So far in the Mens Singles who are in the QF is

Kenneth Johanssen who will be facing Ng Wei of Hong Kong

Roslin Hashim will be facing local fav Boonsak of Thailand

Does anyone see a Roslin v Hafiz final?

Does anyone see a Roslin v Hafiz final?
I am also hoping for this 'unique' encounter :) but both of them still have some hurdles to clear....go go Hashim brothers!!!

wow but kendricks lee almost caused an upset.

Does anyone see a Roslin v Hafiz final?
I think XIA or Ronald could beat Hafiz.
Hafize always lost to Ronlad before. and also Don't underestimate the championship's ability!

As for Roslin, he cant beat the home favorite-Boonsak again? I can't image!

Judging from the current form and achievement, I think Hashim brothers can make a history, facing each others in the final. Let see....

I would love to see Hashim brothers to face each other in the finals. I think it will be going to be a tough game since both understand each other's game so well. But Roslin has beaten the younger brother twice in International outings. Well now we have both improved version of Hashim brothers. Anyway will see how the games going on between the two of them against their other opponents enroute to the finals.

Looking forward to seeing the "new" hafiz play on some DVD's

I cant realistically see Roslin in the final.

Xia Vs Hafiz would be intresting.

Who Will KJ play in SF if beats Ng wei?

wow but kendricks lee almost caused an upset.

Yes, Kendrick must be very disappointed for not being able to wrap up the second game and match, having won the first convincingly 15-8. He lost the second by a whisker at 16-17 and subsequently fell apart in the decider and lost submissively, 4-15, all within an hour and ten minutes. :crying:

Today (Friday), the QFinals will be completed.

MS
Kenneth v Ng Wei - Kenneth too strong for Ng Wei
Roslin v Boonsak - Roslin in fine vein of form; Boonsak playing at home
Joppien v Hafiz - Hafiz too strong for Joppien
Ronald v Xia - both seems to be struggling; again Xia has the pedigree

WS
Pi v Fransisca - no match
Xu v Salakjit - no match
Xing Aiying v Kanako - Xing must have played well to beat Hallam; tight match but I think Kanako will take it
Yao Jie v Seo Yoon Hee - no match

MD (R16 & QFinal)
1st Quarter: Fully expect LP/JR to advance to the semis
2nd Q: Laybourn/Steffensen v Ha/Han Sang Hoon Qfinal is on the cards
3rd Q: Gunawan/Bach v Sudket/Patapol should be exciting for the Thai crowd. The winner will play Choong/Chew or Tan/Ong, probably the former.
4th Q: Fully expect Jung Jae Sung/Lee Jae Jin to advance to the semis

WD (R16 & QFinal)
1st Q: Fully expect Saralee/Sathinee to advance
2nd Q: Lee Hyo Jung/Lee Kyung Won too strong here
3rd Q: A bit of an uncertainty here, because there is a Chinese qualifier, Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei; still expect Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia to advance
4th Q: Zhang Dan/Zhang Yawen heavy favourites here

XD
Sudket/Saralee v Hwang Ji Man/Hwang Yu Mi - easy for Thais
Laybourn/Juhl v Saputra/Li Yujia - Singaporeans defeated Jung Jae Sung/Lee Kyung Won, goes on to show that it's not that easy to switch from unmixed doubles to mixed doubles; however Laybourn/Juhl are experienced in the mixed type and therefore are the favourites
Lee Jae Jin/Lee Hyo Jung v Han Sang Hoon/Jun Woul Sik - Lees too strong
Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen v Mogensen/Olsen - hard to say; don't know either team really well

TheStar
BANGKOK: The Hashim brothers – Hafiz and Roslin – strolled into the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open men's singles yesterday but youngster Kuan Beng Hong crashed out after taking world champion Xia Xuanze of China to the distance.

The 22-year-old Beng Hong battled world number 10 Xuanze for 70 minutes before going down 9-15, 15-7, 8-15 in the third round.

The Hashim brothers, the only Malaysian singles shuttlers in the last eight, had an easier time. The 23-year-old Hafiz breezed past compatriot Sairul Amar Ayob who retired while trailing 8-15, 0-1 in their third round clash. Elder brother Roslin beat Holland's Dicky Palyama 15-9, 15-12.

Hafiz, winner of the Swiss Open two weeks ago, will take on Germany's Bjoern Joppien. The third seeded Malaysian is expected to reach the semi-finals without much problems.

Roslin however, can expect a tough fight against defending champion and home favourite Boonsak Ponsana today.

On paper though, Roslin holds the advantage, having beaten the Athens Olympic Games quarter-finalist twice last year – at the Swiss Open and Thomas Cup Finals in Jakarta.

Yesterday, top seed Kenneth Jonassen also made it into the last eight after eliminating world junior champion Chen Jin 15-8, 15-9. He will meet Ng Wei of Hong Kong, who ousted Malaysian Ismail Saman 15-8, 15-8.

