MS (to last 16) from top of draw to bottom #01 (K. Jonassen) #10 (A. Boesen) there isn't Kuan Beng Hong, but there is worse, Chen Jin #05 (Ng Wei) #16 (M. Zwiebler) 1st round Korean, then may get Ismail Saman #04 (D. Palyama) #09 (Roslin) Lu Yi of China in the second round #08 (Boonsak) #15 (Kendrick Lee) #14 (Agus H.) Kasper Oedum in the second round #06 (Joppien) #11 (Sairol Amar) Lee Cheol Ho in the first round #03 (Hafiz) Gong Weijie in the first round #12 (Ronald) #07 (Kaldau) #13 (Kuan Beng Hong) #02 (Xia Xuanze) probably Lee Tsuen Seng in the second round WS (to Qfinals) #1 (Pi) #6 (Tine) #3 (Xu Huaiwen) probably Lee Yun Hwa in the second round #7 (Salakjit) Li Li in the second round #5 (Kanako Yonekura) Wong Mew Choo in the second round #4 (Hallam) Lu Lan in the second round #8 (Seo Yoon Hee) Cheng Shao-Chieh in the second round #2 (Yao Jie) doubles to come
Today (Wed), we will see the MS 1st and 2nd rounds. And XD 1st round. Anders Boesen could go up against Chen Jin in the second round. Earlier today, Anders would have to put out Yeoh Kay Bin first. Lee Cheol Ho and Sairol Amar Ayob cross swords in the the first round. The most high-quality first round belongs to Hafiz and Gong Weijie. Finally, a Lee Tsuen Seng and Xia Xuanze match in on the cards for round 2. Nothing interesting for the XD matches today, but looking at the list of entries, Jung Jae Sung/Lee Kyung Won look like they could win this title. They are at the top half of the draw along with Sudket/Saralee and Laybourn/Juhl. Lee Jae Jin and Lee Hyo Jung look good for the bottom half.
So far, all the seeds and favourites swiftly through. Minor upset as Zwiebler lost to Korean Hwang Jung Woon (seeing a lot of new Korean names nowadays). Kenneth, Boesen, Chen Jin, Ng Wei, Dicky, Ismail, Jeffer and Roslin all through.
JEFFER ROSOBIN = 1996 asian champion (beat rashid), and 2004 pakistan satellite champ (beat marleve). dunno about other exploits but should be ranked top 5 in indonesia singles........... tho not training with pelatnas. cheers 8man
Mark Zwiebler, the current German champion with a victory in the finals over Bjoern Joppien recently, is ill. On the Easter Sunday there was a hard finals day of the German "Bundesliga", and we (my Badminton Club BC Beuel to which Mark Zwiebler belongs) won the German team championship. After that there was a open end party with free beer (unlimited!). He got a flu and an ophthalmia (inflammation of the eyes) already. Hwang, Jungwoon is relatively new on the international badminton circuit. But he was the third at the last World Junior Championship 2004 and lost to the reigning champion Chen Jin. He is 184 cm and 66 kilos. Born in 1986. 1. Mark Zwiebler during the finals match agains Bjoern Joppien. It was a thrilling three sets victory. 2. Hwang Jungwoon likes cartoons. 3. My badminton club BC Beuel after the win of the German championship The Chinese in the middle of the picture is the former member of the Chinese national squad Xie Yangchun coming from the same province like Pi Hongyan. The right one is Anthony Clark, the UK men doubles champion. Mark Zwiebler is the second on the left.
Chen Jin won against Anders Boesen in three sets 8-15 15-5 15-0.Results in http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.asp?id=6828&draw=1 from the site http://www.badmintonthai.or.th/drawsscores.html
Initially Hafiz is a very reactive player, simply playing along with the pace his opposition sets, defending, with the occasional counter attack. He becomes more attacking towards the middle and end of his games. Not sure whether it is his natural style or he is coached that way, but he always seems to be that way when I have seen him. He has the retrieving abilities of his brother, with the height and attacking capabilities of most good attacking players (although he varies the pace and angles well). couple that with good (sometimes excessive) deception, and that is hafiz. I feel this reactive style is partly why he is inconsistent, as he can find it hard to get into the game after chasing it initially.
I wouldnt be so sure. Yes LTS is on the up, and is dangerous, but I would never discount Xia, especially since he will want to defend his title (and to do so he will need to prove to LYB he is likely to be a threat)
In the MS, the last 16 places are occupied by the seeds, except for Chen Jin (as expected) and Ismail Saman (not unexpected). In the XD, second seeds New Zealanders Shirley/Runesten lost to a home pair. For today (Thursday), MS (R16) Kenneth v Chen Jin (very interesting, experience will win this time) Ng Wei v Ismail (Ng a class above) Roslin v Dicky (this will be tight; both are near the top of their forms) Kendrick v Boonsak (hometown fav to take it) Agus v Joppien (Joppien, says my feeling) Sairul v Hafiz (Hafiz may even win the 1st set) Ronald v Kaldau (a bit blur on the forms of these two, Ronald has upper hand) Kuan BH v Xia (if Kuan is better than Lee, this will be tight; but Xia has pedigree and more hungry to win) WS (R32 & R16) - just cut and paste from first article #1 (Pi) #6 (Tine) #3 (Xu Huaiwen) probably Lee Yun Hwa in the second round #7 (Salakjit) Li Li in the second round #5 (Kanako Yonekura) Wong Mew Choo in the second round #4 (Hallam) Lu Lan in the second round #8 (Seo Yoon Hee) Cheng Shao-Chieh in the second round #2 (Yao Jie) MD (R32) A lot of unknown names. LP/JR(#1) must be alert to the threat of Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo Fairuz/Lin Woon Fui(#8) take on Yoga/Sukmawan Laybourn/Steffensen(#4) v He Hanbin/He Hanqing (are they brothers?) Gunawan/Bach apparently has a walkover Boe/Mogensen(#3) v Sudket/Patapol Otsuka/Masuda(#6) test WJ champions Hoon Thien How/Tan Boon Heong Liu/Njoto(#2) will have tough time against Riyadi/Gunawan WD (R32) Even more unknown names. And no interesting matches today. XD (R16) Saputra/Li Yujia(#8) unfortunately has to play Jung Jae Sung/Lee Kyung Won. Other than that, I expect the seeds (or favourites) to advance.
Walkovers Nicole GRETHER/Juliane SCHENK (GER) WO Lena FRIER KRISTIANSEN/Kamilla RYTTER JUHL (DEN) Tony GUNAWAN/Howard BACH (USA) WO Yong Dae LEE/Ji Man HWANG (KOR)
The 1st round WS matches are completed. With some of the top players missing, the spread of nationalities for the 2nd round is very wide. 2 each from Taiwan, Singapore and Korea. 1 each from Denmark, France, England, Netherlands, Germany, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Thailand and Japan. None from China although 5 are Chinese exports, and at least 4 more (Malaysia, Taiwan, HK) are Chinese descendants. Not sure if Salakjit and the Indonesian player are descendants as well.
http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.asp?id=6828&day=46416 Kenneth bt Chen Jin 8, 9 Ng Wei bt Ismail 8, 8 Boonsak bt Kendrick -8, 16, 4 (almost an upset, Kendrick held match point) Roslin bt Dicky 9, 12
