The fight between Anders Boesen and Park Tae Sang for the third national spot in the Olympics is very close. It will go down the wire at the continental championships which of course will favour Boesen unless Park can maintain his form. Of course, both can qualify if they both do well and others do badly.
Wow.. Choong Han lost to Ron in straight game 10-15, 5-15... What has the sweet Wang Chen become?? she looks 'fat'...
Zhou Mi had a lot of trouble beating Japanese Eriko Hirose 11-5 9-11 11-8!!! Is the gap between the Chinese WS and the rest of the world narrowing??? (this would be good for the interest of the game anyway)
Predictions for tomorrov MS: Peter Gade beats Lin Dan Bao Chunlai beats Muhammed Roslin Hashim Shon Seung Mo beats Ronald Susilo Chen Hong beats Park Tae Sang WS: Gong Ruina beats Wang Chen Zhang Ning beats Nicole Grether Mia Audina beats Kaori Mori Zhou Mi beats Jun Jae Youn MD: Paaske /Rasmussen beats Hian /Limpele Fu/Cai beats Lee/Yoo Hadiyanto/Alven beats Kush/Budiarto Ha/Kim beats Wijaya/ Hariyanto WD: Chien/Cheng beats Naganawa/Ogawa Wei/Zhao beats Ogura/Shiota Ra/Lee beats Olsen/Jørgensen Yang/Zhang beats Yamayoto/Yamada MX: Eriksen/Schjoldager beats Bruil/Jonathans Widianto/Marissa beats Robertson/Emms Rasmussen/Olsen beats Chen/Zhao Kim/Lee beats Prapakamol/Thungthongkam
During Asian junior champs last year 1/2 Japanese girls singles players were very impressive, I think Hirose was one, maybe entered semis or sth.Boys too. I think Gu Jia Ming is showing results in Japan.
No, look at some of my other predictions. Your example, I think Gade is the best player when he plays his best, and then i think even Lin Dan would be Struggeling against him. I havent got any problem with you disagreeng with me.
Yes, as I said in another thread, Japan has many very good juniors and they might become a badminton "powerhouse" quite soon if they carry on this way...
arghhh..... xuanze lost to peter gade.... i was hoping xuanze could play against lin dan in quarter-finals
stay cool GS, you are entitled to your view no matter hw absurd it might sound to others.... you hv my respect thr...
Gade is a fantastic player, his comeback after injury is very surprising. But I think it is very difficult for him to beat Lin Dan. Gade has changed his style, very different if you look his style in OG 2000 in Sydney. In Sydney, he played very fast and aggressive. He smashed every high shuttle so sharp and precisition. Also his drop was perfect and sharp. I didn't see his Sydney's style in SO, AE and KO. Against Lin Dan who play explosive and aggressive. Gade has to work very hard. But it doesn't mean that he can't make it.
