This time, the top Chinese players come in full force to warm up for the All England next week. However, there are some notable absentees in some fields, especially in men's doubles. Top Indonesian, Denmark, and Malaysian pairs choose not to come this time, leaving the field open for Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng to grab their first title of the year.

Men's singles could perhaps be the most competitive with some big names from China and Korea. Meanwhile, the Chinese would be also expected to dominate the women's singles and doubles with all their top players competing in full force.

The mixed doubles is pretty open as well, and I do expect to see some surprises as early as the first round.

A few interesting matches:
Lin Dan vs Sho Sasaki
Yohan Wiratama Hadikusumo vs Wu Yun Yong
Lu Yi vs Pei Wei Chung
Krishnan Yogendran vs Chen Jin

Lee Jae Jin/Jung Tae Keuk vs Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda

Seo Yoon Hee vs Lu Lan
Hwang Hye Yoon vs Lee Yun Hwa
Jiang Yanjiao vs Wang Lin

Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota vs Ha Jung Eun/Hwang Yu Mi

Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen vs Lee Yong Dae/Hwang Yu Mi
Yoo Yeon Seong/Ha Jung Eun vs Daniel Shirley/Sara Runesten-Petersen

Jang Young Soo (MS) - Korea
Jang Soo Young (WS) - Korea
Lu Yi (MS) - China
Li Yu (MS) - China
Pass me an aspirin.

Lin Dan vs Sho Sasaki
Yohan Wiratama Hadikusumo vs Wu Yun Yong
Lu Yi vs Pei Wei Chung
Krishnan Yogendran vs Chen Jin

Lee Jae Jin/Jung Tae Keuk vs Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda


I think it will be easy for Lu Yi and Chen Jin. The other one is 50-50 for me.

Lee JJ/Jung TK did not perform that well in the Swiss Open. The Japanese are a tough obstacle. This match is interesting to watch.


Seo Yoon Hee vs Lu Lan
Hwang Hye Yoon vs Lee Yun Hwa
Jiang Yanjiao vs Wang Lin


WS has by far the most interesting 1st round encounters.
Also:
Hirose v Schenk
Mori v Karachkova
It's been a while since we last saw the Japanese.

Interesting matches indeed...
This is a good tournament to evaluate various player's level of form before the All England.

Partial Round 2 pairings (with predictions in bold):

Lee Jae Jin/Lee Hyo Jung vs Kristof Hopp/Birgit Oversier
Guo Zhendong/Yu Yang vs Robert Adcock/Jenny Wallwork
Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen vs Vladislav Druzchenko/Elena Nozdran
Robert Blair/Natalie Munt vs Keita Masuda/Tomomi Matsuda
Andrew Bowman/Kirsteen Mcewan-Miller vs Daniel Shirley/Sara-Runesten-Petersen
Simon Archer/Ella Trip vs Anggun Nugroho/Yunita Tetty

One interesting result:
Sho Sasaki leads Lin Dan 15-12

I have earlier mentioned that this could be an interesting match to follow.

yup that's right... iteresting ha? biggest upset will it?

Difficult start for Lin Dan!
He is now leading 8-1 in the second game however...

Simon Archer/Ella Trip vs Anggun Nugroho/Yunita Tetty

This might be a tight one...

This might be a tight one...
indo won already 15-3 15-6

indo won already 15-3 15-6

They were referring to the second round match tomorrow.

result of the day :D

http://www4.milon.de/sport/turnierspiele.php?TurnierID=2562&STYLE=printer

MIXED DOUBLES
ROUND 2 Matches
Lee Jae Jin/Lee Hyo Jung vs Kristof Hopp/Birgit Oversier
Guo Zhendong/Yu Yang vs Robert Adcock/Jenny Wallwork
Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen vs Vladislav Druzchenko/Elena Nozdran
Robert Blair/Natalie Munt vs Keita Masuda/Tomomi Matsuda (Match of the Round)
Robin Middleton/Sarah Bok vs David Lindley/Suzanne Rayappan
Andrew Bowman/Kirsteen Mcewan-Miller vs Daniel Shirley/Sara-Runesten-Petersen
Simon Archer/Ella Trip vs Anggun Nugroho/Yunita Tetty
Ingo Kindervater/Katrin Piotrowski vs Zhang Jun/Gao Ling

