Indonesia has beaten India 3-1 to seal third-place. First Singles: Sony Dwi Kuncoro bt Chetan Anand 21-13, 21-18 (29 Mins) First Doubles: Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto bt Rupesh Kumar/Thomas Sanave 21-12, 21-11 (19 Mins) Second Singles: Arvind Bhat bt Simon Santoso 21-13, 21-15 (32 Mins) Second Doubles: Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan bt V. Diju/Jaseel P. Ismail 21-6, 22-20 (20 Mins). I don't think Indonesia will bring back the Thomas Cup in May, unless, of course there's a miracle or big improvement in the performances of the players (especially the singles). None of the singles players perform convincingly. This is not helped by the lack of match experiences in adjusting to the new system. Sony lost to the Thai singles player and again to Mohd Hafiz Hashim easily. Meanwhile, Simon also lost to Kuang Beng Hong and Arvind Bhat. Taufik's performance has been unimpressive since the start of the campaign, nearly losing to Nguyen Tien Minh. LCW also beat him easily yesterday. I dare not think of possible matches in the Finals against Lin Dan or Peter Gade under the new system. Indonesia can forget about getting points from Sony or Simon against China and other main contenders like Malaysia, Korea and Denmark. So, unless Taufik and the 2 doubles are in top form, there's absolutely no chance of winning back the Thomas Cup.
go hafiz!!!m'sia boleh.....park seems to be out of steam....however i think he'll be the next great korean player...improved alot...
Hafiz Hashim won the 2nd singles over Park Sung Hwan 1st set: 21-23 2nd set: 23-21 3rd set: 21- 7 What a come back from Hafiz.... good fight ~! MAS 2 - 1 KOR Malaysia go go go .... one more point to be the winner of Asian Qualifying Phase.
I don't agree this is an upset here. The Korea is quite good, plus they have a coach in Tan Kim Her, who knows CCM/KKK well. Korea have 2 to 3 pairs which are almost same par with CCM/KKK.
I hope Lin/Tazari could win the match to make them more confidence in big tournament. I don't hope Malaysian Team only depend on Singles. At least we must have one good doubles pair. Lin/Tazari win the 1st set over Jung/Lee with 21 - 17. Good fight as well Lin/Tazari~!
Jung/Lee wins over Lin/Tazari 1st set: 17 - 21 2nd set: 21 - 13 3rd set: 21 - 15 MAS 2 -2 KOR Now is the time for Kuang Beng Hong. Hope he could make it for Malaysia Poor performance for Malaysian Doubles pairs in this qualifying round. Yesterday both pairs lost to Indonesia, and today both lost to Korea.
Which Lee was playing as Korea's 1st double against Malaysia? Lee Jae Jin or Lee Yong Dae? The live score only said Lee, and I got confused....
Should be Lee Jae Jin http://www.badmintonindia.org/tournament/2005-06/TIE%2047%20-%20T%20MAS-KOR.pdf
I think it's a great strategy from Yap Kim Hock, to let the youngster get experince in big tournament especially in Semi-Final & Final. Kuang Beng Hong wins !!! 21-15, 21-12. Outstanding performance from Kuang! Yesterday he beat Simon, and today in the final he beat Lee Cheol Ho. He gets the winner point for Malaysia in Semi-Final & Final! New hero for Malaysian badminton team So Malaysia is the champion of Asian Phase. MAS 3 -2 KOR Finally, hope all of them can have great performance in Japan!
yeah malaysia is da champion of asian thomas cup qualifying...hope they do well in finals later in april!!!at least become the runner up also very good already...it will be better if they become the champion!!!
The performance of both malaysian doubles was so disappointing. CCM/KKK is ranked top ten, but they are still not on par with other top double pairs, lost to Korean and Indonesian. It seems like Malaysia still needs to depend on LWW/CTF.What a disappointment! We can't just depend on the singles to contribute the point, or else we won't have any advantage against China with strong singles.
