Matches to look out for: (with predictions in bold) MS Lin Dan v Taufik - the mother of all first round matches Boonsak v Ronald Chen Hong v Hafiz Ng Wei v Kuan Beng Hong Don't know whether Peter Gade will appear, and if he does, will he be in good enough shape to take on Eric Pang WS Kaori Mori v Julia Wong Maria Kristin v Ella Karachkova Judith Meulendijks v Saina Nehwal Pi Hongyan v Wong Mew Choo Yip Pui Yin v Yu Hirayama Xing Aiying v Lee Hyun Jin MD Fu/Cai v Boe/Nielsen Ong SH/Tan BS v Ohtsuka/Masuda Jonas/Lars v Eng Hian/Sukmawan Fairuz/Lin v Guo/Xie Koo KK/Tan BH v Chan CM/Hoon TH Gan TC/Zakry v Sudket/Patapol WD Grether/Schenk v Kristiansen/Juhl Wong/Chin v Marissa/Polii Emms/Kellogg v Ogura/Shiota XD Saputra/Li v Jonas/Kristiansen Kellogg/Clark v Polii/Rizal Hwang Yu Mi/Lee Yong Dae v Marissa/Limpele
I think Kuan Beng Hong will win againts Ng Wei , it gotta be his time this year to shine after being overshadowed by Lee chong wei most of the time. I am hoping that he would win againts Ng Wei.
Aiya... I believe in Rian/Eng Hian!!! Must win!!! Same goes for Joko/Hendra.. Cai/Fu.. Tan/Ong.. Flandy/Vita!!! Zhao TT/Zhang Jun!!! JIA YOU!!!!!!!!
Yeah the tickets are all sold out for the 1st round...LD vs TH shud be the main cause of it, as it is not often you had tickets sold-out on the opening day.
My calls (winners in bold): XD Nova WIDIANTO /Lilyana NATSIR - Chiou Hwee HAW/Peng Soon CHAN Easy start to their campaign Sock Ai OOI/Mohd Fairuzizuan MOHD TAZARI - Mette SCHJOLDAGER/Lars PAASKE Experience should carry them through Kamilla RYTTER JUHL/Thomas LAYBOURN - Suzanne RAYAPPAN/David LINDLEY A superior pair Pei Tty WONG/Kien Keat KOO - Nina VISLOVA/Alexandr NIKOLAENKO Let's see how far they can go Natalie MUNT/Michal LOGOSZ - Yu Hang OOI/Bin Shen TAN No comment Min Jung KIM/Jun Bum JEON - Nadiezda KOSTIUCZYK/Robert MATEUSIAK No comment Ling GAO/Bo ZHENG - Katrin PIOTROWSKI/Ingo KINDERVATER Next Birgit OVERZIER/Kristof HOPP - Wai Chee Louisa KOON/Tanama Putra ALROY No comment Valeri SOROKINA/Vitalij DURKIN - Tingting ZHAO/Jun ZHANG Next Britta ANDERSEN/Joachim FISCHER NIELSEN - Kennie ASUNCION/Kennevic ASUNCION Calling for a surprise here Joanna Swee Ling QUAY/Daniel A SHIRLEY - Gail EMMS/Nathan ROBERTSON English pull through in a tough one Yujia LI/Hendri Kurniawan SAPUTRA - Lena FRIER KRISTIANSEN/Jonas RASMUSSEN No one bets against our Jonas... no one Gresya POLII/Muhamad RIZAL - Donna KELLOGG/Anthony CLARK Experience wins out Miyuki MAEDA/Keita MASUDA - Jenny WALLWORK/Robert BLAIR Good day for the English continues Yu Mi HWANG/Yong Dae LEE - Vita MARISSA/Flandy LIMPELE Hard to bet against that stud Lee Yong Dae Elodie EYMARD/Svetoslav STOYANOV - Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM/Sudket PRAPAKAMOL Our favourite Thai ease through WS Anna RICE - Hye Youn HWANG Koreans showing well Li LI - Kamila AUGUSTYN Li in a tough one Lin ZHU - Anu NIEMINEN No comment Kaori MORI - Pei Xian Julia WONG Julia will have the crowd behind her but Mori too good Maria Kristin YULIANTI - Ella KARACHKOVA INA girl should win Petya NEDELTCHEVA - Hae Won KANG Ever-improving Bulgarian to nick it Jie YAO - Sara PERSSON Easy win Tine RASMUSSEN - Rachel HINDLEY No comment