In the men's doubles, five Malaysian pairs advanced to the second round except for world junior champions Tan Boon Heong-Hoon Thien How.

Boon Heong-Thien How went down fighting 15-9, 14-17, 15-17 to Japanese Tadashi Ohtsuka-Keita Masuda in a one-hour-25-minutes battle in the first round yesterday.

The others who cleared their first round hurdles are Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Lin Woon Fui, Gan Teik Chai-Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif, Choong Tan Fook-Chew Choon Eng, Chan Chong Ming-Koo Kien Keat and Tan Bin Shen-Ong Soon Hock.

Malaysia will have at least one pair in the quarter-finals with Tan Fook-Choon Eng taking on youngsters Bin Shen-Soon Hock in a second round tie.

Meanwhile, Malaysia's challenge in the women's singles ended when Wong Mew Choo went down 7-11, 10-13 to Japanese Kanako Yonekura in the second round.

MD (R16 & QFinal)
1st Quarter: Fully expect LP/JR to advance to the semis
2nd Q: Laybourn/Steffensen v Ha/Han Sang Hoon Qfinal is on the cards
3rd Q: Gunawan/Bach v Sudket/Patapol should be exciting for the Thai crowd. The winner will play Choong/Chew or Tan/Ong, probably the former.
4th Q: Fully expect Jung Jae Sung/Lee Jae Jin to advance to the semis

WD (R16 & QFinal)
1st Q: Fully expect Saralee/Sathinee to advance
2nd Q: Lee Hyo Jung/Lee Kyung Won too strong here
3rd Q: A bit of an uncertainty here, because there is a Chinese qualifier, Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei; still expect Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia to advance
4th Q: Zhang Dan/Zhang Yawen heavy favourites here


QFinals
JR/LP will play Lin Woon Fui/Fairuz
Ha Tae Kwon/Han Sang Hoon will play Gan Teik Chai/Zakry (who defeated Laybourn/Steffensen)
Choong/Chew will play Bach/Gunawan (who defeated Sudket/Patapol)
Chan/Koo will play Jung Jae Sung/Lee Jae Jin
How many Malaysians will survive the Qfinals? I think not more than one pair.
Even Choong/Chew will have a tough time.

In the WD, no major surprises in the R16. Except Chinese pair, Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei defeated Nielsen/Harder, and we'll see how they do against Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia. The other 3 Qfinals should be easy for the favourites.

This new Thailand Open website is a great improvement. I particularly like the way they reported the results, winners' names first.

I like the website too.

I just flicked through the past winners and saw that in 2001 Sigit won the tournament with Luluk! He has won tournaments with many diff players (Halim, Candra, Trikush +Luluk)

What time do the games start? Are the times on the website (0900 MD, 1800 MS) local times?

JR Why are you online?!! you should be preparing for the match! :D

Good Luck

Does anyone see a Roslin v Hafiz final?
Hmm...thats will very very interesting if this match come.Will it be a game where each of them end up hugging and crying :crying: after the game ends.Really hope to see:eek: this game.Pray to God hard hope this will be a reality....:D

SF Line up WS:

Pi Vs Xu

Yonekura Vs Yao Jie

All matches in comfortable straight games, Pi getting a walkover.

Hafiz through to semi also in straight games.

Hafiz through to semi also in straight games.omg. :( what was the score?

whoops! wrong match. sorry sorry sorry. :o:o:o

Laybourn/juhl bt saputra/li 15-8 11-15 17-14 tight game

Lee hyo jung/lee jae jin bt korean qualifiers 6&6

Xie/Zhang bt Mogensen/olsen 7&13


Prakamol/thoungthongtam bt hwang/hwang 10&2


so XD SF lineup as follows:

Prakamol/thoungthongtam vs Laybourn/juhl

Lee/lee vs Xie/Zhang


My prediction is Lee/Lee vs Laybourn/juhl final

Lee/Lee to win (sorry Laybourn)

Jonassen bt Ng wei 15-8 15-9

I think the other 2 MS must be quite hard fought, as Hafiz and Kenneth managed to wrap up theirs fairly quickly.

I think the other 2 MS must be quite hard fought, as Hafiz and Kenneth managed to wrap up theirs fairly quickly.

or KJ + Hafiz just started before them.


On paper though Roslin v Boonsak looks a long one, and Xia seem to take a long time to play his games when playing good players.

I think you are right, the website's time could be wrong.

Xia is not the Xia we knew that won the 2003 WC, I think he is on his way out.

As for Roslin, he just drags anyone around until they fall over.... I still remember poor Peter from AE

I think you are right, the website's time could be wrong.


The results I posted earlier were all posted at the same time, it isn't real time scoring. :mad:

Xia is not the Xia we knew that won the 2003 WC, I think he is on his way out.

Beware a wounded or dying animal, they cant strike at any time. I doubt he can have enough energy to strike 6/7 times to win WC again, but he will prove to be a great if he does.

