award ceremony is next...both players got a hat and flowers..2nd place gets $16,250..1st place gets $17,250...not bad for a week pay!...
hehe, yup still awake, can't miss it, esp. if there's live telecast...it'll be like this for the rest of the month of June, esp. with the upcoming World Cup starting next week..hehe almost 12:30am here in the states...church is tomorrow, fortunately......enjoy the rest of the matches badMania..btw, you're in S'pore already aren't you??..
Yup...I am back in S'pore now till next week. Home alone right now since my other family members also went back to Jkt the day I returned back from HKG. Hehe..so I can enjoy the whole house to myself
ok, MD is coming up next....the ex greats vs. the fresh faced juniors..if Tony/Candra play smart and efficient, it should be over in 2 sets...too much experience and skill..
ok, here it goes.. 0-1 1-1 M/H serve 2-1 M/H serve 2-2 T/C serve 3-2 T/C serve 3-3 M/H serve...Markis and Hendra are fast.. 4-3 T/C serve
5-4 T/C serve 6-4 T/C serve...Tony still fast...still controlling the net 5-6 M/H serve 6-6 M/H serve 7-6 M/H serve 7-7 T/C serve 8-7 T/C serve 8-8 M/H serve 9-8 T/C serve 10-8 T/C serve...Tony is all over the front...Candra is almost like a spectator.. 9-10 M/H serve break...wow, fast game...Markis and Hendra are keeping up with their seniors.. 10-10 T/C serve 10-11 M/H serve 10-12 T/C serve 11-12 M/H serve 11-13 T/C serve 12-13 M/H serve 12-14 T/C serve 12-15 T/C serve 13-15 M/H serve 13-16 T/C serve, good rally.. 14-16 M/H serve 14-17 T/C serve 14-18 T/C serve 15-18 M/H serve 16-19 T/C serve 16-20 T/C serve 17-20 M/H serve 18-20 M/H serve...good rally...attacking Candra...towel break.. 18-21 game set...Tony/Candra wins 1st set...wuh, too fast for me to type all the actions...
Tony is the master of net control. The senior pair wins the first set 21-17. The young pairs need to step up their attack...but with Tony patroling the net, its going to be difficult for them to win.
2nd set.. 2-1 T/C serve 2-2 M/H serve 3-2 T/C serve 3-3 M/H serve 4-3 T/C serve 5-3 T/C serve 5-4 M/H serve 6-4 T/C serve 7-4 T/C serve 7-5 M/H serve 7-6 M/H serve 8-6 T/C serve 9-6 T/C serve 10-6 T/C serve..Tony and Candra running away.. 10-7 M/H serve 11-7 T/C serve 12-7 T/C serve...Markis and Kidho keeps on smashing & attacking but to no avail.. 13-7 T/C serve woh, Tony took a funny step backwards.. 13-8 M/H serve 14-8 T/C serve 15-8 T/C serve 16-8 T/C serve 16-9 M/H serve 17-9 T/C serve...after good rally... 17-10 M/H serve 18-10 T/C serve 18-11 M/H serve 18-12 M/H serve 19-12 T/C serve 19-13 M/H serve 20-13 T/C serve for the match and title 20-14 M/H serve 20-15 M/H serve 20-16 M/H serve...Candra laxing a bit.. 21-16 Tony and Candra win....Tony and Candra won in straight sets...Tony still fast as he can be.. Tony, keep playing until your body gives up, just coach part-time..you'll probably get more $$ if you are to play more..hehe
Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya won in 2 quick sets 21-17, 21-16. The youngsters do not have any clues against the quick-witted Tony Gunawan in front of the net.
More pocket money for Candra n Tony.. I wonder since they r not playing for PBSI anymore..so do they keep all the earnings to themselves now??
award ceremony..presented by Taufik's father in law, Mr. Gumelar...both pairs get hats and flowers-hehe..btw, they announced Tony from U.S. and Candra from Indo...2nd place gets $15,000??(couldn't see it) and 1st place gets $18,000....haha, lucky Candra, out from PBSI & he's all smiles now...
WD first and then the match we're waiting for.....let's hope for another straight setter from WD..oh, noticed all the matches so far have ended in straight sets??..
Markis/Hendra still have problems playing against senior pairs like Tony/Candra, Eriksen/Hansen, Chong/Lee as I have mentioned earlier. When attacks failed as we have seen today, they don't have any other weapons to get pts. Playing against Tony patroling the net is another big problem. However, they are very very young at 22 years old only. Time will mould them into a pair that could be as good as Tony/Candra.
