Malaysia's lead singles player, Lee Chong Wei led the Malaysian rally after beating Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh in a three set thriller 10-15, 17-14, 15-7. Next match: LCW vs Simon Santoso Sony Dwi Kuncoro disposing off easily Thailand s Poompat Sapkal 15-4, 15-1. Next match : Hafiz vs Sony Chan Chong Ming-Koo Kien Keat booked their ticket in the semifinals after brushing aside Thailand's Songphol Anukkrikayewan-Natipong Saengsilu 15-12, 15-9 Next match: CCM/KKK vs Markus Kido-Hendra Setiawan. Wong Choong Hann-Choong Tan Fook beat Sudket Prapakamol-Songphon Anugritayawan 15-6, 15-8 in the quarter final. Next match: WCH/CTF vs Luluk Hadiyanto-Alven Yulianto For the women, Wong Mew Choo qualified after beating Vietnam's Nguyen Thiu Binh 11-8, 11-0 Next match: WMC vs Li Li Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei easy win over hosts Irene Chiu-Vanesa Tanco 15-4, 15-3. Next match:Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei vs Jiang Yan Mei-Li Yujia In the mixed doubles, Kien Keat-Pei Tty slaughtered Vietnam's Tran Thanh Han-Thi Thanh Thung 15-1, 15-4 in the quarter final. Next match: Kien Keat-Pei Tty vs Anggun Nugroho-Yunita Tetty
My prediction: again Hafiz is going to beat Sony. Guess this will be a more exciting match than 2 days ago in Badminton Team Final. 55-45 Seems like LCW has booked his ticket to Men's SIngale final unless simon produce a super performance. 60-40 CCM/KKK vs Markus Kido-Hendra Setiawan. 50-50 due to Malaysia pair lack of performance lately. WCH/CTF vs Luluk Hadiyanto-Alven Yulianto ??-?? hard to predict cos never see WCH play MD before. Ina pair will have more advantage. Wong Meow Choo vs Li Li. 50-50 tough match Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei vs Jiang Yan Mei-Li Yujia . 50-50 another tough match as both team have improved a lot. Kien Keat-Pei Tty vs Anggun Nugroho-Yunita Tetty. 60-40 Malaysia pair too good for the Indo pair.
kinda weird watching choon tan fook & wong choon han playing doubles.. both of them are left handed. i cant remember any international double pair like that??
again, you're too subjective mine= hafidz : sony = 50:50, soni have learn his lost, he will not give easy game to hafidz lcw : simon = 55:45, simon has improved himself by beating bonsak, lcw got problem to beat viet player ccm/kkk : markis/hendra = 50:50 Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei vs Jiang Yan Mei-Li Yujia (no coment) Kien Keat-Pei Tty vs Anggun Nugroho-Yunita Tetty = 50:50, mas pair is only better, not too good. WCH/CTF vs Luluk Hadiyanto-Alven Yulianto = 40:60, ina pair is better
My predictions on matches involving Indonesian players: Sony Dwi Kuncoro vs Muhd Hafiz Hashim -- Hafiz seems to be on form, while Sony is still erratic. Hafiz should win, especially if it goes to a rubber. Lee Chong Wei vs Simon Santoso -- Lee has not impressed and was pushed to 3 sets by both Boonsak Ponsana and Nguyen Tien Minh (this guy has improved a lot...will be looking forward to see more of his actions next year!). Meanwhile, Simon has slightly surprised me by winning yesterday. Lee has a slight edge. Salakjit Ponsana vs Adrianti Firdasari -- Firda is unbeaten so far, winning against both Li Li and Xing Aiying. She has a good chance of going into the final. Chan Choong Ming/Koo Kien Keat vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan -- both pairs are inconsistent at the moment...but if Markis/Hendra are on fire, they should win (possibly in 3 sets). Luluk Hadiyanto/Alven Yulianto vs Choong Tan Fook/Wong Choong Hann -- as said by another poster, Luluk/Alven is more superior...and they seem to be focused on the gold medal...to make up for the disappointment in the team event. They should win. Saralee Thungthongkam/Sathinee Chankrachangwong vs Jo Novita/Greysia Polii -- definitely a thriller and could go all the way. Jo/Greysia could win. Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir vs Hendry Saputra Kurniawan/Li Yujia -- no question, the World Champion is the overwhelming favorite for the gold...esp with the main obstacle (Sudket/Saralee) removed. Statistics have shown that if the other top 10 pairs are already out of the equation, they will win the title (Singapore Open 2004, WC 2005, Indo Open 2005). Koo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty vs Anggun Nugroho/Yunita Tetty -- difficult to predict because both pairs should be more or less equal. Hopefully, Anggun/Yunita can suprise us again after a good win against Sudket/Saralee yesterday night.
