I was hoping that hcyong would start this thread as he normally does a good job of it. However, I shall shoulder part of his load and comment on some of the possible outcomes of Day 1, Round 1 of the Tournament proper: MS Lin Dan (CHN) should beat Shyam Gupta (IND) Jang Young Soo (KOR) shd bt Pei Wei Chung (MAS) Wong Choong Hann (MAS) shd bt Juergen Koch (AUT) Ronald Susilo (SIN) shd bt Andrew Dabeka (CAN) Hafiz Hashim (MAS) shd bt Hoachim Persson (DEN) Yeoh Kay Bin (MAS) shd bt Gong Weijie (CHN) Ng Wei (HKG) shd bt Simon Maunoury (FRA) Martyn Lewis (WAL) shd bt (?) Arief Rasidi (FRA) Peter Gade (DEN) shd bt Peerasak (THA) Shon Seung Mo (KOR) shd bt Salim Sameon (MAS) Could someone pls add on ... especially for the more popular names and the other events like the WS and XD. Thanks
Well, Day 1 barely started, dude. I think it will be interesting between Yeoh Kay Bin and Gong Weijie.
MS 1st Round best 3 matches: Lee CW v Chen Jin Boonsak v Lee HI Chen Yu v Sony MS 2nd Round matches to look forward to: Lin Dan v Jang Young Soo Wong CH v Ronald Susilo Hafiz v Gong Weijie (I predict Gong to beat Yeoh) Peter Gade v Shon SM Xia XZ (beat Sato) v Sony Kuncoro (beat Chen Yu) Kenneth v Roslin (well, for the neutral, it's more interesting than Kenneth v Kendric) I'll be there around the time the 2nd round starts ... lucky me For those who will be there, Boesen v Lee Cheol Ho may be interesting. Also, Nguyen Tien Minh may be the start of a badminton revolution in Vietnam. If he can beat his Indian opponent, he will take on Chen Hong.
The match I am looking forward to!!! Should Choong Hann beat Ronald, he will take on Lin Dan in the 3rd round!!!!
But it will be nice to see a repeat of Round One of the Athens Olympics. I'm sure Lin Dan would very much like to take revenge on Ronald who spoiled all his dreams of becoming the Olympic Champ!
Sorry,slightly offtopic but could u tell me how much ahead is Singapore standard time as compared to the GMT.Coz i need to know when exactly to check the live scoring on day 1 for my favourite players.Thnx.
New Delhi is GMT +5.5 hours and Singapore is GMT +8 hours. That means Singapore is 2.5 hours ahead of India.
MS 1st Round Report Seeds who are out: 10th-seed Boonsak who lost to Lee Hyun Il in straight sets 13th-seed Kaldau who lost to Yohan Hadikusuma in straight sets 14th-seed Sato who lost to Xia in straight sets Seeds who were troubled: 15th-seed Dicky Palyama who won the rubber game 17-16 against Malaysian K Yogendran Qualifiers who advanced to the 2nd Round: Gong Weijie who defeated Yeoh Kay Bin in three (will play Hafiz next) Indian Chetan Anand who defeated Sho Sasaki (Dicky Palyama next) Nguyen Tien Minh (Chen Hong next) Other notable matches: Chen Yu defeated Sony Dwi Kuncoro in straight sets Lee Cheol Ho won by default when Boesen withdrew after losing first set Lee Chong Wei defeated Chen Jin 15-7, 15-10 Ongoing remaining match: Roslin and Kendrick locked in battle early in the match
WS 1st Round notable matches: Mia v Xu Huaiwen (predict unseeded Mia) Yonekura v Lee Yun Hwa (predict Yonekura) Mori v Seo Yoon Hee (predict Mori) Hirose v Zhang Ning (let's see how much Eriko can stretch Zhang) Local interest: Li Li v Tatiana Vattier (fair chance for both) Xing Aiying v Yuan Wemyss (Xing slight favourite for me)
The only doubles fixtures to be held today are mixed doubles. Matches of note are: Robertson/Emms v Saputra/Li Yujia Chen/Zhao v Laybourn/Juhl Jung Jae Sung/Lee Kyung Won who had to qualify are also playing.
someone noticed that jang yanjiao beat yao jie in 3 sets ??? And xu haiwen won by WO against mia audina !! .. i would like to know what happenned to her, she seemed in great form ... Kaori mori totally outclassed seo yoon hee 11-4 11-1 !! and maybe we thought in an upset but zhang ning managed to beat eriko hirose in 2 games : 11-3 11-7
wong's out too - lost in two sets to susilo lee&lee of korea out to the zhang & xie of china a few upsets today.. xia is having a close game with chen yu, lee hyun ill has taken the 2nd game.. quite a good day really mixed up.. bring on the men's doubles tomorrow!
The biggest upset in mixed doubles today: Seeded 7th Korean paie, Lee/Lee lost in 3 set from Chinese unseeded pair : Xie/Zhang. 15-11, 13-15,15-13 At least Xie/Zhang will make their teammate Zhang/Gao so much easier in their way to semifinal.
