Singapore Open 2006: Semi-Final (10/06)

[hcyong]

Predicted winners in bold
MS
Gade v Bao
KJ v Chen Hong
The form of the Chinese do not seem good.

WS
Pi v Nedeltcheva
Mia v Lu Lan
Mia can be inconsistent. If so, Lu will pounce.

MD
Flandy/Sigit v Blair/Clark
Laybourn/Paaske v Steffensen/Rasmussen
English a bit lucky to be at this stage. The Rasmussen pair looks a bit more steady.

WD
Wei/Zhang Yawen v Zhao/Zhang Dan
Yang/Zhang v Cheng/Chien

XD
Robertson/Emms v He Hanbin/Zhang Dan
Widianto/Natsir v Rizal/Polii
Two cases of David vs Goliath.

[TrunkZ69]

oooo in MD's, former world champs on different ends of the court!

[newjazz]

i think Pi has to be careful with Nedeltcheva... she's good!

[hara^kazuko]

So it's all chinese, danes and english affairs...

[hcpoirot]

SO 2006 had lots of retired and injured players. Anyway after QF results:

As usual China still dominated with 7 spot occupied from 20 SF spot.

Denmark also doing nicely specially the men. 4 spots.

Indonesia suprisingly did quite good by 3 spots in SF. After a bad lost from Luluk/Alven and Markis/Hendra.

England had 2 spot. est of the countries had one.

Malaysia didn't do quite good by not having one spot in SFIndonesia Open and SO here.

How come lots of Malaysia fans dissed Hafiz? Come on he lost to Chen Hong who although not as good as 2 years ago but still a very dangerous and good player. So hafiz lost to a good opponent. You can dissed him if he lost to Vietnam players or Germany players. But lost to Top China players?

[kyiyu]

My predict are as follow. Quite agree with hcyong except Man single.

MS
Gade v Bao
KJ v Chen Hong
The way Chen Hong dispatch Hafiz today was somewhat top form. So bet on Chen Hong rather than Kenneth

WS
Pi v Nedeltcheva
Mia v Lu Lan

MD
Flandy/Sigit v Blair/Clark
Laybourn/Paaske v Steffensen/Rasmussen

WD
Wei/Zhang Yawen v Zhao/Zhang Dan
Yang/Zhang v Cheng/Chien

XD
Robertson/Emms v He Hanbin/Zhang Dan
Widianto/Natsir v Rizal/Polii

[hara^kazuko]

SO 2006 had lots of retired and injured players. Anyway after QF results:

As usual China still dominated with 7 spot occupied from 20 SF spot.

Denmark also doing nicely specially the men. 4 spots.

Indonesia suprisingly did quite good by 3 spots in SF. After a bad lost from Luluk/Alven and Markis/Hendra.

England had 2 spot. est of the countries had one.

Malaysia didn't do quite good by not having one spot in SFIndonesia Open and SO here.

How come lots of Malaysia fans dissed Hafiz? Come on he lost to Chen Hong who although not as good as 2 years ago but still a very dangerous and good player. So hafiz lost to a good opponent. You can dissed him if he lost to Vietnam players or Germany players. But lost to Top China players?

Well, we malaysian fans have never tried to diss hafiz... I was actually surprised that he got into quarter final n misbun was satisfied with him..

But u know disppointment do apply in all of us when he actually won the first set but went down tamely in the sencond n third set... Mayb some ppl just thought he could do better n had been very inconsistent in his playing...

[badMania]

The Semi-Finals will start at 2:00pm tomorrow and will probably be finished by 5:30pm. A good thing as I can then go for a movie at night..hehe :D


MEN'S SINGLES
Peter Gade vs Bao Chunlai (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- Peter was only troubled by Chen Yu so far. I hope he can win tomorrow.

Chen Hong vs Kenneth Jonassen -- Kenneth strolled to the semi-finals. On the other hand, Chen Hong negotiated a difficult match earlier. Chen Hong to win.

MEN'S DOUBLES
Anthony Clark/Robert Blair vs Flandy Limpele/Sigit Budiarto (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- I have underestimated the senior Indonesian pair. If they again play their best form, they will win tomorrow...and even win the tournament.

Jonas Rasmussen/Peter Steffensen vs Thomas Laybourn/Lars Paaske -- a meeting between 2 former partners. JR and his new partner seem to be better.

WOMEN'S SINGLES
Mia Audina vs Lu Lan (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- I have to say that I do not want Lu Lan to win. Mia was impressive in her victory over Chen Li today..and I hope she continues her good form.

Petya Nedeltcheva vs Pi Hongyan -- Pi to win.

