The first round will start tomorrow and here's a few interesting tie. As usual, predicted winners are in bold.

MEN'S SINGLES
Chetan Anand vs Kennevic Asuncion
Ng Wei vs Hendra Wijaya
Lee Tsuen Tseng vs Poompat Sapkulchananart (the Thai beat Sony in Jaipur)
Alamsyah vs Kendrick Lee
Arvind Bhat vs Sairul Amar Ayob
Nguyen Tien Minh vs Shoji Sato (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- it will not be a shock if the upcoming Viet manages to beat the Japanese
Anup Sridhar vs Boonsak Ponsana
Lu Yi vs Simon Santoso -- a tough first test for Simon

WOMEN'S SINGLES -- surprisingly, nearly all the matches are interesting
Wang Chen vs Julia Wong
Wang Yihan vs Soratja Chansrisukot
Eriko Hirose vs Chien Yu-Chin (MATCH OF THE ROUND)
Lydia Cheah vs Saina Nehwal
Cheng Shao-Chieh vs Lee Yun Hwa
Li Li vs Wong Sin Yee
Jiang Yanjiao vs Yu Hirayama
Trupti Murgunde vs Xing Aiying
Meemek Monthila vs Kanako Yonekura
Chen Li vs Wong Meow Choo
Jun Jae Youn vs Yip Pui Yin -- Jun is a qualifier :eek:
Lee Hyun Jin vs Seo Yeon Hee -- bad draw for Korea

MEN'S DOUBLES
Shen Ye/He Hanbin vs Sudket Prapakamol/Patapol Ngernsrisuk -- CCM/KKK withdraw from the tournament, making it easier for Candra/Sigit to cruise through to the final. Note that Shen/He is the World Junior runner-up 2 years ago.
Hendra Gunawan/Joko Riyadi vs Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- I am expecting an upset from Indonesia's no 4 pair
Albertus Susanto Njoto/Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama vs Gan Teik Chai/Abdul Latif Mohd Zakry
Shuichi Sakamoto/Shintaro Ikeda vs Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto

WOMEN'S DOUBLES -- most seeded pairs receive a bye to the second round...not much interesting match
Chou Chia-Chi/Ku Pei-Ting vs Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia -- the Singaporean pair shoud win and face the 2nd seeded Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota in the second round.

MIXED DOUBLES
Songphol Anukritayawan/Kulchala Vorawichitchaikul vs Hoon Thien How/Ooi Sock Ai
Tsai Chia-Hsin/Cheng Wen-Hsing vs He Hanbin/Zhao Yunlei
Tan Bin Shen/Ooi Yu Hang vs Anggun Nugroho/Yunita Tetty
Kennevic Asuncion/Kennie Asuncion vs Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thungthongkam (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- can the Asuncion bro-sis combo beat the not-in-form Sudket/Saralee?

I think for mens double start on thursday. If win they play 2 times. luluk/alvent match on 13.00 pm

chong wei not playing meh???
anyway, whether he is playing or not...
he will be there to support his girlfriend...

chong wei not playing meh???


as the host, malaysia should send all their top players...

Interesting...

Go Vic! Ng Wei! Shoji Sato! Alven/Luluk! Reiko/Kumiko! Sudket/Saralee! Wan Wah/Tan Fook! :D
And Favourie Choong Hann of course!!!

The first round will start tomorrow and here's a few interesting tie. As usual, predicted winners are in bold.

MEN'S SINGLES
Chetan Anand vs Kennevic Asuncion
Ng Wei vs Hendra Wijaya
Lee Tsuen Tseng vs Poompat Sapkulchananart (the Thai beat Sony in Jaipur)
Alamsyah vs Kendrick Lee
Arvind Bhat vs Sairul Amar Ayob
Nguyen Tien Minh vs Shoji Sato (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- it will not be a shock if the upcoming Viet manages to beat the Japanese
Anup Sridhar vs Boonsak Ponsana
Lu Yi vs Simon Santoso -- a tough first test for Simon

