lee chong wei 1st round opponent is yoyo and shud face pg in the quater final and in the semi final may vs chen jin... tough draw for him though..!!!
while in the md draw, kido/setiawan looks will face malaysian kl tower as they had be drawn against 2 MAS pair in the 1st and 1nd round respectively..
Remember in Spore Open thread, Huang said Hendra came down with thypus & they have withdrawn from both Indonesia & Spore Open. I suppose it wouldnt be reflected in the draw till later.
I still don't like this 'no national separation' rule... After looking at the draw, I see too many INA vs. INA, MAS vs. MAS, DEN vs. DEN, and TPE vs. TPE in the first round / qualification... Ok, I can accept the fact that there are going to be a lot of INA vs. INA in the INA SS. That's probably because there are many INA competitors in our home soil. But for foreign players who have flown as far as DEN and then meet DEN in the 1st round. Aiyaa... there goes their US $3000 of round-trip plane tickets... Oh yeah, and I'm not looking forward to see Taufik vs. Sony in the quarterfinals...
Andre Kurniawan Tedjono will give LCW a good fight in the R16. But I think LCW will probably win in 2 competitively played games.... This will be the 1st time they face each other. I'm going to watch.
Three INA WS players at main draw find tough challenge here and looks like hard to progress into quarterfinal. Maria Kristin Yulianti -- R/32 vs qualifier and R/16 Tine Rasmussen or Yao Jie Adrianti Firdasari -- R/32 vs Hwang Hye Youn and R/16 Zhou Mi Maria Elfira Christina -- R/32 vs Salakjit Ponsana and R/16 Wong Mew Choo Almost all top-10 WS players will come to this tourney except Xie Xingfang (WR#1), Lu Lan (#2) and Xu Huaiwen (#8), pretty competitive!
They have withdrawn from Singapore but for IO, they may...depends on how Hendra recovers...so far Kido/Hendra still participate in IO....
My prediction for INA players who can go to the quarterfinals: MS: Simon and Sony WS: realistically, none... but I'm hopeful... MD: (a healthy) Kido-Hendra, Tony-Candra or Rian-Yoke, Luluk-Alven, and if Fran-Rendra can surprise Keita-Tadashi in the 1st round... the Japanese pair showed some slump lately... WD: Lili-Vita, Mel-Shendy [excellent draw], Rani-Endang XD: Lili-Nova, Flandy-Vita, with a slight hope for Fran-Shendy...
Vita Marissa/Lilyana Natsir [3] R32 vs Bye R16 vs Jo Novita/Greysia Polii QF vs Nita Krishinda/Lita Nurlita or Ha Jung Eun/Kim Min Jung or Christina Pedersen/Mia Schjoett Kristensen -- Vita/Butet should be able to beat these few pairs to reach the SF. SF vs Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen -- should be an interesting match Jo Novita/Greysia Polii R32 vs Louisa Koon Wai Chee/Chau Hoi Wah -- manageable tie R16 vs Vita Marissa/Lilyana Natsir -- tough luck Rani Mundiasti/Endang Nursugianti R32 vs Nicole Grether/Charmaine Reid -- manageable tie R16 vs Wong Pei Tty/Chin Ee Hui -- a tough match for QF progress. Meiliana Jauhari/Shendy Puspa Irawati R32 vs Nathalia Poluakan/Yulianti -- a tough one for the Djarum gals, but, they should have an edge. R16 vs Kamilla Rytter-Juhl/Lena Frier-Kristensen -- another tough tie, remember, Mel/Shendy nearly beat the Danes no 1 pair. Nitya Krishinda/Lita Nurlita R32 vs Ha Jung Eun/Kim Min Jung -- a tough draw Deasy Lelyana Chandra/Yunita Tetty R32 vs Duang-Anong Arunkesorn/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul -- tough match for the Suryanaga pair. My verdict: Vita/Butet should survive till the SF. Mel/Shendy could progress to the QF if they can beat the Danes.
Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir [1] R32 vs Tan Wee Kiong/Woon Khee Wei R16 vs possibly David Lindley/Suzanne Rayappan QF vs possibly Keita Masuda/Miyuki Maeda [8] SF vs possibly Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter-Juhl [4] F vs possibly Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa [3] or Zheng Bo/Gao Ling [2] Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa [3] R32 vs Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Kristina Pedersen -- tricky match R16 vs Mohd Rijal/Greysia Polii -- unlucky for Rijal/Grace QF vs possibly Chen Hung Ling/Chou Chia Chi [6] SF vs possibly Zheng Bo/Gao Ling [2] Mohd Rijal/Greysia Polii R32 vs Chan Peng Soon/Ooi Yu Hang R16 vs Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita R32 vs Rasmus Bonde/Helle Nielsen -- tough match...may not progress R16 vs Zheng Bo/Gao Ling [2] Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Irawati R32 vs Lim Khim Wah/Wong Pei Tty -- also a tough match R16 vs Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk [5] Bambang Suprianto/Deasy Lelyana Chandra R32 vs Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk [5] Tri Kusharyanto/Yunita Tetty R32 vs Kwon Yi Goo/Ha Jung Eun My verdict: Nova/Butet and Flandy/Vita to progress to at least SF. Fran/Shendy can qualify to QF if they can beat the tricky Polish pair.