Judith MEULENDIJKS - Saina NEHWAL Tough one but Judith should prevail Mew Choo WONG - Hongyan PI Pi to win, but only just. She'll be bagged after this match though Juliane SCHENK - Moon Hi KIM No comment Lin WANG - Huaiwen XU No other reason other than I like Wang Lin Yu HIRAYAMA - Pui Yin YIP Yippy to continue her good form Susan HUGHES - Lan LU Easy win on the cards Aiying XING - Hyun Jin LEE No comment Eriko HIROSE - Sutheaswari MUDUKASAN Eriko in a romp MS Yousuke NAKANISHI - Sung Hwan PARK Korean to prevail Kenneth JONASSEN - Yen Hui Kendrick LEE Kenneth will come out strong Anup SRIDHAR - Chetan ANAND Chetan to win the Battle of India Peter GADE - Eric PANG If Peter plays, he wins Boonsak PONSANA - Ronald SUSILO Calling for an upset here Yu CHEN - Dicky PALYAMA Chen too strong Kay Bin YEOH - Andrew SMITH Home crowd advantage pulls Yeoh through Choong Hann WONG - John MOODY Let's see how much qualifying has taken out of WCH Dan LIN - Taufik HIDAYAT A fresh & confident Taufik edges LD in a crazy no holds barred brawl Yan Kit CHAN - Jin CHEN I smell a thrashing Sony Dwi KUNCORO - Tsuen Seng LEE Now that Sony is warmed up, he should take care of business easily Muhd Hafiz B HASHIM - Hong CHEN Calling for a hometown upset Wei NG - Beng Hong KUAN Kuan plays inspired to pull off another upset Kasper OEDUM - Chunlai BAO Easy win Przemyslaw WACHA - Shoji SATO Sato should win Bjoern JOPPIEN - Chong Wei LEE Comfortable opponent to open his account WD Ling GAO/Sui HUANG - Aki AKAO/Tomomi MATSUDA Cannon fodder Elodie EYMARD/Weny RAHMAWATI - Johanna PERSSON/Elin BERGBLOM Walkover Jing DU/Tingting ZHAO - Fiona MCKEE/Charmaine REID More cannon fodder Petya NEDELTCHEVA /Diana DIMOVA - Hing Yau MOOI/Yu Hang OOI A hometown win? Yu Mi HWANG/Min Jung KIM - Yawen ZHANG/Yili WEI Walkover Shruti S KURIAN /Jwala P GUTTA - Nina VISLOVA/Valeri SOROKINA No comment Endang NURSUGIANTI/Rani MUNDIASTI - Suzanne RAYAPPAN/Jenny WALLWORK INA girls come out victorious Chew Yen FONG/Phui Leng SEE - Lita NURLITA/Nathalia POLUAKAN Could be close but INA edges it Pek Siah LIM/Joanna Swee Ling QUAY - Joanne NICHOLAS/Natalie MUNT ENG ladies in a tough one Chiou Hwee HAW/Yin Loo LIM - Yanmei JIANG/Yujia LI Should be no problem for SIN pair Lena FRIER KRISTIANSEN/Kamilla RYTTER JUHL - Nicole GRETHER/Juliane SCHENK No comment Gresya POLII/Vita MARISSA - Pei Tty WONG/Eei Hui CHIN Home team takes it in 2 games Anastasia RUSSKIKH/Ekaterina ANANINA - Kamila AUGUSTYN/Nadiezda KOSTIUCZYK No comment Kumiko OGURA/Reiko SHIOTA - Gail EMMS/Donna KELLOGG Tough English pair edges it Man Ching WONG/Hoi Wah CHAU - Miyuki MAEDA/Satoko SUETSUNA No comment Carina METTE/Birgit OVERZIER - Wei YANG/Jiewen ZHANG No contest MD Haifeng FU/Yun CAI - Mathias BOE/Joachim FISCHER NIELSEN Dare I call an upset... not just yet Soon Hock ONG/Bin Shen TAN - Tadashi OHTSUKA/Keita MASUDA MAS pair rides home crowd Tony GUNAWAN/Candra WIJAYA - Kristof HOPP/Ingo KINDERVATER The cream rises to the top Glenn WARFE/Ross SMITH - Ashley BREHAUT/Aji Basuki SINDORO Qualifiers to take the Aussie skirmish Rian SUKMAWAN/Eng HIAN - Lars PAASKE/Jonas RASMUSSEN What did I say about Jonas earlier... Anthony CLARK/Robert BLAIR - Albertus Susanto NJOTO/Yohan