WOMEN'S SINGLES -- surprisingly, nearly all the matches are interesting
Wang Chen vs Julia Wong
Wang Yihan vs Soratja Chansrisukot
Eriko Hirose vs Chien Yu-Chin (MATCH OF THE ROUND)
Lydia Cheah vs Saina Nehwal
Cheng Shao-Chieh vs Lee Yun Hwa
Li Li vs Wong Sin Yee
Jiang Yanjiao vs Yu Hirayama
Trupti Murgunde vs Xing Aiying
Meemek Monthila vs Kanako Yonekura
Chen Li vs Wong Meow Choo
Jun Jae Youn vs Yip Pui Yin -- Jun is a qualifier :eek:
Lee Hyun Jin vs Seo Yeon Hee -- bad draw for Korea

MEN'S DOUBLES
Shen Ye/He Hanbin vs Sudket Prapakamol/Patapol Ngernsrisuk -- CCM/KKK withdraw from the tournament, making it easier for Candra/Sigit to cruise through to the final. Note that Shen/He is the World Junior runner-up 2 years ago.
Hendra Gunawan/Joko Riyadi vs Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- I am expecting an upset from Indonesia's no 4 pair
Albertus Susanto Njoto/Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama vs Gan Teik Chai/Abdul Latif Mohd Zakry
Shuichi Sakamoto/Shintaro Ikeda vs Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto

WOMEN'S DOUBLES -- most seeded pairs receive a bye to the second round...not much interesting match
Chou Chia-Chi/Ku Pei-Ting vs Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia -- the Singaporean pair shoud win and face the 2nd seeded Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota in the second round.

MIXED DOUBLES
Songphol Anukritayawan/Kulchala Vorawichitchaikul vs Hoon Thien How/Ooi Sock Ai
Tsai Chia-Hsin/Cheng Wen-Hsing vs He Hanbin/Zhao Yunlei
Tan Bin Shen/Ooi Yu Hang vs Anggun Nugroho/Yunita Tetty
Kennevic Asuncion/Kennie Asuncion vs Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thungthongkam (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- can the Asuncion bro-sis combo beat the not-in-form Sudket/Saralee?

Ageed with most except;
Chong/Lee - I don't think they will lose at home. Too experienced.
Chen Li to beat WMC

Lydia Cheah v Saina Nehwal- My match of the round. I am fascinated by this young Indian lass. Beating Li Li and Tracey Hallam so easily in the CG. She is perhaps the most talented young non-chinese female single player to emerge in a long time.

chong wei not playing meh???
anyway, whether he is playing or not...
he will be there to support his girlfriend...

who is chong wei's girlfriend?
Anybody can tell me

The first round of XD matches had completed. The results are in http://bam.org.my:8080/abc2006/upload/results/xd.html

No upsets here except the more prominent Taiwanese pair, Cheng/Tsai lost to the Chinese Youngsters, He HB/Zhao YL

All seeds cruise to the 2nd round for XD. One upset though: the Chinese youngsters: He Hanbin/Zhao Yunlei beat Tsai Chia-Hsin/Cheng Wen-Hsing

MIXED DOUBLES ROUND 2
Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir vs V. Diju/Jwalla Gutta
Gan Teik Chai/Fong Chew Yen vs Shen Ye/Pan Pan -- could be a problem for the Malaysian
Songpol Anukritayawan/Kulchala Vorawichitchaikul vs Keita Masuda/Tomomi Matsuda
Devin Lahardi/Vita Marissa vs Zhang Wei/Yu Yang (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- tough first test for Devin/Vita, hope they will win!
Tran Thanh Hai/Le Ngoc Nguyen Nhung vs Mohd Rizal/Endang Nursugianti -- no problem for Rizal/Endang
Shintaro Ikeda/Satoko Suetsuna vs Hendri Saputra Kurniawan/Li Yujia
He Hanbin/Zhao Yunlei vs Anggun Nugroho/Yunita Tetty -- a tricky tie for the Indonesian no 2 pair, but, they should win!
Gong Weijie/Tian Qing vs Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thungthongkam -- by right, also no problem for the second seed.

Chen Li vs Wong Meow Choo
Jun Jae Youn vs Yip Pui Yin -- Jun is a qualifier :eek:
Hendra Gunawan/Joko Riyadi vs Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- I am expecting an upset from Indonesia's no 4 pair


Any Chinese players cannot be overlooked. They are mysterious and often you don't know what to expect. So, I am not so confident of Wong MC winning, but I hope so.

