bold is the possible upset matches which would send out many up-seeded.. (based on my "penerawangan") hehehehe
Based on SMS from Hau-ge who watch LIVE in full spectators stadium, partial SF result : XD Nova/Lilyana beat Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Tantowi Akhmad beat Flandy/Vita (walkover?!,not sure) WS Fransiska Ratnasari beat Pia Zebadiah, 3 games Aprilia Yuswandari beat Sylvinna Kurniawan, 2 games MS Taufik Hidayat def Tommy Sugiarto, 3 games Sony Dwi Kuncoro def Simon Santoso, 3 games
next result... WD Jo/Gress beat Mel/Shendy, 2 games Nitya/Lita beat Rani/Endang, 3 games the last but not least MD, Kido/Setiawan def Hendra AG/Joko Riyadi, 2 sets Luluk/Alvent def Trikus/Bambang, 3 sets
Nana really played very well.....I wa surprised to see the way she played...she looks like hungry wolf.....attacking...fun to wacth..I hope that she could play like that...may be after reaching to QTR final of Vietnam Open ( which I would never expect her to make it that far), she could turn around her career...I think She could be the champion of Kejurnas.... The stadium was really packed..oversold...there is no safety issue here...you can imagine if there is any earthquake or fire....how would you escape?..we even coulnt get out for toilet break..thats how bad it was....all spaces were occupied.......actualy I am glad that many still love badminton..thats a good sign ...
Last day of Kejurnas will serve world class show in MS and MD, MS -- Taufik Hidayat vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro MD -- Kido/Setiawan vs Luluk/Alvent And the other three matches, easier to predict who will become the national champions... WS -- Nana ; WD -- Jo/Gress ; XD -- Nova/Lilyana
A bit suprised... ..with this representation and possible INA WS National Title, esp. after what she has gone through this past yr...who would've thunk?? For MS, i just hope Sony wins..
I do think there's another possibility of upset in XD, i think Tantowi/Yulianti will win Kejurnas for XD..
Here's final result from Hauge... XD -- Nova/Lilyana beat Tantowi/Yulianti, 21-16 ; 21-10 WS -- Aprilia Yuswandari beat Fransiska Ratnasari, 21-18 ; 21-19 MS -- Taufik Hidayat beat Sony Dwi Kuncoro, 3 games WD -- Jo/Gresyia beat Nitya/Lita, 21-18 ; 24-22 MD -- Luluk/Alvent beat Kido/Setiawan, 3 games. And partial result of Junior group, XD -- Wifqi/Debby beat Afiat/Komala, 2 sets WS -- Linda Weni beat Tike Arieda Ningrum, 3 sets WD -- Anneke/Wenny beat Annisa/Komala, 3 sets
And Nandang Arif beat Adi Pratama in straight sets... That Banten pair defeated the Central Java pair...
The Solo stadium was full... Scalpers were charging late-comers Rp 50,000 for tickets that were originally Rp 25,000. The fans were awed by exhilirating badminton display by Kido-Hendra vs. Luluk-Alven and Taufik vs. Sony...
National Champs: TAUFIK INDONESIAN IDOL Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat reaffirmed his status today as the country's top men's singles shuttler and, vitally, also as its unreluctant idol when he took out Sony Dwi Kuncoro in the final of the National Badminton Championships. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent Their respective world rankings of #6 and #7 suggested a tight match and in the end, only 5 points overall separated the victor from second best. Sony may have won more points but Taufik secured the decider. The score was 21-19, 9-21, 21-16. Taufik had more to prove than the casual observer could have fathomed. He erased the taste of his September loss to Sony in the final of the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix. And in a rivalry that is exactly 5 years old this weekend, their head-to-head results now stand at 3:2, still in favour of Sony but, importantly, it was prevented from being 4:1. "Sony played really well today but I'm more experienced. I know I'm old but I can still fight against the younger players," Taufik was quoted by the Jakarta Post as saying. Taufik’s comment gave nothing away, as usual, and possibly makes fools of believers. Neither man has enjoyed a higher international ranking in a couple of years. Reversing the tables on the idea that rankings and level of fame are a means of predicting who will win, men's doubles world #9 pairing of Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto Chandra beat this year's World Champions and world #3 Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan to the tune of 21-18, 17-21, 21-19. In mixed doubles, it was a comfortable straight-game win for World Champions Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir over Vietnam Open champions Tantowi Ahmad/Yulianti 21-16, 21-10. The women's singles was a closer affair where Aprilia Yuswandari beat Fransiska Ratnasari 21-19, 21-19. If statistics are all that matter, there is little to pick and choose between Taufik and Sony, or in mixed doubles with 2 pairs in the world top 4, or men's doubles as today proves. Nevertheless, at this time the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) admitted to a crisis over the wide gap in skills between their current international representation and their next generation of players. No doubt not far from the minds of the national sporting administrators would have been Indonesia's placing at the KLRC World Junior Championships a fortnight ago. Indonesia were runners-up in the team event and their best in the individual events was the semifinals of mixed doubles. Indonesia can still rely on their singles, men's doubles, and mixed doubles. But how much longer? This is the question they are asking themselves. Having seen the golden age of their women's singles and Uber Cup success come and go, this should serve as a premonition. Whether or not he recognises the depth of it, Taufik continues to handle the responsibility of national hero when it counts and with idiosyncratic coolness
Actually, Indonesia was #6 in this year's World Junior Championships team event... A national disaster...
Badminton get good respond there and hopefully strong enthusiasm too for next BWF event TUC/08 in Jakarta! Really want to see badminton also has huge fan base in INA not only football, F1 or basketball mania...
Oh my.. ..is that really his pic after he won the recent INA National Championships??..Uuhhmm, he looks sooo.........excited..like he's never won it before..
that was not the pic after he won kejurnas... he wore white and brown yonex tshirt.. you will know it from my pic with th after the final match i have the pic with him after the final match.. but i couldn't manage to take or 'steal' one of his used tshirts
