But I am pretty sure that INA team manager will not take this risk and stick to conventional strategy fielding Ahsan/Setiawan, Polii/Maheswari, and Ahmad/Natsir..It's too risky to play scratch pair or unfancied pair and lost sure points Ahsan/Setiawan is experience players..hope they can handle this kind of pressure and fill the duty to win INA 1st point..INA betting on them, on paper it's either 3-0 for TPE or 3-2 for INA i predict 55:45 for INA in MD, Lee/Tsai must be under pressure too to win this crucial opening match
This is the official lineup vs TPE, INA still not using Ihsan MM 1 MD Mohammad Ahsan Indonesia Hendra Setiawan Indonesia - Chinese Taipei Lee Sheng Mu Chinese Taipei Tsai Chia Hsin 2 WS Bellaetrix Manuputty Indonesia - Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu Ying 3 MS Christie Jonatan Indonesia - Chinese Taipei Hsu Jen Hao 4 WD Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Indonesia Greysia Polii Indonesia - Chinese Taipei Hsieh Pei Chen Chinese Taipei Wu Ti Jung 5 XD Tontowi Ahmad Indonesia Liliyana Natsir Indonesia - Chinese Taipei Chen Hsiao Huan Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-Lin
The line up is precisely as what most of us have expected, in exception of Jen Hao Hsu. Better chance for INA not to let MS go easily
it's gonna too risk for INA lose point from MD sector. Secure it and they one step closer to face CHN in SF.
INA to beat CHN tomorrow ? Then all three double pairs need to win, as it is 50:50 for the double department.
I am not so confident that INA can even win 1 point in semi final. Many people now has high expectation after today win. But China team was in perfect condition yesterday and after 2 years ago, when they were almost beaten, now they are much more ready. They will depend on their star players although most of them are now getting old but I guess they still are too good this year. Well, maybe 2 years later
There was Not so much change actually comparing to last two years match, that time was Angga/Rian beat Fu/Cai and Towi/Butet beat Xu/Ma. Pretty open for INA doubles tomorrow, hope all of them are on top form.
Yes, Fu/Cai would now be Fu/Zhang Nan and Xu/Ma would be Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei That makes a lot of difference
Looking at China lineup, there are still hope for Indonesia. China did not trust their younger MD players, I think that is not good for their future team event. They put Chen Long, I guess because they are trying to save Lin Dan for final but Chen Long was not a strong team event player as shown in last year Thomas Cup and I wonder if he already toughen up. It's a very slim chance