It am fairly confident that Jun Jae Youn would have no problems against Yippy.

Choong/Lee would face some problems but I think they should prevail.

who is chong wei's girlfriend?
Anybody can tell me

Itu lu pun tak tau ka? itu pompuan Mew Choo lah. :D

Lydia lost. feel that she need more exposure. Saina Nehwal and Lydia is the same age but Saina Game hv matured. She need to be sent for more tournament like this for exposure.











Ageed with most except;





Chong/Lee - I don't think they will lose at home. Too experienced.
Chen Li to beat WMC

Lydia Cheah v Saina Nehwal- My match of the round. I am fascinated by this young Indian lass. Beating Li Li and Tracey Hallam so easily in the CG. She is perhaps the most talented young non-chinese female single player to emerge in a long time.

Lydia lost. feel that she need more exposure. Saina Nehwal and Lydia is the same age but Saina Game hv matured. She need to be sent for more tournament like this for exposure.

There is nothing to worry about really. It is very hard to tell with juniors. They can blossom at different times. Give it time. Don't pile pressure on the young ones.

Quite a number of surprising results in the WS.
http://bam.org.my:8080/abc2006/upload/results/ws.html

Soratja bt Wang Yihan
Lee Yun Hwa bt Cheng Shao-Chieh
Pai Min Jie bt Salakjit Ponsana
Trupti Murgunde bt Xing Aiying (Indian players on fire)
Ng Ka Shun bt Huang Chia-Shin
Chen Li bt Wong Mew Choo

Hirose took some trouble beating Chien Yu Chin.

At the time of writing, the last four matches have no results yet.

Some WS results are out, with a few notable upsets.

Soratja Chansrisukot bt Wang Yihan 17-21, 21-12, 21-19 :eek:
-- when was the last time a Thai WS player beat a Chinese player?

Lee Yun Hwa bt Cheng Shao-Chieh 21-4, 21-12
-- surprisingly easy win for the Korean.

Pai Min Jie bt Salakjit Ponsana 21-19, 16-21, 21-19 :eek:
-- another upset win for the Taiwanese player...again a close shave in the third set

Trupti Murgunde bt Xing Aiying 21-12, 23-21
-- both players are in the CG and overall, the Indian players have caught my attention since their performance in Jaipur. Although India did not qualify for the Uber Cup, their singles have really improved a lot. Trupti and Saina won their matches today. Both face Japanese players tomorrow. Trupti will face Kanako Yonekura, while Saina will face Eriko Hirose

Ng Ka Shun bt Huang Chia-Hsin 21-13, 13-21, 21-11

Chen Li bt Wong Mew Choo 22-20, 21-11
-- a tight first set and I think Wong must have been exhausted after the CG outing. Yes, I agree that any Chinese women player can't be underestimated.

Some WS results are out, with a few notable upsets.

Soratja Chansrisukot bt Wang Yihan 17-21, 21-12, 21-19 :eek:
-- when was the last time a Thai WS player beat a Chinese player?

Lee Yun Hwa bt Cheng Shao-Chieh 21-4, 21-12
-- surprisingly easy win for the Korean.

Pai Min Jie bt Salakjit Ponsana 21-19, 16-21, 21-19 :eek:
-- another upset win for the Taiwanese player...again a close shave in the third set

Trupti Murgunde bt Xing Aiying 21-12, 23-21
-- both players are in the CG and overall, the Indian players have caught my attention since their performance in Jaipur. Although India did not qualify for the Uber Cup, their singles have really improved a lot. Trupti and Saina won their matches today. Both face Japanese players tomorrow. Trupti will face Kanako Yonekura, while Saina will face Eriko Hirose

Ng Ka Shun bt Huang Chia-Hsin 21-13, 13-21, 21-11

Chen Li bt Wong Mew Choo 22-20, 21-11
-- a tight first set and I think Wong must have been exhausted after the CG outing. Yes, I agree that any Chinese women player can't be underestimated.


Chen Li bt Wong Mew Choo 22-20,21-11
so sad to hear about that result....but anyway Mew Choo already got a lots of improvement........jia you WMC!!!!!!

another suprise, Jun JY lost to Hkg player, Yip in 3 tight matches.

