Well, I suppose we cannot complain too much as Astro has kindly given us live telecast starting from 1st day of the championship. I think this is the first time in history that we've live telecast in round of 64.
Noo come on Lars, come on Helle... you can make it! Is this the same Zhang Wei that used to play men's doubles with Liu Yong? and who also played with Cai Yun in the Sudirman Cup a few years back?
Aiying has not been performing well lately. She lost to Shinta Mulia Sari in the QF of the Cheers-Singapore Satelitte last month
Petra Overzier has taken the first set in her match against Lee Yun Hwa 22-20. The score is level at 7-7 in the second set. Meanwhile, Xing Aiying manages to turn things around and takes the second set 21-16. It will go to a rubber game!
Perhaps the tightest match so far: Roman Spitko/Michael Fuchs bt Erwin Kehlhoffner/Thomas Quere 21-16, 19-21, 29-27
No. They are different. This Zhang Wei is young and that one has already retired for quite some time. btw, if you know Chinese pinyin, this one is Zhang Wei3 and that one is Zhang Wei4. Different tone.
Kuan Beng Hong vs Stuart Gomez is now playing at Court No 2. Surely, he will not screw up this time But, he trails 3-5! The match between Petra Overzier and Lee Yun Hwa is still very very tight at 17-15 for the German girl.
Xing Aiying is now leading 11-6 at the interval. Kuan has levelled it at 7-7. The German girl still leads 18-17.
Dramatic...the Korean girl levels the score at 1-1 after she wins the second set 21-19! She was trailing 17-18! Xing Aiying still leads 16-11...while Kuan starts to pull away, leading 13-9.
Even the first round (R64) has some very good matches. Lee Yun Hwa and Petra locked in a tight struggle.
Is Lee Yun Hwa having the same 1st round match jitters like Wong Mew Choo? I've the feeling that should the Korean win the 2nd set, she'll win the rubber set like WMC.
Xing Aiying has won in 3 sets: 20-22, 21-16, 21-12. She will meet Zhang Ning on Wednesday. Kuan Beng Hong is also leading 18-14 in the first set. Petra Overzier must be seething at losing the second set. She has an early 7-1 lead in the rubber game.
You have to get use to Astro. This is how they work, setup a dedicated channel for the sport but only show live coverage for 2-3 hours.