Roman Spitko leads Shon Seung Mo 15-11, 7-6
Yousuke Nakanishi leads Niels Christian Kaldau 15-13, 7-2
Yohan Wiratama Hadikusumo tied with Wu Yun Yong 15-13, 11-15 (Match of the Round)

Roman Spitko leads Shon Seung Mo 15-11, 7-6
Yousuke Nakanishi leads Niels Christian Kaldau 15-13, 7-2
Yohan Wiratama Hadikusumo tied with Wu Yun Yong 15-13, 11-15 (Match of the Round)

What is happening to Shon Seung Mo?? :confused:
He is losing 15-14 in the second game...

I am now following the match between Roman Spitko and Shon Seung Mo through the online-score. Shon nearly wrapped up the second set with game point at 14-10, but Spitko made it 14-14. He's now 2 points away from a big upset, leading 15-14.

The match between Yohan and Wu is also close, with Wu leading in the third set 9-7.

Shon nearly wrapped up the match, with game point in the second set at 14-10, but Spitko made it 14-14.

Not exactly as Shon has lost the first game! :eek:

Not exactly as Shon has lost the first game! :eek:

Shon indeed had game point, leading 14-10 in the second set, before succumbing 14-17. He lost to Roman Spitko.

Spitko bt Shon 15-11 17-14 !!!!! :eek::eek::eek:

Wu Yun Yong is still leading Yohan Wiratama Hadikusumo 13-9 in the rubber game.

After a tight start, Lu Yi stormed ahead and took the first set against Pei Wei Chung, 15-6.

Wu Yun Yong (CHN) through to the second round after beating Yohan Wiratama Hadikusomo (HKG) 13-15, 15-11, 15-9.

Dharma Gunawi (from German but the name is definitely Indonesian) took the first set against Chan Yan Kit (HKG) 15-3

Chen Jin (CHN) shows why he's China's next big star, leading 8-0 in the first set against Yogendran Krishnan (MAS)

Dharma Gunawi (from German but the name is definitely Indonesian) took the first set against Chan Yan Kit (HKG) 15-3

Yes, he's an Indonesian but as far as I know he's been in Germany for at least 10 years probably more.
I don't know his age but I think he musn't be very young anymore... :rolleyes: ;)

Pei Wei Chung fighting hard, the second set is tied at 7-7.
Stuart Brehaut thrashed Peter Mikkelsen in the first set, 15-1.
Chen Jin also leads Yogendran Krishnan 15-5.

Lu Yi beats Pei Wei Chung 15-6, 15-7.
Chen Jin beats Yogendran Krishnan 15-5, 15-2.
Peter Mikkelsen won the second set 15-5 and the match goes into a rubber game.

Kang Woo Kyum (KOR) beats Jan Frohlich (GER)
Chan Yan Kit manages to force the match into a rubber game, winning the second set 15-8.
Peter Mikkelsen storms ahead, 8-3 in the rubber game.
Ng Wei (HKG) has a good start against Rajiv Ouseph (ENG), leading 7-2 in the first set.

MEN'S SINGLES ROUND 2 TOP HALF
Lin Dan vs Martyn Lewis
Dicky Palyama vs James Chua
Andrew Dabeka vs Wu Yunyong
Park Sung Hwan vs Kasper Ipsen
Yousuke Nakanishi vs Juergen Koch
Roman Spitko vs Xia Xuanze
Chen Hong vs Vladislav Druzchenko
Lu Yi vs Chan Yan Kit

Lu Yi vs Chan Yan Kit

Not sure about this one, Chan Yan Kit losing to a game 15-3 to "veteran" Gunawi today isn't very convincing...

is he the brother of alan budikusuma? I thought he retired adi... he is playing for HK now! :rolleyes:

is he the brother of alan budikusuma? I thought he retired adi... he is playing for HK now! :rolleyes:

He has been playing for HKG for quite some time now. I believe he is already a PR (Permanent Resident) here.

