Okay first of all, minions are wearing a new jersey blue and white. Same with the opponents. Second, yay they won the match.. too close for comfort. Li/Liu always steps up when they play at home.. scary! They are so tall and they seemed to be able to reach the shuttles anywhere just by reaching their arms.. 21-18, 14-21, 21-18 Not happy with minions game today, but at least they didn't lose. The drifts seem to trouble their control. Hope they will do better tomorrow. Marcus better watch out
What Marcus said about today's match : "Lawan kita bermain sangat baik hari ini. Yuchen bermain sangat baik di depan net dan mereka selalu menekan kita. Mereka tidak banyak mengangkat bola dan banyak berikan bola drive dan permainan yang cepat." "Our opponents played really well today. Yuchen played so well at the net and they always put pressure on us. They didn't lift too much and played a lot of drives and fast paced game." Li/Liu in their home country is never easy to defeat. Especially in this kind of hall. We'll see if they could defeat the other pairs in the next two days.
Who beat LiLiu at ChangZhou and FuZhou this year? Remembered Minions beat them quite easily in 2017 CO.
https://m.badmintonindonesia.org/app/information/newsDetail.aspx?/8828 Kevin/Marcus : This first win is so precious. Kevin : This is round robin system, so every each point and our first win today here are very precious for us, that was why we seemed so emotional. And we do want win. So we have to maintain this momentum as long as possible to keep on winning. Besides, we felt that our opponents played really well today. Marcus : Wen we changed end in the second game the drift was different. Therefore the pressure felt heavier compared to that in the first game. Kevin : (Pastinya) we have to be more prepared for the match tomorrow. We have overcome one obstacle, we must fix what lacking from our game because all the players here are the best. Marcus : Got to be more focused and not to make unforced errors. (BWF World Tour Finals 2019) Kevin/Marcus: Kemenangan Pertama Ini Sangat Berharga 12/11/2019 Oleh Bimo T (Guangzhou, 11/12/2019) Pasangan Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon harus bermain tiga game untuk mendapatkan kemenangan perdananya di babak penyisihan Grup A BWF World Tour Finals 2019 Guangzhou. Bertanding di Tianhe Gymnasium, Tiongkok, Rabu (11/12), Kevin/Marcus akhirnya berhasil memastikan kemenangan 21-18, 14-21 dan 21-18 atas ganda putra tuan rumah, Li Jun Hui/Liu Yu Chen. Pada pertandingan yang berlangsung selama 49 menit itu, Kevin/Marcus terlihat begitu emosional saat mendapatkan kemenangannya. “Inikan sistim round-robin mainnya, jadi poin demi poinnya dan kemenangan pertama hari ini sangat berharga banget buat kami, makanya terlihatnya sangat emosional sekali. Dan kami memang mau menang. Jadi sebisa mungkin kami harus menjaga momentum ini untuk terus menang,” ungkap Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo usai bertandingan, kepada badmintonindonesia.org. “Selain itu, kami rasa lawannya juga bermain sangat baik hari ini,” lanjut Kevin menambahkan. Menang di game pertama, The Minions harus kehilangan game kedua. Faktor kondisi angin di lapangan menjadi salah satu kendala tambahan yang harus dihadapi Kevin/Marcus. Belajar dari pengalaman, Kevin/Marcus pun lantas putar otak untuk mengantisipasi ancaman di game ketiga. Betul saja, ganda putra peringkat satu dunia ini akhirnya mampu menuntaskan permainan dengan kemenangan 21-18 di game ketiga. “Waktu berpindah sisi lapangan di game kedua itu kondisi anginnya berbeda. Jadi tekanannya terasa lebih kencang kalau dibandingkan dengan game pertama,” kata Marcus Fernaldi Gideon. Selanjutnya, masih di babak penyisihan Grup A BWF World Tour Finals 2019 Guangzhou, Kevin/Marcus akan meladeni permainan ganda putra Jepang, Hiroyuki Endo/Yuta Watanabe yang sebelumnya juga berhasil memastikan kemenangan dengan skor 21-19 dan 21-13 atas rekan senegaranya, Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda. “Pastinya kami harus lebih siap lagi untuk pertandingan besok. Satu rintangan sudah terlewati, yang masih kurang-kurang hari ini harus diperbaiki lagi, karena lawan-lawan di sini kan yang terbaik semua,” ujar Kevin. “Harus lebih fokus dan jangan gampang mati sendiri,” sambung Marcus. (*)
As expected they lost again to yuta endo. Kevin really ruined their momentum when he keep playing these clears to endo in the first part of the third game, did he really think he can win against endo with that ? and when he decided to be more aggressive after they change ends mistake are creeping in.
So 4 losses in a row now? Have to be concerning. And they need to win big to guarantee qualification to next round...
Win big ? what if they won in rubber game against kamura sonoda but yuta endo lost to li liu in straight game ?