Hadikusumo WIRATAMA Tough ENG pair wins Hendra A GUNAWAN /Joko RIYADI - Roman SPITKO/Michael FUCHS A win is on the cards Jae Sung JUNG/Yong Dae LEE - Svetoslav STOYANOV/Mihail POPOV Will be tough to stop the Koreans Shuichi SAKAMOTO/Shintaro IKEDA - Hendri Kurniawan SAPUTRA/Hendra WIJAYA SIN pair in a close one Zhendong GUO/Zhongbo XIE - Mohd Fairuzizuan MOHD TAZARI/Woon Fui LIN MAS pair to edge it Kien Keat KOO/Boon Heong TAN - Chong Ming CHAN/Thien How HOON The grudge match–Asian champs to win Simon MOLLYHUS/Anders KRISTIANSEN - Tan Fook CHOONG/Wan Wah LEE The old guys roll on Ji Man HWANG/Gun Woo CHO - Luluk HADIYANTO/Yulianto ALVEN Can the INA pair continue their Asian Games form? Ye SHEN/Hanbin HE - Markis KIDO/Hendra SETIAWAN INA pair have something to prove Teik Chai GAN/Mohd Zakry ABDUL LATIF - Sudket PRAPAKAMOL/Patapol NGERNSRISUK MAS pair to win but Thais always tough Michal LOGOSZ/Robert MATEUSIAK - Jens ERIKSEN/Martin LUNDGAARD HANSEN EVEN older guys roll on
Can't deny the new drawing rule has big impact on the SuperSeries. Players may not like it but is good for this sport.
Anyone knows... ..if Ms. Frier Kristiansen is Jonas' new XD partner?? or just temporary?? what happened to Jonas reg. XD partner, Britta Andersen?? Is she injured??
Here she is: Britta ANDERSEN/Joachim FISCHER NIELSEN - Kennie ASUNCION/Kennevic ASUNCION Calling for a surprise here
The pick of the R32: MS Lin Dan vs Taufik Hidayat (MATCH OF THE DAY) -- undoubtedly the clash of the day and I agree with hcyong that Lin Dan will take this. Kenneth Jonassen vs Kendrick Lee Yen Hui -- a new year and a new aim for both players? Kenneth should take this. Peter Gade vs Eric Pang -- on paper, Peter will win, but, his condition is not good...so...the improving Netherlands player has a chance. Boonsak Ponsana vs Ronald Susilo -- a tough tie for both players...Boonsak has the slight edge. Sony Dwi Kuncoro vs Lee Tsuen Tseng -- Sony managed to beat 3 players yesterday...does he has the stamina to go a step further into R16? Mohd Hafiz Hashim vs Chen Hong -- a parting gift from Chen Hong before he formally retires? Ng Wei vs Kuan Beng Hong -- close match...with Ng having the slight edge. Bjorn Joppien vs Lee Chong Wei -- tricky, but, manageable for the defending champion. WS -- the withdrawal of the top 2 seeds make this a more interesting field Li Li vs Kamilla Augustyn -- since I am in SG now...hopefully, Li Li can win Kaori Mori vs Julia Wong -- hmm...can Julia provide the first upset? Maria Kristin Yulianti vs Ella Karachkova -- I hope the Indon player can build on her good European form at the end of last year to reach QF here. Judith Meulendijks vs Saina Nehwal -- come on Saina.... Wong Mew Choo vs Pi Hongyan (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- Pi has been struggling late last year and I hope Wong can win. Wang Lin vs Xu Huaiwen -- I like Wang Lin...hehe..she's cute...but her performance is the worst among the Chinese youngsters Can she win today? Yu Hirayama vs Yip Pui Yin -- after that unbelievable Asian Games achievement, "Hak Mui" should build on her success with a win. Xing Aiying vs Lee Hyun Jin -- hmmm...a tough match for young Aiying...hopefully she can take it.
