The result of AJC this year was not good. But we can not also say that the result was bad too.
From this AJC, we know that we have a good talent on Ricky Karanda
beside that, we can also hope on Evert's and Renna's fighting spirit.
Some BCer say that Renna has a good power, but she need to improve her defence. I hope, she can focus on her defence and break the domination of China's WS someday (4-5 years maybe
)
For Evert, If he could enter final, maybe he could grab the title
too bad, many bad line call in semifinal
I also put hope on this player.
Actually, I like Andre Marteen so much. I dont know how is his progress now.
Also Thomi Azizan and Andrew Susanto. Many people say they are good, but they never enter into Final stage of Sirnas. I hope they can be better this year.
For BD,
Maybe someone can tell us who are our best bet after Dandi/Jones.
in Semifinal, MAS BD looks like much better than Dandi/Jones. But I hope they can be better and better....
I say our result in the Team event was very encouraging... If
Ricky-Della had won 21-19, 21-19 instead of losing 19-21, 19-21, we could have defeated China 3-0...
That would have shocked the world!
My assessment:
Ricky Karanda... excellent potential! He can play XD way better than average. He needs a good BD and XD partner in Pelatnas.
Rena Suwarno... so-so talent, nothing special. I don't think she will be a world class challenger.
Andre Marteen... limited talent, just rely on sheer determination and endurance. Do not hope much from him. He should be a college student; better for him.
Evert Sukamta... pretty well rounded competitor, but no special weapons. He will have difficulties playing the tough pro-s.
Thomi Azizan... unusual endurance, no tricks, so-so power. We will have to wait. His best result was winning the U-16 Jakarta Sirnas last year.
Andrew Susanto... complete technical arsenal, highly intelligent, highly strategic, just very young. We shall have to see whether this 3rd generation badminton dynasty member will fare.
Let's briefly observe Andrew Susanto's family history:
1st gen...
Paternal grandfather: Agus Susanto, INA's Thomas Cup MD player around 1967-70. I think he won the Thomas Cup for INA at least 1 time.
Paternal grandmother: forgot her name, but she is Liem Swie King's older sister and INA Uber Cup player in the 1960s-70s.
Paternal grand-uncle: Liem Swie King, 3 time All England champ and 3 time Thomas Cup winner.
Paternal grand-aunt: I don't know her name, but she is another Liem family member who also represented INA in the Uber cup.
2nd gen...
Father: Hermawan Susanto, one of top INA MS during the 1990s. 1992 Olympic bronze medalist, defeated Zhao Jianhua in the Olympics.
Mother: Sarwendah, top INA WS in between Ivanna Lie's era and Susi Susanti's era. She definitely played in INA's Uber Cup team several times.
3rd gen...
Andrew Susanto, the only son of Hermawan and Sarwendah.
He can potentially be INA's Kenichi Tago who continued his mother's legacy. Kenichi's mom won the All England WD title many years ago.
Hopefully PBSI will send young players from 2009 junior world championship to some international events. WIthout experience, its impossible for them to shine even though they have good skills....
