Hong Kong Open 2006: Day 3 (30/08)

[badMania]

Quite a number of interesting matches today (particularly in MD). Predicted winners in bold.

MS ROUND OF 32 (with the next round also played today)
Taufik Hidayat vs Lee Tsuen Tseng -- Taufik is regaining his form slowly...and I will be very surprised if he losses today.

Ng Wei vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro -- the local player to win.

Kenneth Jonassen vs Sairul Amar Ayob -- a tough but manageable match for the Danes.

Krishnan Yogendran vs Boonsak Ponsana -- the Thai to progress for possibly another rematch with Chen Yu later today.

Simon Santoso vs Lee Hyun Il -- it will be a major achievement if Simon can beat the Korean no 1 player.


MD ROUND OF 16
Gan Teik Chai/Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan -- (MATCH OF THE ROUND) and I hope the Indonesian pair prevail! With the withdrawal of Jens Eriksen/Martin Lundgaard Hansen, the path to the final in the top half of the draw is wide open for both Pelatnas pairs to meet each other in the semi-final.

Guo Zhendong/Xu Chen vs Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto -- Luluk/Alvent were once again pushed to 3 sets by the unknown English pair, while Guo/Xu also won after a deuce in the rubber set. Luluk/Alvent to win...but...at their current form, any pair can beat them!

Keita Matsuda/Tadashi Ohtsuka vs Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah -- should be a breeze for the veteran Malaysian pair.

Lee Jae Jin/Hwang Ji Man vs Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya -- a close candidate for match of the round...and the 2 pairs meet again after only 3 days. I think Tony/Candra will win yet again.

Eng Hian/Rian Sukmawan vs Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun -- the Djarum pair won their first match against the Singaporean brothers yesterday and it will be a major upset if they can beat Fu/Cai.

WS ROUND OF 16
Zhang Ning vs Saina Nehwal -- a good experience for the Indian youngster.

Xu Huaiwen vs Jiang Yanjiao (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- Jiang to win.

Lee Yun Hwa vs Wang Chen -- the local player to progress.

Wong Mew Choo vs Xie Xingfang -- unlucky for Wong to play Xie so early.

WD ROUND OF 16
Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing vs Satoko Suetsuna/Miyuki Maeda -- no problem for the Chinese Taipei pair.

Jo Novita/Gresya Polii vs Gail Emms/Donna Kellogg (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- if Lita/Nathalia can beat Emms/Kellogg, I think Jo/Gresya can do the same. They are on a roll...and I hope they can reach the semi-final.

Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia vs Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen -- no problem for the Chinese pair.

XD ROUND OF 16
Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms vs He Hanbin/Yu Yang -- the English pair is still not in their top form, but, they should win today.

Zheng Bo/Zhao Tingting vs Songpol Anukritayawan/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul -- the Chinese pair was stretched to 3 sets by an Indian pair with the score at 21-19 in the final set. The Thai no 2 pair should pose a threat.

Hendri Saputra Kurniawan/Li Yujia vs Anthony Clark/Donna Kellogg -- a tough match for both pairs and I hope the Singaporean pair can win.

Robert Blair/Natalie Munt vs Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- again, a tough match but Sudket/Saralee should win for another encounter with Nova/Butet in the QF tomorrow.

Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir vs Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk -- the Indonesian pair was once again stretched to 3 sets in the opening round by the Korean pair Hwang/Ha. They should have an easier task today before the tough battles resume tomorrow with possibly Sudket/Saralee, Xie/Zhang (their main threat) and Zhang/Gao or Robertson/Emms all waiting for them if they are to win back-to-back titles. I personally don't think they can win the title this week.

[Cheung]

Watched Gan and Zakry last night. I like them! They look hungry. Flanndy and Sigit didn't have any fire or really seem to want to win! So the young M'sians rolled out a straightforward win.

[kemana]

"Lee Jae Jin/Hwang Ji Man vs Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya "

it's like the KO md final rematch

[ksooi]

Watched Gan and Zakry last night. I like them! They look hungry. Flanndy and Sigit didn't have any fire or really seem to want to win! So the young M'sians rolled out a straightforward win.


Yes...both of them are hungry for success and have improved a lot since Rexy took over....they communicate really well on and off court.....

