I believe that Anup and Saina has limited fund to travel...I hope that both of them have a good show and get bigger sponsorship.....India is big market for badminton and recently India got 2nd tier from tennis ( US$ 600 K tournament) and we hope that one day we will have India SS. In CO and HKO, Saina had to travel by herself ...It is amazing that she can take care of herself well....salute to her!
Different coach, different strategy. Rexy wants KKK/TBH to stay home for 'quality training'. The oldies, LWW havent fully recover from injury, he said so himself. Misbun normally dont say anything abt strategy in public.
tHAT'S where REXY should learnt from... To be low profile and yet bring up the HIGH PERFORMANCE from the players in charge. Speak less can reduce the mounting of pressure for players. Let the results speak instead.
i've been watching zakry/tazari during the copenhagen masters, and it looks to me like zakry needs a better partner. tazari seems to be very nervous and made the majority of the mistakes. zakry's play is way more consistent, i think BAM should partner him with someone who has more potential.
That's part Rexy, Zakry/Fairuz & many of us fans already know. Why you think some nick name Fairuz fuzzy. The thing is Rexy has also commented that skill wise, Fairuz (Tazari is his family name - Mohd Fairuzizuan bin Mohd Tazari) is better than a lot of the others in the MD team. As to changing partner, it's highly unlikely for now. It's OG qualification year, a new combo will have to start from bottom again. + at least for Zakry, result wise he's doing better after partnership with Fairuz compared to the time he was with Gan TC. Both have said they are happy together, seem so too. After OG, maybe there will be changes - many has also observed Gan is the weak link in the Gan/Lin combo. Maybe better Zakry partner Lin WF in future.
The Draw is out...mostly unfavorable for Team INA MEN'S SINGLES Taufik Hidayat R32 vs Park Sung Hwan -- another opening match against PSH R16 vs Simon Santoso or Mohd Hafiz Hashim QF vs Lee Chong Wei Sony Dwi Kuncoro R32 vs Yeoh Kay Bin R16 vs Kendrick Lee Yen Hui QF vs Lin Dan Simon Santoso R32 vs Mohd Hafiz Hashim -- tough opener WOMEN'S SINGLES Maria Kristin Yulianti R32 vs Xu Huaiwen Adriyanti Firdasari R32 vs Kaori Mori MEN'S DOUBLES Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan R32 vs Zheng Bo/Xu Chen -- tricky opening match R16 vs Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen QF vs possibly Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo SF vs possibly Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto or Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae F vs possibly Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto R32 vs Sudket Prapakamol/Phattapol Ngensrisuk -- tough opener R16 vs Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif QF vs possibly Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae Hendra A. Gunawan/Joko Riyadi R32 vs Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo -- always unlucky for AG/Joko to receive the worst draw WOMEN'S DOUBLES Vita Marissa/Lilyana Natsir R32 vs Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia -- tough opener R16 vs Satoko Suetsuna/Miyuki Maeda QF vs Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen -- again Jo Novita/Greysia Polii R32 vs Rani Mundiasti/Endang Nursugianti -- unlucky for Rani/Endang R16 vs Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota MIXED DOUBLES Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir R32 vs Lee Yong Dae/Lee Hyo Jung -- tough opener R16 vs Ingo Kindervater/Katrin Piotrowski QF vs possibly Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter-Juhl -- again SF vs possibly Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen F vs possibly Zheng Bo/Gao Ling or Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa R32 vs Fang Chieh-Min/Cheng Wen-Hsing R16 vs possibly Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita QF vs He Hanbin/Yu Yang SF vs Zheng Bo/Gao Ling Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita R32 vs Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiucyzk -- tough opener Mohd Rijal/Greysia Polii R32 vs Keita Masuda/Miyuki Maeda R16 vs He Hanbin/Yu Yang
WOMEN'S DOUBLES QUALIFYING Lita Nurlita/Nitya Krishinda vs Woon Khe Wei/Ng Hui Lin vs Fong Chew Yen/Mooi Hing Yau The reward for qualifying is: R32 vs Johanna Persson/Elin Berglom R16 vs Du Jing/Yu Yang
wtf.... MAS vs Mas again! wong choong hann vs lee tsuen seng in the 1st round... n most probably LCW will up against TH in the QF again!
The scipt is out too TH will let Lee win in MAS open QF and in return Lee have to give it away to TH in Korean open QF
well well well, actually you have to say, poor PSH. meeting TH twice in the first round for the first 2 SS. that's just bad luck, having to pack your bags so early.
Not the second time. His bags will be at home, possibly not even unpacked from the Philippine/Malaysia trip.
hahaha, you know what i mean. this is why seeding is so important, especially so in the SS. without a top 8 rank, you're so much more likely to meet the big players in the early rounds.
Interesting how in Malaysia Gao Ling/Zhao TT met Zhang YW/Wei YL first round and in Korea they're drawn against Yang Wei/Zhang JW. It's a bit odd...
Hmmm tough draw for Kindra....Easier for Cai-Fu FIrst round they meet Zeng Bo-Chen Xu.....quite tricky then there will be the old Danes Well I just hope Luven can contribute more in this SS events....we'll see Henjok might have a chance against the Chinese....well we'll see hopefully Kindra can win another SS again in this one
the rematch of mas open 2008 MD final will happen in round 2 of korean open 2008 ... i hope MK/HS have enough time to recharge their 1000000 mAH 'batteries' ..he...he
Park Sung Hwan .. anybody knows why he pulls out from MAS open And did he withdrew from Korean SS too