WOMEN'S DOUBLES
Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen vs Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- I hope the Chinese Taipei pair can put up a good fight.

Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen vs Zhang Dan/Zhao Tingting -- boring..boring...does it really matter who win?

MIXED DOUBLES
Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms vs He Hanbin/Zhang Dan (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- despite the fact that the Chinese pair has beaten 2 seeds, Robertson/Emms should be too strong for them.

Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir vs Mohd Rizal/Greysia Polii -- experience vs youth. Rizal/Greysia have really done well since being re-paired up less than 3 weeks ago. They show the potential of becoming Team Indonesia's no 2 XD pair now (with the Asian Games looming in mind). Richard Mainaky again made a good decision by re-pairing these 2 players (who were formerly runners-up in the World Junior Championships 2 years ago; incidentally, their opponent was He Hanbin/Yu Yang). Nova/Butet should prevail and meet Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms. They have lost their last 2 matches to the English pair. Time for a revenge?

[winex8888]

Personally I find all the men singles semi-finalists have an equal chance of making it to the finals. All of them seem to be on form. Good luck to the players!

[EastDevil]

Peter Gade all the way. He is in good form and he seems to be the most all-rounded player in this tournament. And now that Ronald Susilo is out, the stadium has been transformed in Peter's home ground. This is from the kind of reception he receives... almost like he is Singaporean! Not difficult to understand why at all looking at the reaction from the female groupies from China.

[yannie]

Wow... China vs Denmark MS semifinals!
Jia You Zhong Guo and Kom Nu Danmark!
I believe the MS final will be between Peter Gade and Chen Hong.

[Eurasian =--(O)]

Wow... China vs Denmark MS semifinals!
Jia You Zhong Guo and Kom Nu Danmark!
I believe the MS final will be between Peter Gade and Chen Hong.

lol anyone half danish and half chinese? im half chinese quarter scottish quarter norwegian lol... in this case tho i dont care who wins i like all the players - but i want KJ to win. I have his autograph lol

[seawell]

MS
Gade v Bao
KJ v Chen Hong

WS
Pi v Nedeltcheva
Mia v Lu Lan

I hope the tall girl win her first title!

MD
Flandy/Sigit v Blair/Clark
Laybourn/Paaske v Steffensen/Rasmussen

WD
Wei/Zhang Yawen v Zhao/Zhang Dan
Yang/Zhang v Cheng/Chien

XD
Robertson/Emms v He Hanbin/Zhang Dan
Widianto/Natsir v Rizal/Polii

[fabcargo]

Wow... China vs Denmark MS semifinals!
Jia You Zhong Guo and Kom Nu Danmark!
I believe the MS final will be between Peter Gade and Chen Hong.

Sorry Yannie, Chen Hong will not go past Kenneth. I bet its Kenneth-Bao in final and Kenneth winning in 2 sets. ;)

[fabcargo]

MS
Gade v Bao
KJ v Chen Hong

WS
Pi v Nedeltcheva
Mia v Lu Lan

I hope the tall girl win her first title!

MD
Flandy/Sigit v Blair/Clark
Laybourn/Paaske v Steffensen/Rasmussen

WD
Wei/Zhang Yawen v Zhao/Zhang Dan
Yang/Zhang v Cheng/Chien

XD
Robertson/Emms v He Hanbin/Zhang Dan
Widianto/Natsir v Rizal/Polii

Laybourn/Paaske v Flandy/Sigit in final and Sigit with his 1st title with new partner. Unless Flandy makes 1 too many mistakes again like in IO then its the other way around.

[fabcargo]

lol anyone half danish and half chinese? im half chinese quarter scottish quarter norwegian lol... in this case tho i dont care who wins i like all the players - but i want KJ to win. I have his autograph lol

Hi Eurasian,

I dont have anything from KJ but still I want him to win this title....so we are in this together...hahahha

[magical_phoenix]

I think the men's singles semi finalists all have approximately equal chance to go to the finals... I also agree with yannie.. I think it's gonna be Gade vs Chen Hong

[badMania]

lol anyone half danish and half chinese? im half chinese quarter scottish quarter norwegian lol... in this case tho i dont care who wins i like all the players - but i want KJ to win. I have his autograph lol

Hmm...just one note...I thought Britta Andersen looks "half-Asian half-Eurasian" :cool:

[Eurasian =--(O)]

Hmm...just one note...I thought Britta Andersen looks "half-Asian half-Eurasian" :cool:

haha, the word eurasian means half european half asian. i think u meant half-asian half-european? I think she looks pure asian imo. I look kind of latino or greek.... unless i shave my head then i look like a buddist monk lol ;)

[elwin81]

NR/GE looking good at the 1st set...........
any live broadcasting today?
GDTV is not showing the match live.
:(

[tehsham]

The Semi-Finals will start at 2:00pm tomorrow and will probably be finished by 5:30pm. A good thing as I can then go for a movie at night..hehe :D

Movie ??? It is England vs Paraquay tonite !!!!