[ctjcad]

Watched Gan and Zakry last night. I like them! They look hungry. Flanndy and Sigit didn't have any fire or really seem to want to win! So the young M'sians rolled out a straightforward win.
Hmm, Sigit just wants to go shopping, so does Flandy...hehe:p
I don't think they really care if they'll win another title or not; they're just joining the trip for sparring purposes for the younger pair & playing to "kill time" til next yr, so no pressure..Besides, they're in Hong Kong!..:p ;)

[badMania]

Hmm, Sigit just wants to go shopping, so does Flandy...hehe:p
I don't think they really care if they'll win another title or not; they're just joining the trip for sparring purposes for the younger pair & playing to "kill time" til next yr, so no pressure..Besides, they're in Hong Kong!..:p ;)

I agree! In fact, they have won the Singapore Open title this year and are not in contention for the WC. It's time for PBSI to promote Hendra Gunawan/Joko Riyadi to the main team. I thought they would play in Korea and Open, but, apparently, they are still being grounded at home. They are also not included in the Singapore Satelitte.

Pelatnas No 2 Team is in full force for the Singapore Satelitte this week and probably JPGG Surabaya Satelitte next week. Time for Yoga/Yonathan or Frans/Rendra as well as Nitya/Nadya to win some titles. I hope to see some of their matches later this afternoon.

[rudy6713]

I looked at website from Match schedule..it seems that taufik thru 3rd round, Simon lost to Lee and Sonny Dwi beat ng wei and face Chen Hong.All chinese are thru

[kemana]

I looked at website from Match schedule..it seems that taufik thru 3rd round, Simon lost to Lee and Sonny Dwi beat ng wei and face Chen Hong.All chinese are thru
i thought Lindan beat ng wei yesterday?:confused:

[hcyong]

Match schedule for today:
http://www.hkbadmintonassn.org.hk/files/300806.pdf

Results so far:
http://www.hkbadmintonassn.org.hk/files/ms30.pdf
http://www.hkbadmintonassn.org.hk/files/ws30.pdf
http://www.hkbadmintonassn.org.hk/files/xd30.pdf


Notable results:
Sony bt Ng Wei
Persson bt Chan Yan Kit
Smith bt Dabeka
(All HK MS out.)
He Hanbin/Yu Yang bt Robertson/Emms
Shirley/Quay also through

[byelnats]

Poor Simon. Guess the No 1 Korean player is still too much for him. Hope he gets going soon. We will need him in the near future.

Good news of Sony beating Ng Wei. It will be an interesting match against Chen Hong. I hope Sony will win.

[kemana]

oh, my fault,hehe, i took him wrong

[rudy6713]

i thought Lindan beat ng wei yesterday?:confused:

Lin Dan def. Agus

[kemana]

Lin Dan def. Agus
yes,i made a mistake:)

[yingcheng]

robertson/emms lost?? oops~~~

[Jessica]

Woog Mew Choo will face XXF...Hope she can win but is hard...Never mind..Gain more experince when playing with the china

[Arun V]

19 year old Kashyap P of India through to the pre-quarter, as all other Indians lost.Kashyap bt Wacha Przemyslam (POL) - 17:21,22:20,21:13.
Kashyap will now play Taufik in the pre-quarters, which will be a good experiance for the yongter.

[Arun V]

Anand Pawar of India extendes Lee Chong Wei to a 3 setter -22:20,6:21,11:21.

[Bombat]

Glad to see Taufik steps to the next round..I Hope he can win this tourney at the end. Well done for Sony too beat the host player..I think he is one of talented player but inconsistent..Unlucky for Simon..:(

[Syaoran_Style]

In women single

Zhang Ning bt Saina Newhal 21-11 21-10
Yao Jie bt Anna Rice 21-10 21-12

[Syaoran_Style]

Lin dan bt sapkulchananart 21-11 21-15
Yeoh bt Jayaram 21-16 21-16
Taufik Hidayat bt Lee tsuen seng 21-17 21-7
Chen hong bt Bobby Milroy 21-9 21-11
Jonassen bt Ayob 21-10 21-7
Park sung hwan bt Chetan Anand 21-12 21-9
Chen Yu bt Ouseph 21-17 21-10
and other results on http://www.hkbadmintonassn.org.hk/files/ms30.pdf

[**KZ**]

perhaps LCW wasn't very concentrated on the 1st set....put he took the 2nd and 3rd easily

[Baderz_Jas]

hey Syoaran_Style, thanks for theupdates.