Very interesting result from this ABC 2006 specially in women singles. All the best Asian female players except China participate in here.

Shockingly, lots of seeded players lost.

The Japanese trio who will be likely play the 3 singles all cruise to second round. (Kaori, Kanako and Hirose)

Meanwhile Korea so far only had 2 singles after Jun shocking lost . So Korea will probably hesitated to place Jun as their third WS in Uber.

Taiwan lost 2 of their top WS. Bad sign. Hkg only lost one from 3 WS. Singapore lost 1 win 1.

So far Japan seems like top contenders beside Netherland to fight for runner up spot for Uber Cup. (if the Netherland pretend to loose in their group so they will not meet China in SF)

In ABC 2006, most of Asia country sent their best players (specially the Thomas and Uber participants)

Curiously, China only send all their junior or second class shuttlers. If their junior players can reach final or even won , (maybe in WS or WD) , their confidence will be soaring up.

Another wrong and very dumb move from PBSI.

Why they didn't send any WS and WD in ABC 2006?

If the reason cause they lost in Uber Cup, what a pathetic reason. Thailand and India who fail in Uber Cup send their best shuttlers.

ABC 2006 is 4 star events. And in women field, the competition is not very strong cause China didn't send their best shuttlers and all the European girls cannot compete here.

So it is a perfect event for Indonesia women singles and doubles to play here , gain experience and some ranking pointscause the opponents are easier.

If this still continued (and I strongly believe PBSI still will do it), our women players still cannot win Uber qualification for 2 or 4 years from now.

What a waste, cause we Do have some potential women players.

Not to mention PBSI send all XD players here.

If PBSI reason not to send the women players is efficiency and the women will not play for Uber final, its like very unbelievable reason.

They send 4 XD and 4 MD pairs. Why? There would be no XD in THomas Cup and we only need maximum 3 MD in Thomas Cup.

What they should do is send 3 XD and 3 MD. So the extra 4 people , they can send 2 WS and 1 WD. Or maybe 2 XD and 3 MD, 2 ws and 2 WD and save the cost of 2 extra people. It will be equal and efficient in my opinion.

In ABC 2006, most of Asia country sent their best players (specially the Thomas and Uber participants)

Curiously, China only send all their junior or second class shuttlers. If their junior players can reach final or even won , (maybe in WS or WD) , their confidence will be soaring up.

Not surprisingly, Indonesia is the only team that does not send its women team to the ABC. At this rate, Indonesia will fall further behind the normally second-class team like India. All thanks to PBSI's policy!

If PBSI reason not to send the women players is efficiency and the women will not play for Uber final, its like very unbelievable reason.

They send 4 XD and 4 MD pairs. Why? There would be no XD in THomas Cup and we only need maximum 3 MD in Thomas Cup.

What they should do is send 3 XD and 3 MD. So the extra 4 people , they can send 2 WS and 1 WD. Or maybe 2 XD and 3 MD, 2 ws and 2 WD and save the cost of 2 extra people. It will be equal and efficient in my opinion.

It's pretty obvious that they focus more on the MD and XD results. I do agree that these pairs have more potential, but, when you choose to neglect the entire women team and ground them at home in the next few months, I am pretty certain that you can forget about even a top 20 placing for these women singles players.

Now, even young and upcoming players like Saina Nehwal, Xing Aiying, Trupti Murgunde, and Yip Pui Yin is better than most women singles we have at Pelatnas.

WOMEN'S SINGLES ROUND 2 -- lots of shocking results...more to come tomorrow?
Wang Chen vs Salakjit Ponsana
Eriko Hirose vs Saina Nehwal (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- the Jap is technically more superior, but, my heart goes to the young and promising Saina
Lee Yun Hwa vs Li Li -- yet another tough call after Lee beat Cheng today
Jiang Yanjiao vs Pai Min-Jie -- it will be a shock if Jiang loses tomorrow
Trupti Murgunde vs Kanako Yonekura
Ng Ka Shun vs Chen Li
Yip Pui Yin vs Seo Yoon Hee -- another candidate for match of the round. The HK player has improved...but can see beat another Korean player after deposing Jun Jae Yun in 3 close sets?
Sutheswari Mudukasan vs Kaori Mori

Not much surprise in MS so far. Markus Wijanu has beaten a qualifier and will face Chetan Anand in Round 2 as expected. Does Chetan still have the energy after an exhausting CG and another 3 close sets victory today? I pick Markus to give us an upset later this evening (I think Round 2 will be played today as well). Ng Wei also beat Hendra Wijaya in 2 close sets (-17, -19). Easy workouts for LCW, KBH, and Park Sung Hwan. All their opponents couldn't even score past 8 points.

is this game over?