MD Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun vs Mathias Boe/Joachim Fischer Nielsen -- should be a breeze for the World No 1. Currently, only Kido/Hendra and the Malaysian pairs have the chance of beating them. Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya vs Kristoff Hopp/Ingo Kindervater -- a good match for the veteran to stretch their legs...again, should be a comfortable win for the veteran pair and they should meet Fu/Cai in the QF. Rian Sukmawan/Eng Hian vs Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen -- tough luck for the Djarum pair. Paaske/Rasmussen should win. Hendra A. Gunawan/Joko Riyadi vs Roman Spitko/Michael Fuchs -- its good to see that AG/Joko have some fans here...(esp yannie ). Can this year be their year? They should pass their first test here. Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo vs Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Lin Woon Fui (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- unlucky for both pairs...and they have beaten each other. Home crowds tilt the balance in favor of the Malaysians...slightly... Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong vs Chan Chong Ming/Hoon Thien How -- ex pairs clashing against each other. The Asian Games champion should win...but...I wouldn't rule out a surprise win by Chan/Hoon. Hwang Ji Man/Cho Gun Woo vs Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto -- a new combination for Korean...with Lee Yong Dae's usual partner in the junior event now starting to come up to the senior ranks. A tough match for Luluk/Alvent... Shen Ye/He Hanbin vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan -- also a tough start for Kido/Hendra...but...they should progress. Gan Teik Chai/Abdul Latif Mohd Zakry vs Sudket Prapakamol/Patapol Ngernsrisuk -- yet another interesting clash with the Malaysian pair holding the edge. Michael Logosz/Robert Mateusiak vs Jens Eriksen/Martin Lundgaard Hansen -- the Polish pair has created some upsets before. Can they upset the second seed today?
WD Rani Mundiasti/Endang Nur Sugianti vs Suzanne Rayappan/Jenny Wallwork -- the Indonesian pair has a good finish last year, winning the Dutch Open. Quarter-final finishes this week and next week should be a good start for them. Fong Chew Yen/See Phui Leng vs Lita Nurlita/Nathalia Poluakan -- shouldn't be a problem for Lita/Nathalia. Gresya Polii/Vita Marissa vs Wong Pei Tty/Chin Ee Hui -- tough luck for the newly formed Gresya/Vita. But, if they can beat the Malaysian pair, they have a good chance of reaching semi-finals Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota vs Gail Emms/Donna Kellogg (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- should be an interesting clash...and the cute Japanese pair is on the rise again. XD At this moment, Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir, Lars Paaske/Mette Schjoldager, Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter-Juhl and Koo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty have won their matches. Hendri Kurniawan Saputra/Li Yujia vs Jonas Rasmussen/Lena Frier-Kristensen -- a new partner for Jonas and it will be interesting to see how they fare against the experienced Singaporean pair. Mohd Rizal/Gresya Polii vs Anthony Clark/Donna Kellogg -- poor Gresya...another tough start for her. I hope for an upset... Daniel Shirley/Joanna Quay Swee Ling vs Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms -- an interesting match...with the World Champion winning it... Lee Yong Dae/Hwang Yu Mi vs Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- hmm...can Flandy/Vita beat the young Korean pair?
I will root for the Poles. And Fu/Cai will be stopped by Tony/Chandra in QF. Tough luck for top ranked MAS pairs, playing against each other ....
I hope this continues... watching JR/Britta Anderson play is very irritating. All of JR is brilliance is nullified by trivial mistakes by BA.
Totally agree. Danes going downhill. May not even last till OG08. Poles getting better just less known and fancied. However KKK/TBH likely to lose. Were stretched to rubber in last MDQ match. Not a good sign.
I think it is hard to judge the players by their close games. For every match, the conditions are different --- so many factors involved, e.g. temperament (players taking it easy and not stretching themselves), the opposition putting in a fight, different style of play (and in this case, the KK/BH styles are known to the other Malaysian pair), etc. As far as I am concerned, KK/BH, as a pair, will be feared in this tournament and they have done well so far. If they win the next match, I think opponents would be wary of them. Take note, no one wins a big tournament (in this case the Asian Games) and then wilt away so quickly. KK/BH's forte is in their youthfulness and power play combined with their attacking game strategy which was asked by Rexy. These are stilll there and will pulverise their opponents as the pair gets warmed up in the tournament. My bet is they will win this tournament, carrying their good form forward in this Super Series. And they have every reason to because they want to go up the ranking, currently languishing in the ranking as a pair.
From the draw I see a few Russian players playing in this super series. Do they have Chinese coaches?