[taufik-ist]

Lin dan bt sapkulchananart 21-11 21-15
Yeoh bt Jayaram 21-16 21-16
Taufik Hidayat bt Lee tsuen seng 21-17 21-7
Chen hong bt Bobby Milroy 21-9 21-11
Jonassen bt Ayob 21-10 21-7
Park sung hwan bt Chetan Anand 21-12 21-9
Chen Yu bt Ouseph 21-17 21-10
and other results on http://www.hkbadmintonassn.org.hk/files/ms30.pdf

i'm glad taufik won easily :D

[irian]

The result page had been updated.

Kido/Setiawan bt Gan/Abdul Latif 16-21,21-15,21-14
Yulianto/Hadianto lost again :mad:

[taufik-ist]

The result page had been updated.

Kido/Setiawan bt Gan/Abdul Latif 16-21,21-15,21-14
Yulianto/Hadianto lost again :mad:

who has beaten them :(.. their mental are so weak :mad:

[irian]

They lost against Guo/Xu 17 and 13. So bad.....

[taufik-ist]

They lost against Guo/Xu 17 and 13. So bad.....

they should be splited

[tino4]

who has beaten them :(.. their mental are so weak :mad:

well, i think , now we can start to forget luluk/alven ....what a pity...:mad:

[taufik-ist]

well, i think , now we can start to forget luluk/alven ....what a pity...:mad:

it's time to promote hendra/riyadi and to degrade alven/luluk

[nugroho]

with chinese domination, and not to forget the waking up of european countries, i think the hard work of indonesia and malaysia is not enough.
today indonesia has lost on WD so we dont have any represantation on QF, nor on WS.

luckly TH and sony still there to compe on MS, we still have markis/hendra on MD and nova/natsir on XD.

it does worry me alot after all, but well... just wait ad see... can't be there to support but we always do ... for our very own country!

[taufik-ist]

latest results ? anyone ?

[taufik-ist]

taufik will likely meet lindan in qf (he will meet P.kashyap (ind) in 16 round) :)

[Jessica]

The result page had been updated.

Kido/Setiawan bt Gan/Abdul Latif 16-21,21-15,21-14
Yulianto/Hadianto lost again :mad:The Mas young pair lose to the indo pair but they did quite well in the three set game...Gain more experience is good for them...:p They still lack of experience compared to the opponent...:D So..work hard...They are still our future hope...Hope Lee/Chong can do something...;)

[Cheung]

Damm, Gan/Zakry should have been a really good match. Pity I couldn't see it. I really hope these young M'sians get more chances. We need them for badminton's sake - they are young, hungry and desire for the win. YEAH!!:D

[Jessica]

Cheung...Thanks a lot your pictures and all your opinoin...We need more peoples like you..Remember to keep update tomorrow matches and the most important don't forgot to take some lovely pictures while watching...Thanks once again...

[wynn000]

why no result updates 1 ?? it is HKO is 6 star tournament!!

[SmartCivet]

YEOH Kay Bin lost to Lin Dan 18:21 20:22

WONG Mew Choo lost to Xie Xingfang 12:21 13:21

[wynn000]

how about Lee/Choong in MD and LCW??

[Jessica]

YEOH Kay Bin lost to Lin Dan 18:21 20:22

WONG Mew Choo lost to Xie Xingfang 12:21 13:21This is the expected results...:p She can break the great wall yet with her performance now...Keep it up...

[wynn000]

Yeoh very closed to beat LD

[Jessica]

Oh Ya...he didn't lose much to LD...Why will this happen???He should feel happy even he is lose...

[elwin81]

WMC is now throwing stone on the great wall.
She should throw some rocks in the future.
:)

[badMania]

NIGHT RESULTS

MS ROUND OF 16 -- only 2 Chinese players in the last 8
Lin Dan bt Yeoh Kay Bin 21-18, 22-20
P. Kashyap lost to Taufik Hidayat 17-21, 17-21
Chen Hong lost to Sony Dwi Kuncoro 20-22, 22-20, 18-21 -- a good tournament for Sony so far, let's hope he keeps this up tomorrow!
Kenneth Jonassen bt Park Sung Hwan 21-16, 21-13
Chen Yu lost to Boonsak Ponsana 21-19, 19-21, 14-21
Dicky Palyama lost to Chen Jin 20-22, 14-21
Joachim Persson lost to Lee Hyun Il 21-15, 14-21, 13-21
Andrew Smith lost to Lee Chong Wei 7-21, 13-21

MD ROUND OF 16
Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Matsuda lost to Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah 13-21, 13-21
Lee Jae Jin/Hwang Ji Man lost to Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya 8-21, 21-23
Rian Sukmawan/Eng Hian lost to Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun 18-21, 11-21

