Oh...Mas junior Abdul Latif/Khoo nearly win but still lost to the more experience Singapore pair with 14-21,21-17 and 16-21..Anyway,they did give a good fight.
Yup, better than Gan/Lin anytime ...... something is wrong with this pair, I expect a whitewash against the World Champs tomorrow. As for Julia, just hope that she can give a great fight, not that she hasn't beaten Maria before. But Maria has the upperhand, after winning in 3 games at their last encounter at the World Championships.
That means MD Semis will be : Gan/Lin vs Kido/Setiawan (Msia vs Indonesia) Gunawan/Riyadi vs Hendra/Hendri (Indonesia vs Spore) A lot of the matches looks like all Indonesian finals
Ya...I don't even dare to think about Gan/Lim chances against Markis/Hendra.Just hope they will fight fully to bring some glory for themselves and Malaysia.I will be happy enough if they can force to rubber eventhough they lost tomorrow.For Julia,she has a chance to win and hope she will try her best.
Not easy for Joko/Hendra to beat Hendri/Hendra....they are quite good..if INA wins..it will be in 3 sets....or Sin will upset INA....
It looks like a INA vs SG (Ex-INA) MD Final. It will be a very closed match in the final and I expect the world champ to run away with a narrow win
In their last meeting in Macau Open, Gan/Lin lost in 3 sets to Kido/Setiawan. Those who have watched matches live said that Gan is the weak link. Razif/Khoo managed to beat Luluk/Alvent, their 1st victory over major pair. That's how they got chosen to go SEA Games instead of Lim KW/Mak. Not too bad, our back-up pair.
Lativi will show the full version of bdmtn final. Wonder why so many tv stations show bdmtn?<it's cheap maybe>
Okay...just came back from the second day of Full-Day conference held at my old school to see INA players winning all matches today, of course with 2 near-losses: Adriyanti Firdasari and as expected, Taufik Hidayat There will me some good matchups tomorrow...world class badminton definitely, esp in Boonsak vs Kendrick Lee, Sudket/Saralee vs Nova/Butet, Jiang/Li vs Vita/Butet, and Hendri/Hendra vs AG/Joko. I might not learn of the updated results since I am going to be away to Kaohsiung for the next two days :crying: Good luck to all the players!
I saw that match..I thnk razif/Khoo has more potential than Gan/Lin......thats my opinion....they can be a dangerous pair in future...
i watched once Riyadi/Gunawan.....i'm not sure about them....riyadi has no weapon....mostly just jumping but lack of power same for gunawan...not enough killier instinct. It'd hard test tomorrow for them. I hope they could improve their game
Gan/Lin are already 24. Unless they are very late bloomers, they better show their potential fast. Gan when partnering KKK in junior days had good results. Lin (the taller one, Gan is Zakry's height) when partnering Fairuz was the stronger one. So, I would pity Lin if because of his partner he cant make headway as MD player. Raizif/Khoo are 20 or 21, still got time. If not because senior squad already has so many pairs, they could have been absorbed in. Lim/Mak are only 18, they can get their turn in next SEA Games.
Waste lah.. I still prefer the seniors to play. More interesting since the big guns like taufik, boonsak and the top doubles are there.
I'm still wondering how come BAM just based on Gan/Lin win over Luluk/Alvent in HKO & selected them to SEA games in the place of Mak/Lim... Razif/Khoo is a very potential & talented pair. They, along with Chan HP/Chang PS & Mak/Lim will be the future hopes for MAS MD hopes... I do hopes BAM would let those 6 players to concentrate only on MD instead of playing the XD, due to the uncertanity of form of their women's partner. Kido/Setiawan never play as XD pair in any major tournaments so far. This shows to be world champs, we need a full concentration on just one event for every players... (Well.. GL is a rare figures..)
I watched they lost to Kido/Hendra in Japan SS 2007...their drive shot was not quite fast enough...yeahh..u right..hard test for them against Hendra/Hendri (SIN) in SF match 2morrow...