don't think Chen Hong will beat LCW anyway...just hope that LCW can bt Taufik....will be an interesting match...hope LD will be beaten by some1
Wow...just woke up to see quite a number of upsets in the first day of the Japan Open. It was a close and surprising rubber-set victory for Taufik Hidayat against the recently crowned WC silver-medallist. Now, he has a VERY smooth route to the semi-finals, with matches against Koichi Saeki (who had beaten Ng Wei) and either Sho Sasaki or Ronald Susilo (a good tournament for Ronald as well if he can reach the quarter-final!). This victory against emphasizes the point that if Taufik truly wants to win, he can achieve that! China might have to rethink its strategy of fielding Bao Chunlai and Chen Jin for the Asian Games For the other games involving INA players, Sony Dwi Kuncoro was beaten by Lee Chong Wei as expected in straight sets. Simon Santoso benefited from Kuan Beng Hong's absence to win two matches and progress through Round of 16 with a clash against Chen Hong. A victory against the WC semi-finallist is a bonus! Meanwhile, Jo Novita/Gresya Polii also survived a rubber-set match against an unknown local pair and they will face Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen next. As with Simon, a victory is a miracle! For the non-Pelatnas pair, Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya did not break a sweat as they beat an unknown local pair in just 16 mins Their next clash against Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen is quite mouth-watering indeed.
Yes, i think TH can win over BCL was bcos he dont understand mandarin and was not disturbed by LYB during the match !!!???!!!......
Seems like China has had quite a rough day yesterday. In MS, they only have 3 out of 16 players with the exit of Bao Chunlai, Chen Yu, Li Yu, and Qiu Yanbo. In MD, the only pair who survived is the World Champion Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun. The two others: Guo Zhendong/Xu Chen and the newly formed Zheng Bo/Xie Zhongbo both lost to the WC silver-medallist Anthony Clark/Robert Blair and Lee Jae Jin/Hwang Ji Man respectively. So, if INA is to win the gold medal, one strategy they could do is to let Simon play first singles (he is on track right now, based on ranking) and Taufik plays second singles. It's a safer point to get 1 point rather than to put Taufik as the first and Simon as the second singles. Meanwhile, INA should also bank on the second doubles (if it gets that far). The third point will be a little tricky. Let's hope Sony is recovering in time because he is likely to play the 3rd MS after his loss in the second round yesterday.
Where did you get the news from ? Asian Games is like once every four years and this will be LD's last chance to win unless he survives another four years !
Roslin beat a chinese player... that is a good breakthrough for him. Taufik's performance against BCL is not that convincing. He was rusty and a little slow. However i hope this is just a warm up match for him. He was lucky that he won that match. However well done Taufik.
lindan will beat peter gade/chen hong n hafiz ... n in the final will beat taufik/lee chong wei ... hehehe
NOOOO :crying: :crying: :crying: BCL lost to TH!!! :crying: :crying: :crying: And CY lost to Roslin! What is wrong? :crying: :crying: :crying: c'mon LD and CJ!!! :crying: :crying: :crying: JIA YOU
bao cunlai, chen hong, chen jin n chen yu are not stabil ...yet .... china still need super dan to win ...
indonesia need taufik, china need lindan, denmark still need peter gade n malaysia need lee chong wei ....
