Early Updates Indonesia leads Vietnam 4 - 0 Singapore leads Netherlands 3 - 0 (good XD match in this tie) China leads Russia 4 - 0 (3 game MD tie with the chinese pair losing the 1st) Japan leads Chines Taipei 2 - 1 (Jap's lost the XD tie , hv won bth singles) Hong Kong leads Germany 3 - 1 (the HK WD pair clinching the win after the MD pair lost)
Ties starting a little later x) Korea vs USA x) India vs NewZealand - for matchup's of this tie refer the below link http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49017 (post 13) Winner of this matchup will most likely face off Korea for a SF berth x) Malaysia vs South Africa x) Thailand vs Turkey x) Czech Republic vs Puerto Rico
Indonesia and China have both wrapped up their ties 5 - 0 while , Japan has also clinched its tie agnst C Taipei 3 - 1
Team INA will now face SIN in the playoff tomorrow. SIN has quality players in the GS, while INA should win the points from BD, GD and XD. The winner should play Team KOR in the Semi-Final, which I think is also arranged for tomorrow.
today 3.30 pm INA vs SIN 1 XD Wifqi Windarto [INA]/Pia Zabedah Bernadet [INA] - [SIN] Zi Liang Derek Wong/[SIN] Lei Yao 21-13 21-19 1-0 0:27 2 MS Adi Pratama [INA] - [SIN] Yongzhao Ashton Chen 3 WS Maria Febe Kusumastuti [INA] - [SIN] Aiying Xing 4 MD Wifqi Windarto [INA]/Afiat Yuris Wirawan [INA] - [SIN] Zi Liang Derek Wong/[SIN] Zhao Jiang, Terry Yeo 5 WD Richi Puspita Dili [INA]/Debby Susanto [INA] - [SIN] Mingtian Fu/[SIN] Lei Yao good strategy put Pia to be focus in XD as opener match and win
And CHN were 2-0 up against Japanese... Chen Long win over Kenichi Tago in just 38 minutes 21-19; 21-16
Arif (MAS) vs Tanongsak (THAI) coming!!! I'll try to post scores as live as possible Thai 4 Mas 3 now Thai 5, Mas 4 Arif now trailing 5 - 10 Arif - 6-14 Very bad game so far... world junior MS top seed trailing 8-19 1st game lost 8-21 to Tanongsak
2nd Set, 2 All, MAS 4-3 5 All... tooth and nail MAS 8-6, arif pull ahead! 9 All, back even 11-9, Arif reaches the halfway mark 1st Arif trails 13-15, now 16-18 Arif lost 19-21
Ashton is better than Adi... Adi is not particularly fancy in INA's Junior Badminton World. Nandang Arief is better... I don't know why Marleve chose Adi and Febe... Nandang and Pia is better at this time... Complacency? Or just a strategy to rest the top guns? Anyway, INA should get the BD and XD, I am not too worried... SIN does not have enough ammunition in those 2 categories against INA...
INA - SIN 2-2 Wifqy/Afiat won 21-16 21-15 decision on GD Go Richi/Debby !! Show up that you are Asian Jr Champion
Nandang played badly won in 3 sets yesterday, I think he isn't good form. Watched Nandang vs Adi in Jakarta Open Final this year, Nandang is much better than Adi. Marleve chosed Febe is right, so Pia can focus in Double (and she did well, give 1 point in XD). Pia or Febe would be lost against Xing
