definately they will top my list for the 'Most Good-Looking Pair' poll. sure LYD/LHJ n Reiko n her partner will b the candidates too haha i guess Cathy/Yohan's cute and good looks caught Oldhand's attention in Sg open?hehe btw they won their 1st round match in aus open today=)
btw, don't forget nova widianto and liliyana natsir.. they may spring a surprise here by winning the wc..as this is NW's last wc
MY PREDICTION QUARTER FINALS : Yong Dae Lee [1] Hyo Jung Lee VS Zhongbo Xie [5] Yawen Zhang Bo Zheng [3] Jin Ma VS Devin Lahardi Fitriawan [16] Lita Nurlita Joachim Fischer Nielsen [6] Christinna Pedersen VS Hanbin He [4] Yang (F) Yu Robert Mateusiak [12] Nadiezda Kostiuczyk VS Nova Widianto [2] Liliyana Natsir SEMI FINALS : Yong Dae Lee [1] Hyo Jung Lee VS Bo Zheng [3] Jin Ma Hanbin He [4] Yang (F) Yu VS Nova Widianto [2] Liliyana Natsir FINALS : Bo Zheng [3] Jin Ma VS Nova Widianto [2] Liliyana Natsir THE WINNERS IS : Bo Zheng & Jin Ma
Zheng Bo & Ma Jin of CHN win my vote for the XD title although they demonstrated some unhappy moments during the Sudirman Cup (?) being a relatively new pair. I believe their understanding is much better now.
btw, what happen to the danish pair? still 0 votes? juhl/laybourn. they may spring us a surprise by winning this wc
Let me argue why ZB/MJ can not win the title in this event: That's all about "Psychological weakness" of the team. - ZB is actually weak in his internal psychological aspect; he has not shown his usual guts in Big events like Beijing Olympics or All England. (Remember he was usually blamed by Gao Ling during the games.) - MJ is also too young and inexperienced player for the World Championship. The first and strongest barrier against ZB/MJ is definitely LYD/LHJ who they have beaten many times in the first half of this year. Ironically, because they have beaten the strong KOR team, they will have "fear" for the next "defeat." Why? Actually, in the recent matches between them, ZB/MJ was almost losing to the KOR team before they came back, so they know very well that they can't still get the confidence against the team. ZB will be astonished as he finds LHJ well prepared in the defense against his strong consecutive smashes. And even though they might barely beat the KOR team, they will have more chance to lose in the final due to the psychological problem embedded in them. (If they will face HHB/YY, I would bet for the latter team.) Enjoy!
You may be right with Gao Ling being the dominant partner and calling the shots. Poor ZB has to behave subservient to GL as the latter has won so many world accolades and respect and is a blue-eyed girl of LYB. God forbid ZB to try to 'shout' down GL. But now with green-horn Ma, the role has been reversed. ZB is boss (unless LYB intervenes) and is now free to express his "cooped-up" emotions and take command. As such he will lead his "little army" to victory. Ma, being the follower fits in very well with the big brother intentions and the understanding glued better and better. Now the WC XD title is there for them to grab!
