The way INA MS is playing, better let TontowiAhmad play for MS tomorrow ^_* These nothing performances. I think XD has more chance cause Arisa might not be 100% fit. But yeah, unconvicing performances yet in Semis. Living on the egdes everyday anyway. Nothing to lose tomorrow
Looking at KamSon & EndoW and the fact that tomorrow is night matches, i think AhsanHendra will play. They can handle them both. If its meant to be, Minions will play in Final.
Playing Thailand in Final is just as difficult as playing China so might as well vs China since they have burden of expectations.
MS INA is just so pathetic during this tournament Lowkey hoping that it is a 'strategy' to conserve energy to play against Momota tomorrow..... And, in a case where INA XD lost it against the new pair today, I would definitely be super angry to Richard Mainaky....
Polii/Rahayu has beaten any of the JPN WD pair. Only they couldn't manage to do it till the Final (beating 3 or 4 JPN pairs in a row). So there is a chance to win just ONE match.
If minions play tomorrow, Ahsan/Hendra will have to play in the final. Better think ahead and save minions for the last. But we'll see.
Are the INA MS struggling because of slow conditions or inconsistency like Indian MS? Lucky, Praveen Jordan/Oktavianiti Melati found form against a weak XD pair. It's going to be tough against Japan but INA has a chance.
If there is a slight chance for upset then the crowd will root for INA im sure just like MD match earlier. so the goal for INA players is to make the score as tight as possible 16-18 17-19, there is chance.
Most of Indonesia fans also want Ahsan/Hendra to play instead of minions, that 21-3 in BAC really make a lot of people doubting minions.
Also the referee has a say in which order to start first. IF MD has played last (XD first) , it could have been different. so why XD is played last. The referee will make it as tight as possible.
I just don't think the Thailand team has chance over the host team. You can break down into each discipline to guesstimate the odds. But of course as a hope, there is always one as in "Hope and Change"... Hope... hope ... hear too often
My predictions for SF 1. CHN vs THA: - MS: SYQ vs KW - WS: CYF vs RI - MD: Li/Liu vs Kedren/Tinn - WD: Chen/Jia vs Sapsiree/Jongkolphan - XD: ZSW/HYQ vs Sapsiree/Dechapol 2. INA vs JPN: - MS: JC vs KM - WS: NO vs GMT - MD: Daddies vs Kamura/Sonoda - WD: Polii/Rahayu vs Matsumoto/Nagahara - XD: PraMel vs Watanabe/Higashino