hmm, what is their current/recent head to head record??..i thought taufik had a 1-1 record vs. BCL prior to him losing to BCL 2-1 in the recent China Open with a very bad foot injury(no excuse but you have to take that into consideration, a less than 100% Taufik)??..And if goes as planned, remember BCL will have to face Chen Hong, Lee Chong Wei and Sony Kuncoro(to name a few) *if* he is going to advance to the Final... Rememeber also Taufik is playing in his home country with his old coach behind him, whilst BCL, Lin Dan already played at his home country..
i can get your point,ws and wd for china, and xd and md for indonesia, and these 2 countries will battle for ms title
i read in www.badminton-indonesia.com that sony is injured in his right thigh which he got since china open, and that its still sore,even tho he doesnt whitdraw.with that i think indonesia's chance to get ms title is lessen, and the hope is now alll on taufik's shoulders, and malaysia and china will have bigger chance to get the title even tho sony was never really a big threat for anybody, but still
There will only be to danish players in this tournament. Anders Boesen and Niels Christian Kaldau - both in MS. The reason is that Denmark normally only send the whole team when they can do two tournament on the same journey - and Hong Kong is cancelled.. Johansen www.badminton-nyt.dk
Interesting, China send most of the top players except WS. Does Li want to make sure the Golden Couple will shine again.
Why Denmark normally only send the whole team when they can do two tournament on the same journey?????
I think this is Gong, zhang and zhoun who didn't wanted to participate at the IO 2004 not Li who didn't sent them. MS : Wish Bao will win but i think Lin Dan will show us that he's now the master lol WS : GO GO GO HONGYYYYYYAAAAAAN !!!! LoL MD : in front of their homecrowd Candra/sigit WD : Yang/zhang Wxd : new pair Widianto/natsir
Based on current form, I would say Lee Chong Wei has a great chance. I think if he manages to conserve his energy during matches and not overkill his opponent in the first set (like what happened against Kenneth in Singapore), he will be too strong even for Taufik. This guy has some resemblance to Zhao Jian Hua the magician. When he leapts up, no one knows where he is going to send the shuttle. IMHO, I have not seen anyone of Zhao's style or magic since he retired, he was supreme during those few years when he was at his best. He was like the Micheal Jordan of badminton
Anyone noticed that Sigit Pamugkas is in the qualifying draw ? Is he the Indo MD coach or just another person with the same name ? Bambang Suprianto also would be playing XD. He used to be one of my favourite player. I hope he can win the Thai second seeds Sudket and Saralee. Marleve Mainaky is also pairing up with his brother Karel to play MD. I am awaiting to see how they fare tomorrow.
hmmm.. you don't seem to have any confidence in the chinese team lol! but sure, it'll be nice to see a different outcome in MS and WS after the 'golden pair' winning 3 titles in a row. personally, i'd like BCL to bag the MS title. in WS, pi hongyan; WD the no.1 pair. MD- no preference. XD - Zhang/gao of course!
fantastic observation....u are absolutely right...havent seen any msian player so skillful as lcw..good future...needs to be tougher when the goings get rough..
Only one dane left. Anders Boesen is injured and will not go. I thing the reason that Denmark only send the whole team for two tournament is a question af money... Johansen www.badminton-nyt.dk
It seems boesen is getting little injuries quite frequently these days. It is a shame if money is the problem. We did think that it wuold be difficult to arrange to stay/train for these set of tournaments when the HK open was cancelled. I guess this is part of the reason too?
