award ceremony...each pair gets a hat and flower....$10,000 for 2nd place and $15,250 for 1st place.. looks like CHN will be the big winner in this yr's IO...already secured XD, and 2 more are coming..
next up is WS....Lu Lan vs. Zhu Lin...see http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33453&page=3 for order of play.. and you should find a link also to watch it live on the web(GDTV)..
Thanks. Too early to find the "search" button, ahem. Just enough time to get some brekkie before the MD!
Sandy, do you mind doing the WS scoreboard...i'm taking a break first-hehe...will do the MD if you don't mind...sharing the load..
5-4 ZL serve 6-4 ZL serve 7-4 ZL serve... oi is anyone else following this match??..hehe 5-7 LL serve..boy, both gals are perspiring.. 8-5 ZL serve 9-5 ZL serve
oi...LL just took a bad step and fell...must be the wet floor...close to turning her ankle.. 11-8 ZL leads.... 12-8 ZL serve...LL seemed to be out of energy already.. 13-8 ZL serve..hmm, just worried there could be an injury.. 14-8 ZL serve.. 15-8 ZL serve...she's running away...LL seemed to be out of gas.. 11-17 LL serve.. 18-11 ZL serve.. 19-11 ZL serve.. 20-11 ZL serve.. 21-11 ZL wins 1st set....sigh...ok, 1 more set to go before MD, let's finish it in straight sets..
uh huh..hope LL did not injure herself...ZL should be able 2 win easily if LL is out of gas already in the 1st game
It's a pity that once again, Nova/Butet lost to the upcoming Chinese pair. It's not going to be easy for any senior pair to beat Xie/Zhang now.....
2nd set abt to begin..sigh...i think everyone in the area must be wishing for the match to be over soon.. 1-0 LL serve..
no, LL is fine, but seemed to be not as fit as ZL..boring match, actually...looked like a practice session, not much competition.. plus everyone is waiting for the MD and MS..
hmm, well, they were very lucky last yr winning vs. XZB/ZYW and winning the WC..i think the scoring system is a bit of a factor as well..IMO, NW/LN's game is a bit defensive, esp. NW, can't believe he wasn't able to consistently control the shuttle so LN can play her game-couple or so bad shot selections by him also...i think they have reached their max *as a pair*, time to partner up LN with another partner...
anyways, back to the game.. 7-9 ZL serve...LL's footstep is not as quick as ZL's, esp. for single player..i think she gets an advantage with her height...she's probably better playing doubles??.. 8-9 ZL serve 10-8 LL serve 9-10 ZL serve 10-10 ZL serve 11-10 ZL serve 11-11 LL serve
does the new pplive suck or am I just incompetent? I can't get it to work at all. My WMP (windows media playeR) has always been a little whacked. I had the new year edition of pplive and it was awesome. In recent weeks tho I haven't been able to select channels from that version so I got the new one. I can't get anything to work anymore on the new one. It sucks!~
Eurasian =--(O), no need to use pplive or ppstream...go to post #7 in this thread and follow the link to find the GDTV link to see the match live...hope it works and your WMP can play it..
back to the game.. ok, it's almost over... 13-20 LL serve 14-20 LL serve 15-20 LL serve 16-20 LL serve..LL hanging tough.. 21-16 ZL wins...ZL won in straight sets....thank goodness for the rally scoring system..hehehe ok, MD is up next....hope it goes to rubber sets..
Match pt to Zhu Lin, 20-14. 15-20 -- LL gets her fourth consecutive pts. 16-20 -- nice placement by LL give her another pt 21-16 -- net return by LL gives the title to Zhu Lin. Next match, Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan vs Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya. Time for the youngsters to prove a pt.
Wow... u are still awake at this hr? What time is it in the States? I just came back from church in time for the third and also my most awaited match. It should go into rubber sets....
http://wwitv.com/t_tv/7675.asx paste that url to ur WMP, winamp or real player and it should work. low quality but it works ^_^
