Matches of interest: Bao CL v Shon SM Hafiz v Ng Wei Lee TS v Sony Julia Wong v Nedeltcheva Zhu Lin v Tine Rasmussen Wong MC v Lu Lan Fu/Cai v Gunawan/Riyadi Koo KK/Tan BH v Clark/Blair Choong TF/Lee WW v Sudket/Patapol Tan BS/Ong SH v Eriksen/Lundgaard Lee KW/Lee HJ v Maeda/Suetsuna Polii/Marissa v Akao/Matsuda Polii/Rizal v Juhl/Laybourn Andersen/Fischer v Kellogg/Clark Marissa/Limpele v Robertson/Emms
Malaysians in action (and predictions in bold): Lee Tsuen Seng v Sony Dwi Kuncoro Roslin v Roman Spitko Hafiz v Ng Wei Lee Chong Wei v Shoji Sato Yeoh Kay Bin v Chen Yu Julia Wong v Petya Nedeltcheva Wong Mew Choo v Lu Lan Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah v Sudket/Patapol Tan Bin Shen/Ong Soon Hock v Jens Eriksen/Martin Lundgaard Hansen Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong v Anthony Clark/Robert Blair Wong Pei Tty/Koo Kien Keat v Kim Min Jung/Jeon Jun Bum
Yeoh Kay Bin, if I remember correctly, was very close to beating CJ or CY in the MO. I would like to think this time round, he would want it more and will beat CY. He is going to do a Hafiz act, beating a Chinese after several tries. My best wishes go to him in this.
Let's start the bashing culture.... I was so sorry tat im not around to bash in order to support our Msian MD.:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying: but I did my part (bashing support) for the singles.....less bashing less smashing i guess....or less bashing gets more smashing??? Fairuz/LWF and KBH are just plain suffering for the supporters. I felt ashamed somehow our national champion tends to fall so easily at the early rounds....so we should bash them as early as we could from now on, so they could go further. It's the super series style !!!
It will be very difficult for YKB to pull it off against Chen Yu, as YKB is not technically nor tatically equal to the Chinese top 5 players(there is at least one level between Chen Yu and YKB in skill difference). In World Cup 2006, Chen Jin wasn't even close to going full speed against YKB, and simply just took him out with ease. (Yes, not a good comparison since Chen Jin is sightly better than Chen Yu...but close enough) The odds are in favor for Chen Yu, but the fact that this will be Chen Yu's 1st match in this Korea Open may causes some challenge for him, as he is not used to the atmosphere of the gymnaism and court due to Gade's walkover in the 1st round. In the worst scenerio, I would say Chen Yu will still pull it off, but may take 3 sets.
Im so happy to see the old timer Roslin playing again....hopes he can go further than his younger brother though, as some kind of motivation for his younger brother to do well in future. have somehow lose hope on this AE winner.....misbun should get him a fitness trainer....and we should we bash him more often.
My calls (winners in bold as usual): WS Pei Xian Julia WONG - Petya NEDELTCHEVA A close one but I'm giving it to the more experienced Petya Huaiwen XU - Juliane SCHENK Battle of Germany part 2... same result though Chia-Chi HUANG - Hyun Jin LEE The Korean should cruise through Lin ZHU - Tine RASMUSSEN No problems for the MO champ Mew Choo WONG - Lan LU It would be sick to see WMC pull this one off but I think LL has the edge Yoon Hee SEO - Chen WANG WC easily through Ella KARACHKOVA - Jie YAO A tougher match than it seems but YJ will prevail Judith MEULENDIJKS - Xingfang XIE We've given XXF her 1 match warm-up and she's ready to roll XD Nova WIDIANTO/Lilyana NATSIR - Suzanne RAYAPPAN/David LINDLEY INA pair to ease through Ling GAO/Bo ZHENG - Lena FRIER KRISTIANSEN/Jonas RASMUSSEN The new dynamic duo breeze past our Jonas (sorry dude) Britta ANDERSEN/Joachim FISCHER NIELSEN - Donna