-gu juan of singapore vs yippie of HKG. -korea wd discussing their tactic while cooling down. -scratch xd pair for this tournament... zhao yun lei is paired up with qiu zi han. -new japanese pair of miyuki maeda/reika kakiiwa.
-Match between scottish pair and malaysia youngster have to stopped for around 15 minutes because one of the Scottish player found it too hot and blood bleeding all over her nose. -exciting match between marc zwielber and boonsak ponsana of thai.. Last match of the Thai in this tournament as he had to concede walkover to LCW the next day due to illness. what a backhand shot.
-fuzzy pair with their li ning sponsorhip against russia pair.. mas pair started strongly but ended up losing because of stamina... -mas pair of teo and nelson heg put up a brave fight against kido and alvent before losing out.. -ma jin/tang of china up against the very fit shin and lee.. korean pair manage to force chinese pair to the 3rd set, however, a strings of unnecessary error lead them to the losing side.
More photos.. this pic was shot from the top of the stadium.. upper tier..a good place for relaxing and resting. relaxing korean team..
wang zheng ming liew darren.. i thought his right foot was supposed to go left? ajay jayaram india.. looking tired.. anyong haseyo. u want to serve or choose court? mas xd pair nearly got out in the 1st round.. pressure less thai pair played casually without much stress smassh! on the air sony in the 1st round.
LCW vs viktor.. an easy match for the world no 1. Someone even asked him to 'put water'..(give chance) irritated viktor. effortless LCW. double quick action.. to the left or to the right? JAN O helping out as a coach for the 1st set.. once again.. left or right?
More photossss wake up.. retrieve the shuttle! any wild guess? No prize will be given.. on the mission of revenging. nervous looked cwf
Sayaka takahashi of japan.. kkk and the 'sick' tan boon heong on the 1st day.. tried his very best.. this guy too.. works very hard for the success of his mission here in malaysia.
nozomi okuhara against linda. shoji sato as her coach. taufik hidayat vs nguyen... misaki and ayaka.. scotland-mas partnership against thai pair.. tan later had to pulled out because of injuries. she's more interested in taufik's match. thanks taufik for his last game in malaysia...
Quarter Finals Let's start with Hans Kristian V. against kenichi tago.. The danish shuttler played a well controlled game against Tago but Tago found his own rhythm at the end of each set to comeback and topple HKV in two sets. Tago with his jumping smash to end the set. won the match and thanked the crowd.
Korean team in the players/officials area.. It's dinner time.. Time to have some sushi/kimbap folks Noticed the word Cho K W on Cho Gun Woo's shirt..and yeah, its not different person.. its the same person...
-Defending champion from Denmark was eliminated by the eventual new champion for this year. -Liew darren against Jan o from Denmark. -Lucky fan manage to grab racket thrown by JAN o after the match as a way of celebrating. The pressure is very heavy when im playing Mas Open!! Sigh.. yesss! the feeling of winning against a home grown player feels like in heaven!! Everyone sitting near the guy who got jan o's racket take their turn to have a closer look at it.
Nippon! Nippon!! Nippon! Japan, Japan , Japan.. it's all about japanese cuties for now. ayaka takahashi/misaki matsutomo She had to retire at the start of the 3rd set and concede a walkover to saina nehwal because of her 'uncomfortable' knee... But then, She could still smile and that's a relief Bae youn joo of korea reika kakiwa/miyuki maeda.. coach, i have no idea what went wrong just now. Told you to have sushi before your match but you do no listen!Instead, u go outside the stadium and ordered pizza.. You see, your opponent have sushi before the match thats why she's fit today..No more pizza next time, understand? can anyone tell me who is this girl?
OSIM massage chair.. While matches are underway, took some time to tour outside the stadium and saw my fm radio station giving out goodies and gifts like water..Moments later, another radio station, red fm also stopped by and park beside the myfm car cruiser..Of course at the end of the day those who were present there including me are smiling happily just like this >>
Get back to inside stadium...snapped some pic and there you go! wonder who is the lucky draw winner.. the sunrise girl told me the draw will be held after lcw's final victory on sunday but till now no news...