Devin Lahardi/Vita Marissa vs Zhang Wei/Yu Yang (MATCH OF THE ROUND)

anyone know the result? thanks first

First upset in MS:
Poompat (the Thai no 2 singles) has beaten Lee Tsuen Tseng 21-8, 20-22, 21-9!
Not a suprise because he has beaten Sony recently in Jaipur.

MEN'S SINGLES ROUND 2 (TOP HALF)
Lee Chong Wei vs Lee Cheol Ho -- no problem for LCW
Chetan Anand vs Markus Wijanu -- hopefully, the Indonesian can win
Ng Wei vs Nikhil Kanetkar
Poompat Sapkulchananart vs Li Yu -- can the Thai create another upset?
Kuan Beng Hong vs Qiu Yanbo
Park Sung Hwan vs Yogendran Krishnan
Sony Dwi Kuncoro vs Sho Sasaki (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- tough first test for Sony!
Yeoh Kay Bin vs Chin Sheng-Ming

is this game over?

Devin Lahardi/Vita Marissa vs Zhang Wei/Yu Yang (MATCH OF THE ROUND)

anyone know the result? thanks first

Wait for tomorrow.....

Wait for tomorrow.....
thank you .. silly me:D

If PBSI reason not to send the women players is efficiency and the women will not play for Uber final, its like very unbelievable reason.

They send 4 XD and 4 MD pairs. Why? There would be no XD in THomas Cup and we only need maximum 3 MD in Thomas Cup.

What they should do is send 3 XD and 3 MD. So the extra 4 people , they can send 2 WS and 1 WD. Or maybe 2 XD and 3 MD, 2 ws and 2 WD and save the cost of 2 extra people. It will be equal and efficient in my opinion.

rudy hartono must be replaced :)

i'd prefer chairul tanjung, he often spent his own money to send many players
when he was a chairman of pbsi

WOMEN'S SINGLES ROUND 2 -- lots of shocking results...more to come tomorrow?
Wang Chen vs Salakjit Ponsana
Eriko Hirose vs Saina Nehwal (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- the Jap is technically more superior, but, my heart goes to the young and promising Saina
Lee Yun Hwa vs Li Li -- yet another tough call after Lee beat Cheng today
Jiang Yanjiao vs Pai Min-Jie -- it will be a shock if Jiang loses tomorrow
Trupti Murgunde vs Kanako Yonekura
Ng Ka Shun vs Chen Li
Yip Pui Yin vs Seo Yoon Hee -- another candidate for match of the round. The HK player has improved...but can see beat another Korean player after deposing Jun Jae Yun in 3 close sets?
Sutheswari Mudukasan vs Kaori Mori

Salakjit Ponsana?? I think she just lost her match to a Chinese taipei player!
should be Soratja right?

Salakjit Ponsana?? I think she just lost her match to a Chinese taipei player!
should be Soratja right?

Oops...typo...:D Yup, it should be Wang Chen vs Soratja Chansrisukot. Thanks for the correction.

The first round for WD is completed. Here's the pairings for Round 2
WOMEN'S DOUBLES ROUND 2
Wong Pei Tty/Chin Ee Hui vs Chang Yu-Ju/Cheng Hsiao-Yun
Thilini Sudhara Jayasinghe/Renu C.D.S. Hettiarachchige vs Lim Pek Siah/Joanne Quay Swee Ling -- what a long name....
Mooi Hing Yau/Fong Chew Yen vs Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing
Tomomi Masuda/Aki Akao vs Zhao Yunlei/Cheng Shu -- the Chinese beat Xing Aiying/Shinta Mulya Sari today....they could sneak another suprise tomorrow.
Long Ying/Pun Ut Wa vs Pan Pan/Tian Qing -- yet another potential top Chinese women doubles pair in the making.
Satako Suetsuna/Miyuki Maeda vs Saralee Thungthongkam/Sathinee Jankrajangwong
Du Jing/Yu Yang vs Wong Man Ching/See Phui Leng
Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia vs Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- gonna be a pretty interesting match...the Jap pair has an edge.

