1 pair Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan return after missing the world championship when Markis came down with an illness. The China Masters has been good to Indonesia in recent years. Vita Marissa and Liliyana won the women’s doubles title in 2007, and the country came away with two victories in 2008 through Sony Dwi Kuncoro (men’s singles) and Markis and Hendra (men’s doubles). *taken from The Jakarta Globe -- http://thejakartaglobe.com/sports/indonesia-passes-on-china-badminton-masters/327708
looking at the WD and XD draws....all i can say is WTF? sooner or later badminton will be a domestic sport in china
seen that before, typical of the Korean home advantages. Also typical is the impeccable behaviour of the Indonesian players(*), with great professionalism and attitude against Korean’s criminal act for the world to see. *- with the exception of you know who.
Alan, dont need the (*).....actually the empire over ruled that line call immediately, thats why you see Limpele was still cool with it..........its not because of his 'impeccable behaviour' ..............i am sure every player will burst out if the call like that happens against him/her.......