WS ROUND OF 16
Lee Yun Hwa lost to Wang Chen 13-21, 15-21
Petya Nedeltcheva bt Tracey Hallam 11-21, 21-19, 21-19
Wong Meow Choo lost to Xie Xingfang 12-21, 13-21

WD ROUND OF 16
Yip Pui Yin/Chow Hoi Wah lost to Wong Pei Tty/Chin Ee Hui 8-21, 14-21
Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia lost to Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen 11-21, 14-21

XD ROUND OF 16
Robert Blair/Natalie Munt lost to Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam 16-21, 16-21
Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk lost to Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir 10-21, 18-21

[elwin81]

some really good MS matches tomorrow.

LD vs TH
CJ vs Boonsak (2 youngster)

Maybe Sony vs KJ too if KJ won his match. (Rematch of 2004 thomas cup)

[Syaoran_Style]

some really good MS matches tomorrow.

LD vs TH
CJ vs Boonsak (2 youngster)

Maybe Sony vs KJ too if KJ won his match. (Rematch of 2004 thomas cup)

In Fact in TC 2004 KJ played against Taufik Hidayat and Sony played against Peter Gade :) :)

[elwin81]

In Fact in TC 2004 KJ played against Taufik Hidayat and Sony played against Peter Gade :) :)

oh ya, sorry. It is my mistake.

[rudy6713]

some really good MS matches tomorrow.

LD vs TH
CJ vs Boonsak (2 youngster)

Maybe Sony vs KJ too if KJ won his match. (Rematch of 2004 thomas cup)

Boonsak is not youngster anymore...Chen Jin..yes..I am sure CJwill prevail to semifinal.

I think it is tough for Taufik to beat Lin Dan...
I predict that Sonny can tak KJ out....come on sonny

[ctjcad]

NIGHT RESULTS

MS ROUND OF 16 -- only 2 Chinese players in the last 8
Lin Dan bt Yeoh Kay Bin 21-18, 22-20
P. Kashyap lost to Taufik Hidayat 17-21, 17-21
Chen Hong lost to Sony Dwi Kuncoro 20-22, 22-20, 18-21 -- a good tournament for Sony so far, let's hope he keeps this up tomorrow!
Kenneth Jonassen bt Park Sung Hwan 21-16, 21-13
Chen Yu lost to Boonsak Ponsana 21-19, 19-21, 14-21
Dicky Palyama lost to Chen Jin 20-22, 14-21
Joachim Persson lost to Lee Hyun Il 21-15, 14-21, 13-21
Andrew Smith lost to Lee Chong Wei 7-21, 13-21

MD ROUND OF 16
Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Matsuda lost to Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah 13-21, 13-21
Lee Jae Jin/Hwang Ji Man lost to Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya 8-21, 21-23
Rian Sukmawan/Eng Hian lost to Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun 18-21, 11-21
wow, tomorrow's matches are gonna be a great one..i agree!..
Sony Kuncoro won because probably Chen Hong hasn't participated in a major tourney for a long time, who knows how long..That must be one heck of a match, very close score nonetheless, could've gone either way..:p
I think Taufik is now "interested in competing" as LinDan is participating, unlike in the Korean Open..The TH vs. LD match should be a barn-burner...:cool:
On that note, I have a feeling & won't be surprise if those same 8 MS players participating in the QF Rd, will be the same 8 players who'll be in the QF of next month's World Championship(with the exception of Gade as possible inclusion)..:rolleyes:

As for the MD QF, all i've got to say is WOW..Tony/Candra vs. Fu/CaiYun...:) :cool: I'll say this is a *must-watch* match of the round(probably match of the whole tournament) & it should be another barn-burner; anyone willing to record for those of us who can't witness it...I believe this will be the *first ever* encounter between the 2 pairs??..:rolleyes: :cool:

[Cheung]

Agree. I gotta be there!. Don't expect too many pics cos I want to watch the match!

[ctjcad]

WMC is now throwing stone on the great wall.
She should throw some rocks in the future.
:)
if rocks nor stone will work, she could try rolling down a boulder..:p ;) :)

[event]

WONG Mew Choo lost to Xie Xingfang 12:21 13:21Yes, we can stop watching women's singles. We already know it will be yet another Xie vs. Zhang final. I was hopeful for Lee Yun-hwa but alas, she was no match for Wang Chen. Wang basically never beats Zhang, either, and I doubt the home-crowd advantage is going to be a factor.