Minions will qualify to SF if: 1. Winning in 2 games against Kamura/sonoda Or 2. Winning in 3 games & Li/Liu NOT winning in 2 games against endo/Watanabe Or 3. Winning 1 game tomorrow & endo/watanabe winning tomorrow Source: badmintalk Complicated, huh? Not easy for any pairs; less difficult for endo/Watanabe, still possible for minions & Li/Liu, not totally impossible for kamura/sonoda
Then they are out, right? I think they will look at game/set win-loss first, and they are tied with Li/Liu at 3-3 right now. Then if they and Li/Liu both won with 2-0 or 2-1, then have to compare points win-loss...
I believe LiLiu will go through.. Whether Minions go through it will depend on them. Li/Liu 2-0 EndoWatanabe.. Minions can be 2-0/2-1 i guess against KamuraSonoda. EndoW will also do their best who knows if KamuraSonoda can win they can also go through so its tough for EndoW. This MD group is as good and tigh as CL Ginting group. The truth is i guess, in the end its still winner takes all tomorrow
The momentum changed after Marcus called for medic attention when they were leading 3-1, after that they were kinda stuck at 3 while the JPN cruised away. Marcus played like sh.t in G3. Worst defense, errors, forgot to variate his attacks at times. Kevin lost interest like sh.t, standing at mid court (to cover for his partner) instead of closing in on the net. Marcus not threatening enough from the back nor at the front. Disappointing G3. Guess they were lucky yesterday winning Li/Liu.
Well, the thing is to win the war not the battles so hopefully they can get out of the group. EndoW will have beaten Minions 4 times but out of those 4 times, probably only once they end up winning the title while everytime Minions beat LiLiu (9x in Individual tour, they end up winning the title) So i see LiLiu more of a rival than EndoW, I guess Minions will rather lost to EndoW than to LiLiu. Its the kind of pressure Minions give to all their opponents ( If you beat me in R1/R2, its most likely you wont win the title anyway). I call it the scoreboard title pressure because Minions have 26 ( and so do Momota, you beat him but end loss next round). Well, EndoW beat Minions but even themselves is not guaranteed to progress.
All the best for today's match! https://m.badmintonindonesia.org/app/information/newsDetail.aspx?/8837 Kevin : The opponents were more prepared than us today. Marcus : The opponents weren't easy to die. And the shuttlecocks today were heaver than yesterday's. Our energy was pretty drained too. We feel that our defense wasn't that solid and less solid than the opponents. Beside that, we made too many unforced errors in the end Kevin : We will just give our best tomorrow. Marcus : Will definitely do our best tomorrow because the chance is still open for anyone. (BWF World Tour Finals 2019) Kevin/Marcus Kalah di Laga Kedua (Guangzhou, 12/12/2019) Ganda putra Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon harus mengakui keunggulan pasangan Jepang, Hiroyuki Endo/Yuta Watanabe lewat kekalahan 11-21, 21-14 dan 11-21 di laga kedua babak penyisihan Grup A BWF World Tour Finals 2019 Guangzhou, pada pertandingan yang berlangsung di Tianhe Gymnasium, Tiongkok, Kamis (12/12/). Mengawali pertarungan di game pertama, The Minions harus tertinggal cukup jauh, 3-11 atas Endo/Watanabe. Setelah jeda interval pun, Kevin/Marcus belum berhasil mengejar ketertinggalan dan kalah 11-21. Baru pada game kedua, ganda putra peringkat satu dunia ini mampu membuktikan taringnya dengan mendominasi jalannya permainan dan merebut kemenangan dengan skor 21-14. Sayangnya, penampilan Kevin/Marcus kembali menurun pada game ketiga. Mereka terus berada di bawah baying-bayang permainan lawan, hingga akhirnya harus menyerah dengan skor 11-21. “Hari ini lawan lebih siap dari kami dan mainnya juga lebih baik,” kata Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo kepada badmintonindonesia.org. “Lawannya nggak gampang mati. Terus hari ini juga shuttlecock-nya lebih berat daripada kemarin. Dan tenaga kami juga banyak terkuras. Kami juga merasakan defend hari ini kurang rapat dan kalah rapat dari lawan. Selain itu, di akhir-akhir kami banyak mati sendiri,” sambung Marcus Fernaldi Gideon menjelaskan. Dengan hasil ini, maka pasangan Endo/Watanabe sudah dipastikan lolos ke babak semifinal BWF World Tour Finals 2019 Guangzhou. Sementara Kevin/Marcus yang baru mengoleksi satu kemenangan, masih harus berjuang di laga terakhir fase Grup A bila ingin lolos ke empat besar. Selanjutnya, The Minions akan berhadapan dengan Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda (Jepang). “Untuk besok kami akan berusaha melakukan yang terbaik saja,” ujar Kevin. “Yang pasti kami akan lakukan yang terbaik untuk besok. Karena peluang selalu ada untuk siapapun,” lanjut Marcus menambahkan. (*)
Congratulations to minions for making it through to SF by winning straight games against Kam/Son. Can't believe they really defended their way to the victory literally lol And Kevin picking up pace from time to time.. guess they learned it from their yesterday's opponents.
Congrats minions for qualifying to SF! At least one stage better than last year WTF. Anyone counts how many shot it was in the last rally? They didn't show it