KELLOGG/Anthony CLARK The English will grind out a win Vita MARISSA/Flandy LIMPELE - Gail EMMS/Nathan ROBERTSON The English pair are not in a mood to mess around Pei Tty WONG/Kien Keat KOO - Min Jung KIM/Jun Bum JEON The MAS duo ride their momentum from last round's upset Gresya POLII/Muhamad RIZAL - Kamilla RYTTER JUHL/Thomas LAYBOURN Giving the edge to the Danes Yawen ZHANG/Zhongbo XIE - Miyuki MAEDA/Keita MASUDA Easy win for the CHN couple Yujia LI/Hendri Kurniawan SAPUTRA - Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM/Sudket PRAPAKAMOL Can't bet against our favourite Thais WD Min Jung KIM/Kyung Eun JUNG - Yawen ZHANG/Yili WEI No problems for the CHN pair Endang NURSUGIANTI/Rani MUNDIASTI - Youn Kyung JUNG/Soo Jung HONG Koreans capitalise on home field advantage Yanmei JIANG/Yujia LI - Wei YANG/Jiewen ZHANG CHN duo way too strong Kyung Won LEE/Hyo Jung LEE - Miyuki MAEDA/Satoko SUETSUNA Another Korean victory on the cards Ling GAO/Sui HUANG - Nicole GRETHER/Juliane SCHENK The legends sleepwalk through this one Kumiko OGURA/Reiko SHIOTA - Kamila AUGUSTYN/Nadiezda KOSTIUCZYK Cute JAP girls avoid falling Poles Jung Eun HA /Yu Mi HWANG - Jing DU/Tingting ZHAO CHN pair to take it Gresya POLII/Vita MARISSA - Aki AKAO/Tomomi MATSUDA INA duo on form and winning MS Sony Dwi KUNCORO - Tsuen Seng LEE Lee already has his win... he's satisfied Roslin HASHIM M. - Roman SPITKO Would love to see Roslin go a long way Wei NG - Muhd Hafiz B HASHIM Which Hafiz are we going to see? Shoji SATO - Chong Wei LEE LCW will eaither wipe out Sato or be run close. Feast or famine Dicky PALYAMA - Jin CHEN No contest Yu CHEN - Kay Bin YEOH Yeoh migh put up a good show by Chen to win comfortably Chunlai BAO - Seung Mo SHON Bao easily Dan LIN - Przemyslaw WACHA LD on revenge mission to take KO title MD Jae Sung JUNG/Yong Dae LEE - Hendri Kurniawan SAPUTRA/Hendra WIJAYA If Lee's ankle injury acts up, it'll be close Markis KIDO /Hendra SETIAWAN - Simon MOLLYHUS/Anders KRISTIANSEN The INA pair should not underestimate these Danes Sudket PRAPAKAMOL/Patapol NGERNSRISUK - Tan Fook CHOONG/Wan Wah LEE Old guys had a fire lit under their butts by their coaches Haifeng FU/Yun CAI - Hendra A GUNAWAN/Joko RIYADI You never know what you're going to get with Fu/Cai. Potential upset here Bin Shen TAN/Soon Hock ONG - Jens ERIKSEN/Martin LUNDGAARD HANSEN An interesting encounter. I'll give the edge to the old guys although they haven't shown much lately. Another potential upset Tony GUNAWAN/Chandra WIJAYA - Sang Hoon HAN/Gun Woo CHO Are the masters back on song? Michal LOGOSZ/Robert MATEUSIAK - Jae Jin LEE/Ji Man HWANG Don't run into Poles. You could hurt yourself Kien Keat KOO/Boon Heong TAN - Anthony CLARK/Robert BLAIR The MO champs better be careful here. The ENG duo will fight until they drop
Any of you know why Indonesia did not play Simon Santoso in MO and KO 2007? At least Sonny did okay in MO and pretty good in KO.
I feel pretty bad for ZTT. She did very well with Chen Qi Qiu in XD. Although rarely win a title, at least they consistently reach QF or better. Than CQQ retired and she pair with Zheng Bo. They did pretty well and managed to won 1 title last year. Then the famous incident in WC2006 and LYB split them. Now she had to stuck with ZJ who like we all know not as good as lets say 2 or more than years ago. How come LYB did not paired ZTT with lets say Cai Yun or Fu Hai Feng? Or maybe the youngster like He Bin or Shen Ye?
I think in wc2006, lyb split the original pairings of Zhang Jun and Gao Ling and paired them with other partners. It didnt pay off at the time..
How's the crowd there at Korea? Does the super series mark any differences over the Korea open last year???
