Venue : Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok-THA Title-sponsor : SCG (Siam Cement Group) Total prize-money : US$120,000 Order of play/Result/LiveScore : http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...E7EC01-1E49-4575-A1C1-A8DF5541DDBC&d=20130604 THA time : http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_TH.aspx 2012 WINNERS : http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/s...2038F3-CD4A-4DCB-BBCC-5A35E2E4F6A4&d=20120610 MS - Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA) WS - Saina Nehwal (IND) MD - Liu Xiaolong/Qiu Zihan (CHN) WD - Lam Narissapat/Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA) XD - Tao Jiaming/Tang Jinhua (CHN) This full packed GP Gold tournament will be warm up for two upcoming SS in South East Asia region, the qualifying round is already started (09.00am local time) that stage all 5 disciplines.
The result that matters for INA today: Edi Subaktiar/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja have progressed to the Main Draw after winning 2 matches today. Good job! Up next will be a tough tie against Chris Adcock/Gabby White [6]. The other XD pairs have contrasting fortunes: Irfan Fadhilah/Weni Anggraini - a first round meeting with the top-seed Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam. Riky Widianto/Richi Puspita Dili [4] - a tricky tie against Lee Sang Joon/Choi Hye In. Lukhi Apri Nugroho/Annisa Saufika - ditto against Yoo Yeon Seong/Eom Hye Won. Markis Kido/Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth [2] - also a tricky tie against Maneepong Jongjit/Puttita Supajirakul. I think only Kido/Pia and Riky/Richi will progress to R16.
Matches involving the INA MS Pelatnas players in R64: Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka [4] vs Goh Soon Huat - if Goh plays like when he faced Alamsyah last month, Hayom could get frustrated and lose this one. Yang Chih Hsun vs Wisnu Yuli Prasetyo - expecting Wisnu to win this. Ajay Jayaram [5] vs Shesar Hiren Rhustavito - Vito has been plaged by injury and personal problem over the past 6 months or so. I don't expect him to beat Ajay. Anad Pawar [10] vs Riyanto Subagja - Anand should take this but I wouldn't rule out an upset from Riyanto. Arief Gifar Ramadhan vs Pisit Poodchalat - the Thai player has home ground advantage. Thammasin Sitthikom vs Tommy Sugiarto [2] - Tommy to progress.
MS looks interesting for those of us who like to see wide-open, unpredictable fields where any lesser light can shine brightly for a while. Bold prediction: Singapore's Ashton Chen to quarter-finals. (Any guy who can do the splits deserves a 'break')
OT. Other than siblings, I have not seen a same Thai name, either first or family, in the entire draw. Don't the Thais have an equivalent of a "John" or "Mike" or "Smith" that is very common?
I believe it's less common to have the same first name in Thailand. In Indonesia, it's more common. My brother has the same first name as a certain INA bc-er Ditto for our well-known PBSI official huangkwokhau, who has the same first name as a famous player from INA
And he is past R1 [TABLE="class: ruler matches, width: 0"] [TR="bgcolor: #FDFDFD"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"][TABLE="width: 0"] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]Yong Zhao Ashton Chen[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: center"]-[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][TABLE="width: 0"] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"]Kwang Hee Heo[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"]21-9 21-9[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Dino vs GSH is into the decider, 4-3 Yoyo is doing his thing with Sai Praneeth 12-21, 17-8. Can Yoyo actually win this tournament?
Interesting MS stuff.... Of the 6 IND players, 4 are seeded. Of the 12 INA players, 3 are seeded. Son Wan Ho of Korea is back in action. Of the 10 THA players in round 1, 3 are seeded and 4 are qualifiers.
Wisnu Yuli Prasetyo and Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka [4] are through to R32. As predicted, Hayom needs 3-sets to finish off Goh Soon Huat. Wisnu will face the winner of Brice Leverdez [12] vs Wan Chia Hsin, while Hayom also will face another tough match against either Mohd Hafiz Hashim or Sai Praneeth B.
WS..... Salakjit Ponsanna (Leverdez) is playing! Of the 8 THA players in round 1, 5 are seeded. Of the 4 Chinese Taipei players, 1 is seeded, 2 are qualifiers. Of the 5 INA players, none are seeded -not even Maria Febe.
[TABLE="class: ruler matches"] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Sai Praneeth B.[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]-[/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]Muhammad Hafiz Hashim[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD]21-12 9-21 22-20[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Sai Praneeth topples Hafiz 22-20 in game 3! Meanwhile, Ajay jayaram is quickly out of the blocks in game 1 vs Rhustavito, 7-3 But the one IND MS player I'd like to follow closely here is Prannoy....
[TABLE="class: ruler matches"] [TR] [TD="align: right"][TABLE] [TR] [TD="align: right"]Prannoy H. S.[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]-[/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Nonpakorn Nantatheero[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD]21-11 21-19[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: ruler matches"] [TR] [TD="align: right"][TABLE] [TR] [TD="align: right"]Anand Pawar [10][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]-[/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Riyanto Subagja[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD]21-15 9-21 21-14[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: ruler matches"] [TR] [TD="align: right"][TABLE] [TR] [TD="align: right"]Ajay Jayaram [5][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]-[/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Shesar Hiren Rhustavito[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD]21-11 19-21 21-9[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
