Get back to my 'hot seat' and action resume.. hold your guns, i'm not ready yet. how should i serve against that teenager? like this?? or this? no matter how u serve, i'm flying and gliding all over the court!
No.. she's not throwing her racket to the crowd.. She's just making a shadow shot practice after making an error on her supposed shot..
Ok, time for some MD actions.. LYD/KO vs hirata/hashimoto of japan.. left knee down.. time to attack! very focus.. time for us to attack!
Match of the evening.. russia md pair against china scratch combination.. Russia pair nearly create an upset by displaying some unbelievable badminton that makes the whole stadium crazy and chanting 'RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA'!! I believe it is the crowd's cheer that keep the russian pair going.. at one point ivanov even raise both his hand to tell the crowd to cheer even loud!. I thought i was in Russia at that moment!.. Anyway, ivanov was especially very sad and disappointed with the loss..
local hot favourite lee chong wei up against hu yun of HKG... Another one sided victory for the extra fresh LCW after got a free ride to this round from BOonsak's withdrawal..
SEMI FINAL day.. 2 courts was used.. pics as below. Lee chong wei supporter with their banners ready... Foresee limsy to prepare the same banner too but not with LCW word on it but Tzi Tzu Ying next year..
One of the malaysian long time bwf umpire was awarded with certificate b4 the start of the semi final.. The certificate was presented by Ben Yoneyama?
wd match between misaki matsutomo/ayaka takahashi against the very bright orange yao lei/sari shinta mulia of SG... misaki SMASH!
vita marissa and her partner Bae youn joo against yao xue for a place in the final Tai Tzu ying IN or OUT? flexible tai-phoon
MD SEMI final.. ko/lee against lim/goh of malaysia.. LCW up against JAN O in the semis..last match of the day looking relax.
Podium Pictures Here are the podium pictures, starting with Women's Singles ..... Women's singles winners - Tai Tzu Ying and Yao Xue CPS : Oops!!! I'm slipping ......" XD Wiinners - Danish and Malaysian pairs ....... ..... after which, GLY proceeded to sign some autographs ...... The beautiful Chinese winners and cute Japanese runnerups of Women's Doubles .... KSH : "I told you, next time I should be calling the shots ....." LYD : "I feel like wanting to cry, waaaa ....." MD winners - INA and KOR pairs SDK : "Bought your baby stuff yet?" LCW : "Err, no. My paycheck hasn't come through. You know prices are insane nowadays." LCW : "Quick .... come to Papa. I have baby clothes to buy, maternity bills to pay ......" LCW : "Gosh, need to do more weight training to carry this thing ...." Holding the Maybank trophy aloft for the second straight year .... Men's Singles winners pose for the fans .....
Final day.. -TIAN qing/bao yi xin are seen warming up on court before their final match which is the 2nd match in the order of play.. Very rare can see bao yi xin long hair... -Technical officials are also seen having their rehearsal going on and some workers also voluntarily appear on the podium receiving mock cheque and gold medal to ensure everything runs smoothly according to plan..
WS match between tai tzu ying and upcoming chinese youngster, YaO xUE.. TAI-Phoon played some wonderful shot and manage to trick yao xue to 4 corners of the court enroute to win the mas open title.. Her style of play also remind me of happy go lucky kind of play.. Really impressed with her no pressure and stress kind of style congrats to SUPER TAI
Meanwhile, pics of those who also present there Jan O to coach: I would like to follow Tzu Ying's style to avoid being stressed up next time.! Coach: Sure, i've always given the 'twinkle' hand sign to boe/morgensen and all the doubles pair.. you will be the first singles player i will be doing it with both my hand! VIPS... Everybody was very interested with whats happening on the other side of the stadium.. They are all looking interested towards the patriotic and energetic malaysia supporters over there.. And not forgetting Jan O Jorgensen as well.. No wonder he likes to play in Malaysia.. after the ws match ended, all the photographers competing against each other for the best spot to take nice and beautiful podium photos.. So any Bcers photographers here? What number are you? I only know number 8 is the special one
Next up is the XD final.. mas cps/gly against joachim/christina pedersen denmark.. Introduction to the crowd.. over this side. over that side. and over this side again. Your tv camera... all images came from here.. who is to serve? the lady in pink of course.. the highly spirited malaysia supporters cheering non stop and start the mexican wave all around the stadium.. woooiiissshhhhh...crouching christina style! A KILL from the lady in pink! joachim: told u we could win the mas pair easily despite their home support advantage.. christina: I knew this earlier than you.. MAs pair had to settle for runner up.. congrats to the champion..! joachim and christina! christina: why so serious?
Scot Player nose bleeding.. [video=youtube;xVNYrLe9Q3w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVNYrLe9Q3w[/video]
next up is wd finals between china's tian qing/bao yi xin and japan misaki matsutomo and ayaka takahashi just cant keep my eyes off her winning high-5! happy girls.. take 1- should v go up? take 2- misaki:hey, there's no enough space for me although i'm the mini one here so cute take 3- better take down our osim chair prize first.. take 4- good podium photo! take 5- another last one