[SmartCivet]

who can give the live result?

[elwin81]

here u go............

http://www.singaporebadmintonopen.com/en/eventinfo/livescore.asp

[shadowind]

who can give the live result? Go to the official website and click on live score. here (http://www.singaporebadmintonopen.com/en/home/)

[tehsham]

who can give the live result?
Well the English XD win easily 21-9,21-13

[SmartCivet]

here u go............

http://www.singaporebadmintonopen.com/en/eventinfo/livescore.asp
Thanks! :)

[elwin81]

close match between BCL and PG
15-14 now..........

I hope BCL can win

[Jofianty]

gade took the 1st set, 2nd set bcl leading 11-8.
bao bao jia you

[elwin81]

lead by 17-15 now.....go go BCL

[elwin81]

bao took 2nd set..........YES

[Jofianty]

3rd set bcl 4 gade 4
it's good match

[virusvoodoo]

3rd set bcl 4 gade 4
it's good match


And Peter GADE is through to the final after winning 21-17 in the 3rd set.

[sugar_free]

It last for more than 1 hour... Must be a really great and tiring match...

[yannie]

Wahhh... I knew Bao would lose... sigh

[virusvoodoo]

Wahhh... I knew Bao would lose... sigh

Even though I like Peter GADE better but I was feeling uneasy throughout the whole match as I know that BAO is a player capable of toppling most top-seeds in any tournament.

I wonder what happen with in during 3rd set because he was trailing throughout the whole thing. Can it be stamina/strength that he is lacking?

[Simp84]

Bao lack of the "male" killer instinct....
His image gave opponent the extra confident boost that they can beat him...
His smashes lacking of power seriously
And when the heat and pressure is on he tend to get stoned easily and lose focus
I hope he really reevaluate his playing style and work harder......
I think if he buff up into Jonassen's shape... hes unstopable :D

[extremenanopowe]

Gade is breaming with confident. Morten frost is chipping in to coach him. What a priviledge. Interesting to see Msian open as all the top guns will be there. Hopefully.
rgds:D

[jasonmarc]

Gade is breaming with confident. Morten frost is chipping in to coach him. What a priviledge. Interesting to see Msian open as all the top guns will be there. Hopefully.
rgds:D

Really? All top guns..including LD, TH, PG, BCL, CH and LCW??:D :D Wah...
interesting:D :D :D

[pauline]

Interesting match between CH and KJ!!!!

[xt6666]

Look like CH could win the second game...

EDIT:

CH won the second game 21-19

[Go Gade]

Hey... Is there any live streaming??? cctv, gdtv?

[xt6666]

No, I don't think so...



KJ WON!!! Congrats the Denmark, KJ vs. PG in the finals tomorrow!

[virusvoodoo]

No, I don't think so...

KJ leading 19:16 at the moment

Kenneth will be playing Peter in the final!

[Morten]

21-16 in 3rd game in KJ favour

[yannie]

Wahaha...... den vs den final... hmm... cool... denmark rules in this year's SO

[sihar]

Nova/Butet vs. nathan/gail...
nice final!
wish ina pair will win.
come...on...

[EastDevil]

My feelings about Bao Chun Lai's performance today:

1) Slow, slow and slow. He had very serious trouble keeping up with Peter Gade's pace. BCL moves too clumsily as its his style.

2) Too many unforced errors. He simply cannot keep his concentration when under pressure from Peter.

3) Not offensive enough. Peter was doing most of the attacking and BCL simply tried to hang on and defend. But you can't defend if you are prone to unforced errors.

4) BCL is simply very tired.

[EastDevil]

However, by sheer quality, BCL is no way near Peter Gade yet. Gade is simply a fantastic player. I could only truely appreciate his brilliance watching him playing right in front of me (yes, if you watch the TV broadcast, you would see me sitting in the front row and I am nto saying which :-P ). Gade simply moves around so well and his shots are just so efficient especially his drop shots and netplays.

The enormous crowd reception after the game says it all, his game is simply too beautiful.

[LouisW]

However, by sheer quality, BCL is no way near Peter Gade yet. Gade is simply a fantastic player. I could only truely appreciate his brilliance watching him playing right in front of me (yes, if you watch the TV broadcast, you would see me sitting in the front row and I am nto saying which :-P ). Gade simply moves around so well and his shots are just so efficient especially his drop shots and netplays.

