sigh...means no more m'sia representatives in this tournament...:crying: hope to see them fight back in s'pore n m'sia open then.... by the way... do u know the result of Bao's match?? if u do, do tell me k..thanks ya
yes MAS team is all out from Indonesia Open. We hope they can perform better in Singapore and Kuching. No results for Simon vs BCL so far.....still waiting.
oh... ok ...and once again thanks for sharing ya.. i shall check out this page for the result....hope Bao wins it..hehe..
Did we ever encounter any match this close for the new scoring system? Maybe one game in the TC MD match between veteran Danes, Jens & Martin v Malaysians, KKK/CCM?
The tragedy has affected some players personally. Read this http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailsports.asp?fileid=20060602.U01&irec=0
Well, not quite. Almost there. It was 30-28. To my recollection, I have not heard of a 30-29 result yet, though it's just a matter of time.
My condolences to them. Fortunately, none of their relatives and family members are hurt, but it's still a tragedy, nonetheless.
How unfortunate! Sigit said something about being professional. No matter how professional you want to be, he should have gone home to see his family. In fact, if I were the coach, I will demand that he goes home to see his family. Family always comes first...
malaysian team like have great impact from TC.. LCW,KBH cant perform well. game over so early, dont know what the coach will say.
Yogya quake lies heavy on hearts of shuttlers ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya While men's doubles specialist Sigit Budiarto continues to give his all on the court at the badminton Djarum Indonesian Open 2006, his heart is elsewhere: His family's house was destroyed in last Saturday's earthquake in Yogyakarta. The quake has claimed the lives of more than 6,200 people and the numbers keep rising. The 30-year-old shuttler was in Kudus, Central Java, to attend the official opening of his club's new badminton complex when he got a call from his younger sister. "My sister only said there was a quake and asked me to call her back. I tried to call her, my house, my parents but I couldn't get through. I was very worried about them," said the 1997 world champion with former partner of Candra Wijaya. His concern only grew when he saw on television the devastation wrought by the quake. Sigit immediately left for his family's house in Kalasan, Central Java, which is quite close to Prambanan temple. "When I got there, I saw our house was flattened by the tremor. It was shocking. I was speechless." It was not only his parents' house which was destroyed by the quake. His grandparents and other relatives also lost their homes. The quake has left about 650,000 people homeless. "My family is still lucky as none of us were seriously injured in the disaster," he said. Sigit, who is eying a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, considering withdrawing from the US$250,000 Indonesian Open, where he is playing with new partner Flandy Limpele. "The tragedy has ruined my concentration. I didn't feel like playing. But I have to be professional. I can't just pull out. I should not be emotional," he said. Sigit is not the only athlete affected by the tragedy. Shuttlers Tri Kusheryanto and Aprilia Yuswandari are also playing with heavy hearts. Aprilia -- whose home is in Imogiri, Bantul, the area hardest hit by the quake -- went into a panic the minute she heard the news. Already in Surabaya for the tournament, Aprilia could only wait for news on her mobile phone. "My family told me that our house was leveled by the quake but they all survived," she said. "I had to turn off my grief and stay focused on my game." But it was not easy. Aprilia lost to second seeded Huaiwen Xu of Germany on Wednesday.
ms qiu beat vs lyh (WO) ws jun jae yun bt chen li 21-17, 21-16 zhu lin bt kanako 21-17, 21-7 xd pra/thoung bt he/zhang 19-21, 21-19, 21-12 xie/zhang bt tpe pair 21-16, 21-13
I wonder if withdraw with earthquake as excuse, is IBF still going to fine the players ? If I am not wrong, usually if withdraw unless injury, there is a fine.
it should be the logical thing to allow players to withdraw without a fine as it is a natural disaster and is also a global issue. if players get fined then the organisers/IBF guys should be fired without hesitation
I don't think they can stop a player who need to withdraw due to force majeure as that will be absolutely unreasonable.
If this is the case then they should be a little flexible. Rather than 'players can only withdraw due to injury', they should say 'withdrawals must be approved by the IBF and/or their badminton associations'.
I saw them warming up when markis and hendra were playing against the malaysian pair. The match should be finished by now...