I know its out of topic but thought you would be glad to take a look at AE draw http://www.internationalbadminton.org/all_england/ms_ql3.html ;)

fransisca is just baby to zhang ni...
hendrawan has to go back without any result.. not even 3rd round from 2 tournaments:crying:
11 minutes on the 1st round.. hehehhe....

How do you guys know the details of the matches?? How come I can just see the results ><

any livescore of the matches??? or only results......

any channel - perhaps german - broadcast?

How do you guys know the details of the matches?? How come I can just see the results ><

Live scoring : http://milon.de:8080/
Results : http://www4.milon.de/sport/turnierspiele.php?TurnierID=2562&STYLE=printer

Live scoring : http://milon.de:8080/
Results : http://www4.milon.de/sport/turnierspiele.php?TurnierID=2562&STYLE=printer

seven! thanks so much! gracias!

Live scoring : http://milon.de:8080/
Results : http://www4.milon.de/sport/turnierspiele.php?TurnierID=2562&STYLE=printer

merci ah! Xie xie ni!

What happens to Bao? Hasn't he played yet?

jia you lu lan!!!

fransisca is just baby to zhang ni...
hendrawan has to go back without any result.. not even 3rd round from 2 tournaments:crying:
11 minutes on the 1st round.. hehehhe....

It's expected looking at the strength of the WS field for German Open.

MEN'S SINGLES ROUND 2 BOTTOM HALF
Kang Woo Kyum vs Chen Jin
Peter Mikkelsen vs Ng Wei
Li Yu vs Eric Pang
Jean Michel Le-Fort vs Lee Hyun Il
Agus Hariyanto vs Bjorn Joppien
Simon Santoso vs Sato Shoji (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- time for Simon to prove himself
Kasper Oedum vs Bobby Milroy
Arief Rasidi vs Bao Chunlai

WOMEN'S SINGLES ROUND 2
Zhang Ning vs Eriko Hirose
Yao Jie vs Lee Yun Hwa
Pi Hongyan vs Hirayama Yu
Tracey Hallam vs Zhu Lin
Wang Lin vs Mia Audina
Cheng Shao-Chieh vs Wang Chen (MATCH OF THE ROUND)
Lu Lan vs Xu Huaiwen
Kaori Mori vs Xie Xingfang

fransisca is just baby to zhang ni...
hendrawan has to go back without any result.. not even 3rd round from 2 tournaments:crying:
11 minutes on the 1st round.. hehehhe....

What happeneed with Fransisca got beaten 1-11 1-11 by ZN? She play better at Sudirman last year when she met ZN.

WOMEN'S SINGLES ROUND 2
Zhang Ning vs Eriko Hirose
Yao Jie vs Lee Yun Hwa
Pi Hongyan vs Hirayama Yu
Tracey Hallam vs Zhu Lin
Wang Lin vs Mia Audina
Cheng Shao-Chieh vs Wang Chen (MATCH OF THE ROUND)
Lu Lan vs Xu Huaiwen
Kaori Mori vs Xie Xingfang

This draw preety much the same as All England Women Single 2006. I mean for the seeded players, they will meet the same opponent.

In All England QF, if all seeded past through:

ZN VS Yao Jie

PiHY VS Tracey H

Mia VS Wang Chen

Xu HW VS XXF

Even the unseeded players pretty much got the same group.Example: Eriko H in Zhang Ning group again. Jiang Yan Jiao again in Mia draw.

This is not a good day for Korean players.

After SSM lost to Roman S in first round, their new MD pair Lee Jae Jin/ Jung Tae Kuk lost 2 sets to the Japanese pair 11-15, 4-15.

This is not a good day for Korean players.

their new MD pair Lee Jae Jin/ Jung Tae Kuk lost 2 sets to the Japanese pair 11-15, 4-15.

it seems to me the new Korean pairs didn't do very well after the split, it's better to keep Lee Jae Jin with his former partner.

lol - did you miss me guys - i didn't make any comments on english performances at all..

the only remarkable english performance i've seen up to now was andrew smith forcing shoji sato into three games by taking the first one 15-5..

nice work by the youngster - it seems he's the top ranked english mens singles player now. altho he's not ranked no. 1 in england because he doesn't play many tournaments at home..

Coops