More MS results:
Sairul Amar Ayob beat Arvind Bhat 21-9, 22-20
Chan Yan Kit, Yousuke Nakanishi, Chen Yu, and Liao Sheng-Shiun all cruised through to the 2nd round.

how old is lim pek siah? she has changed a few partners.....why do they have to retire so early? joanne quay has made a few comebacks already....besides are they in the national team? anybody know?

is alamsyah also pelatnas boy?
:confused:

Wow....Kendrick Lee just managed to beat Alamsyah....21-13, 20-22, 21-19....a close third set as well.

The results today seem to have shown that the 21 points system does favor some young and upcoming players. When pitted against a non-top 10 players, they tend to do pretty well. It certainly adds to the excitement and unpredictable nature of the game.

is alamsyah alsa pelatnas player?

is alamsyah alsa pelatnas player?

I believe so.....

is alamsyah alsa pelatnas player?
he def is :)
he's not that famous in indonesia tho...

Simon passed his first test, beating Lu Yi 21-15, 21-17. He will face Thomas Kurian tomorrow and he should win.

Meanwhile, Nguyen Tien Minh has added another scalp by beating Shoji Sato 21-12, 21-16. He will face Roslin next and should be up for another upset.

Other players like Boonsak, Hafiz, Jang Yong Soo, and Ahn Hyun Suk all go through according to expectation.

MEN'S SINGLES ROUND 2 (BOTTOM HALF)
Kendrick Lee Yen Hui vs Chen Yu
Yousuke Nakanishi vs Sairul Amar Ayob
Liao Sheng-Shiu vs Chan Yan Kit
Jang Young Soo vs Kashyap (??)
Muhd Roslin Hashim vs Nguyen Tien Minh -- close candidate for match of the round. I am picking the Viet this time.
Ahn Hyun Suk vs Boonsak Ponsana
Thomas Kurian vs Simon Santoso -- shouldn't be a problem for Simon
Hung Yuk Wong vs Muhd Hafiz Hashim -- another breeze for Hafiz

havent seen roslin in international competition for awhile.....where has he been? retired?

Not surprisingly, Indonesia is the only team that does not send its women team to the ABC. At this rate, Indonesia will fall further behind the normally second-class team like India. All thanks to PBSI's policy!

Agree.

How ironic that after our women team lost to Malay, Thai and Singapore, in future our Uber team may also lost to India and probably from Vietnam 3-4 years from now. Cause I saw that Vietnam starting to send their players (both men and women) to lots of events.

nugroho,

if I am not wrong, alamsyah is Indonesia fifth MS right now. After Taufik got injured and if he is not regain his health in homas Cup later, alamsyah will be our fourth MS in Thomas Cup.

How funny and ironic, cause for Markus and Alamsyah, this is probably their first international events they enter. (beside Indonesia Open)

And their next big events will be Thomas Cup where Markus had a big chance to play third singles.

And before Thomas Cup begin, even I don't know who are our fourth and fifth singles.

Compare with Malay,China and Korea, I can named you at least five of these nation MS. :D

how old is lim pek siah? she has changed a few partners.....why do they have to retire so early? joanne quay has made a few comebacks already....besides are they in the national team? anybody know?

i believe pek siah is not part of the national team at the moment. she plays under the KL racquet club which does private coaching (for those who are interested) - so are sairul and sutheswari

hehehehe... well.. in this case i could drawn my dream that indonesia could bring back The ThomasCup. no international expirience, no knowladge about tournament, no damn confidence....
all of them means NO CHANCE

Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia vs Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- gonna be a pretty interesting match...the Jap pair has an edge.

I'm quite impressed with the SG girls, though, the draw is really not fair to whichever pair that loses. A bit more intelligence in SG frontcourt control & attack might just topple the cute Japanese pair. Only problem is the JAPS have advantage in tactics with Prof Park Joo Bong.