The enormous crowd reception after the game says it all, his game is simply too beautiful.

ya, gade is really good especially when he play against Chen Yu.

and today against BCL is also a great match.

[ctjcad]

Sigh, my prediction of the all-CHN MS affair in the SO Final is off..:p..

4) BCL is simply very tired.
hmm, not to sound like an excuse, but i think this is the most significant factor, esp. comparing Gade didn't play last week at the IO..Esp. after last week's marathon @ the IO, in the sweltering and humid temperature...:rolleyes:..it should be interesting to see how far he can go next week in the MO, if he decides to play there also.....:rolleyes:..

[Simp84]

I think the excuse for tired is no longer valid for 21point system....:)

[badMania]

Sigh, my prediction of the all-CHN MS affair in the SO Final is off..:p..

hmm, not to sound like an excuse, but i think this is the most significant factor, esp. comparing Gade didn't play last week at the IO..Esp. after last week's marathon @ the IO, in the sweltering and humid temperature...:rolleyes:..it should be interesting to see how far he can go next week in the MO, if he decides to play there also.....:rolleyes:..

BCL will be not be in the MO. Only Chen Hong will join the other first team players (Chen Jin, Lin Dan, and a few young players) at Sarawak.

[EastDevil]

I think the excuse for tired is no longer valid for 21point system....:)

But if you are playing 2 tournaments straight, it drains you out a lot. Travelling, training, playing against other good players, etc... We as spectators attending just one event for the past few days can get a little tiring as well not to mention competing. Its like going for school exams for 2 weeks straight.

[X Ball]

But if you are playing 2 tournaments straight, it drains you out a lot. Travelling, training, playing against other good players, etc... We as spectators attending just one event for the past few days can get a little tiring as well not to mention competing. Its like going for school exams for 2 weeks straight.

Correct, totally agree with your comments. It is not just the physical but also mental stamina required.

As such, I hope LCW's dropping out of Indonesian Open so early was a ploy to reserve everything for the MO for which he is a defending champion.;) He said he was preparing for the MO, so I like to believe him.

As for Peter Gade, he knew he had the guys 'covered' since he did not play in the IO -- BCl is a spent force after IO. Chen Hong should go home after SO coz I do not think he will be able to 'raise his racket' in the MO.:rolleyes:

[hara^kazuko]

I hope Malaysian players will come out with something to do in MO next week... It has been a long disappearance of Malaysian players in semifinals n finals

[Sealman]

I was late for the mixed doubles semifinals :crying: Anyway here are the rest of the semifinals photos I took...

Women Singles Semifinals

[Sealman]

Women Doubles Semifinals

[Sealman]

Men Doubles Semifinals

[Sealman]

Men Singles Semifinals

[Sealman]

Men Singles Semifinals

[EastDevil]

Sigh, my prediction of the all-CHN MS affair in the SO Final is off..:p..

hmm, not to sound like an excuse, but i think this is the most significant factor, esp. comparing Gade didn't play last week at the IO..Esp. after last week's marathon @ the IO, in the sweltering and humid temperature...:rolleyes:..it should be interesting to see how far he can go next week in the MO, if he decides to play there also.....:rolleyes:..

Well, tiredness definitely contributed to BCL's performance. He is already not the fastest on court, coupled with his tiredness, its hard for him to keep pace. Gade is really really fast this time round. How I wish I have his legs. :D

[EastDevil]

Men Singles Semifinals

Really appreciate your pictures. As I do not have a camera, your pictures really became my personal photo album. Not gonna tell you which one in the pictures I am. :D

[Sealman]

Really appreciate your pictures. As I do not have a camera, your pictures really became my personal photo album. Not gonna tell you which one in the pictures I am. :D

you're welcome Michael. hmmm.. but couldnt locate you in the photos...

[EastDevil]

you're welcome Michael. hmmm.. but couldnt locate you in the photos...

I moved to the sides for some of the matches (autograph hunting) but still didn't manage to avoid your camera. For the finals, I moved to the side to avoid the TV cameras. ha ha ha :D

[Loh]

I moved to the sides for some of the matches (autograph hunting) but still didn't manage to avoid your camera. For the finals, I moved to the side to avoid the TV cameras. ha ha ha :D

But you can't avoid my roving camera! You've been caught red-handed a few times! :D

Thanks Sealman for all the hard work! ;)

[EastDevil]

But you can't avoid my roving camera! You've been caught red-handed a few times! :D

Thanks Sealman for all the hard work! ;)

You are fast man... can catch me performing those "acts".