As for Roslin, he just drags anyone around until they fall over.... I still remember poor Peter from AE

ROFL! :D So true. Nothingnew though, you know you are in for a tough game everytime. His games against KJ/Chen Hong/Gade are all classic matches against KJ in AE20?? I remember the first rally last about 30 strokes!!

Ronald Susilo bt Xia Xuanze 10-15 15-10 15-6 (in 1h20min)
Boonsak Ponsana bt Roslin Hashim 15-8 11-15 15-9 (in 1h40min!!)

SF line-ups : Jonassen vs Boonsak / Hafiz vs Ronald

I was just coming excitledly to write that seven!

surprises all the way. Hope we can see the matches on DVD.

Looks like Hafiz Vs KJ final again.

Saralee/Sathinee Bt ponsana/sujitra 15-11 15-8


Lee/Lee Bt Grether/Schenk 15-4 15-8

They will meet in the semi. should be close.

Ronald Susilo bt Xia Xuanze 10-15 15-10 15-6 (in 1h20min)
Boonsak Ponsana bt Roslin Hashim 15-8 11-15 15-9 (in 1h40min!!)

OMG!!! this is nuts!! !! i really feel boonsak is made of Something! wowowo! XXz's match... oasch! i never thought susilo could do that.. but of course he did spring a similar surprise last year.. .. that was him right??

oh no. xia xuanze..

I was just coming excitledly to write that seven!

surprises all the way. Hope we can see the matches on DVD.

Looks like Hafiz Vs KJ final again.
Hehe :D

I think the SF are quite difficult to predict... OK KJ and Hafiz are logically the favourites, but beware Boonsak on home ground! Ronald could also be on fire after beating Xia...
The answer tomorrow... ;)

QFinals
JR/LP will play Lin Woon Fui/Fairuz
Ha Tae Kwon/Han Sang Hoon will play Gan Teik Chai/Zakry (who defeated Laybourn/Steffensen)
Choong/Chew will play Bach/Gunawan (who defeated Sudket/Patapol)
Chan/Koo will play Jung Jae Sung/Lee Jae Jin
How many Malaysians will survive the Qfinals? I think not more than one pair.
Even Choong/Chew will have a tough time.

In the WD, no major surprises in the R16. Except Chinese pair, Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei defeated Nielsen/Harder, and we'll see how they do against Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia. The other 3 Qfinals should be easy for the favourites.

You were wrong. Ha Tae Kwon/Han Sang Hoon lost to Gan Teik Chai/Zakry followed by Choong/Chew who defeated Bach/Gunawan.

QFinals
JR/LP will play Lin Woon Fui/Fairuz
Ha Tae Kwon/Han Sang Hoon will play Gan Teik Chai/Zakry (who defeated Laybourn/Steffensen)
Choong/Chew will play Bach/Gunawan (who defeated Sudket/Patapol)
Chan/Koo will play Jung Jae Sung/Lee Jae Jin
How many Malaysians will survive the Qfinals? I think not more than one pair.


You are wrong this time.
Gan/Zakry shocked Ha Tae Kwon/Han SH in straight games.
Veterans Choong/Chew also qualified for semis :)

MD results:


JR/LP Bt Tazari/Lin 15-7 15-10

Gan/Abdul Latif Bt Ha/Han 15-12 17-14 !!! :eek: good result for MAL MD

Chew/Choong Bt Gunawan/Bach 15-13 15-11

Lee/Jung Bt Chan/Koo 17-14 15-13 (close games)


So SF Lineup :

JR/LP Vs Tazari/Lin
Chew/Choong Vs Lee/Jung


Should be some good games.

In WD:


Saputra/Li Bt Tian/Zhao 15-9 15-9

Zhang/Zhang Bt Arunkesorn/Worawitchitaikal 12-15 15-6 15-4

They will meet each other in semi.

OMG!!! this is nuts!! !! i really feel boonsak is made of Something! wowowo! XXz's match... oasch! i never thought susilo could do that.. but of course he did spring a similar surprise last year.. .. that was him right??

oh no. xia xuanze..

Oh no!!!!!:eek: xuanze............

Oh no!!!!!:eek: xuanze............
yea.. look at xxz... he is getting worst everytime he play...
Not sure have you guys noticed, all of his recent matches..
they were mostly early exits.... and struggled against many unseeded players

I bet he will be out of the team soon

yea.. look at xxz... he is getting worst everytime he play...
Not sure have you guys noticed, all of his recent matches..
they were mostly early exits.... and struggled against many unseeded players

I bet he will be out of the team soon

Yup...short of winning the Japan Open, he will be out soon.

Yup...short of winning the Japan Open, he will be out soon.


I dont think so. Chen Jin, his nearest rival has fallen at much the same stage, and Chen Yu is the same. Gong Weijie has gone out even earlier. He may not get picked for WC, but he wont be out of the team until next season.

I just saw on worldbadminton website Pi beat her opponent 11-0 11-0 :eek:

I thought she had a walk over!