For his info.. ..you can read all abt it in this thread & article: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38965&page=2 (post #30 or #36)
My Call WS Pei Xian Julia WONG - Petya NEDELTCHEVA Almost 50 - 50 - Julia has edge on speed, Petya on experience and is good at turning games around in 3rd set. Huaiwen XU - Juliane SCHENK Straight win for XU, tough luck Juliane (twice meeting XU in 2nd round) Chia-Chi HUANG - Hyun Jin LEE Aussie gal cannot handle Korean crowd Lin ZHU - Tine RASMUSSEN ZL's game is very impressive (except her stamina) Mew Choo WONG - Lan LU LL has slight advantage, but she has crumbled before. WMC expected to dish up a tough fight. Yoon Hee SEO - Chen WANG No contest Ella KARACHKOVA - Jie YAO YJ advantage, easy draw for her. Judith MEULENDIJKS - Xingfang XIE Xie to prove a point and be more consistent than her boyfriend this year. XD Nova WIDIANTO/Lilyana NATSIR - Suzanne RAYAPPAN/David LINDLEY INA pair to win, but they are so inconsistent. Ling GAO/Bo ZHENG - Lena FRIER KRISTIANSEN/Jonas RASMUSSEN Danes run into the Great Wall. Britta ANDERSEN/Joachim FISCHER NIELSEN - Donna KELLOGG/Anthony CLARK Might be almost 50-50 here, ENG not impressive yesterday, needed an escape act. Vita MARISSA/Flandy LIMPELE - Gail EMMS/Nathan ROBERTSON Vengeful ENG pair better look out for INA experience. Pei Tty WONG/Kien Keat KOO - Min Jung KIM/Jun Bum JEON On paper, MAS can do it, but could they? Gresya POLII/Muhamad RIZAL - Kamilla RYTTER JUHL/Thomas LAYBOURN Danes should win, no question. Yawen ZHANG/Zhongbo XIE - Miyuki MAEDA/Keita MASUDA Only thing that could stop CHN pair is their flu bug. Yujia LI/Hendri Kurniawan SAPUTRA - Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM/Sudket PRAPAKAMOL Sudket jumps on top of SAPUTRA! WD Min Jung KIM/Kyung Eun JUNG - Yawen ZHANG/Yili WEI CHN pair will win, regardless of ZY's flu bug. Endang NURSUGIANTI/Rani MUNDIASTI - Youn Kyung JUNG/Soo Jung HONG Could be 50-50 here, no firm favourite ..... Yanmei JIANG/Yujia LI - Wei YANG/Jiewen ZHANG CHN pair need to regain their respect. Kyung Won LEE/Hyo Jung LEE - Miyuki MAEDA/Satoko SUETSUNA Another Korean victory anticipated, but Prof Park is on the opposition side .... Ling GAO/Sui HUANG - Nicole GRETHER/Juliane SCHENK All GL needs is a smile .... Kumiko OGURA/Reiko SHIOTA - Kamila AUGUSTYN/Nadiezda KOSTIUCZYK Cute JAP girls most improved non-CHN pair this season Jung Eun HA /Yu Mi HWANG - Jing DU/Tingting ZHAO ZTT deserves some measure of success Gresya POLII/Vita MARISSA - Aki AKAO/Tomomi MATSUDA Scratch INA pair should be made permanent if they win. MS Sony Dwi KUNCORO - Tsuen Seng LEE Sony has slight advantage, but Lee is doing well under Indra Gunawan Roslin HASHIM M. - Roman SPITKO One way street for Roslin Wei NG - Muhd Hafiz B HASHIM A question we would like to see answered, which Hafiz will play today? Shoji SATO - Chong Wei LEE Two speedy players battle it out to one outcome. Dicky PALYAMA - Jin CHEN Agreed, it's a knockout. Yu CHEN - Kay Bin YEOH YKB can push out to the main MAS MS rank with a famous win, but CY might be too strong. Chunlai BAO - Seung Mo SHON Impressive Bao will make this count after MO miss. Dan LIN - Przemyslaw WACHA LD cannot fail this time, 'cos his girlfriend's here .... MD Jae Sung JUNG/Yong Dae LEE - Hendri Kurniawan SAPUTRA/Hendra WIJAYA KOR pair to win even with LYD's ankle in braces. Markis KIDO /Hendra SETIAWAN - Simon MOLLYHUS/Anders KRISTIANSEN The INA pair will be too good, but Danes will provide decent opposition. Sudket PRAPAKAMOL/Patapol NGERNSRISUK - Tan Fook CHOONG/Wan Wah LEE It all depends on CTF, wouldn't surprise me if they failed .... Haifeng FU/Yun CAI - Hendra A GUNAWAN/Joko RIYADI If INA pair play intelligently, they can join the club of world champion topplers .... Bin Shen TAN/Soon Hock ONG - Jens ERIKSEN/Martin LUNDGAARD HANSEN Old Danes will take it, subject to available stamina. Tony GUNAWAN/Chandra WIJAYA - Sang Hoon HAN/Gun Woo CHO The great pair should breeze through, having conquered tougher opposition. Michal LOGOSZ/Robert MATEUSIAK - Jae Jin LEE/Ji Man HWANG Great Poles eventually mowed down by Ginseng power. Kien Keat KOO/Boon Heong TAN - Anthony CLARK/Robert BLAIR AG/MO champs prevail here, else Coach Rexy will be hopping mad.
Simon has drag into deep non-technical analize in pelatnas , since he's no sign to be atleat top10 players during 3 years carer, eventhough pelatnas put him a high target to replace no1 Ina player (taufik) within 4years, now they have to search another talenta Ina player... and I beleive so many talenta in local badminton club
i guess the more we love our players the more we will bash them especially when they dont perform up to their standard (once in a while is acceptable like Lin Dan but not like Fairuz/LWF or KBH).....I think it's just a way to let go of our GERAMness and being able to love them again.....so it's good after all?? hehehhe...
haha alfa2, yday we did a great job bashin hafiz to win rite?? we were so supportive of him to win the 2nd set but he lost easily.. after some bashing, he won the 3rd... haha should do that when LCW vs LD alright??? haha
