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09-19-2006, 03:43 PM
Results show:
Today at 11:20 AM Xie ZB team with ZHANG Y won their XD 21-8 21-8 in 14 minutes
Then 5 hours later, at 5pm Xie ZB with Guo Z won MD 21-8 21-8 again in 17 minutes
What a chance, all sets are 21-8. This is pre-arranged. I heard that some Chinese (mostly Cantonese) believe that 8 is a lucky number.
Another inside story. I feel that Zheng Bo always has problems to get along with his partner. He got problems with his XD partner Zhao TT again in the 1st set today. Then they didn't speak to each other until they won the match. In the 1st set, Zheng Bo thought that their opponents from Singapore can understand Chinese, so when he served, he always pretended to tell Zhao TT, "back court", "front court", "short serve", ..., actually what he did was opposite. He served to back court but he said "short serve". But he's outsmarted by Singapore's Lee. They were fully anticipated and smashed Zheng's serve. So Zhao TT complained that what Zheng did only confusing themselves, not their opponents at all. Zheng/Zhao continuously lost points at Zheng's services. Then Zheng's got angry, complained Zhao TT even more. When they were off court, Zhao complained that at court, Zheng always shout at her, complain her, and during daily life and training, she aslo has to take care of Zheng's personal life, like cooking for him, preparing food and soup; and Zheng said, his butt just got hurt 2 days ago, so he should be taken good care of. I also heard that Korean female players have to take care of her mixed double (male) partners' personal life. Is that true? Does that apply to Chinese players and all players world wide ?... Look at the picture when they won the match, they were still not in good mood.
Today at 11:20 AM Xie ZB team with ZHANG Y won their XD 21-8 21-8 in 14 minutes
Then 5 hours later, at 5pm Xie ZB with Guo Z won MD 21-8 21-8 again in 17 minutes
What a chance, all sets are 21-8. This is pre-arranged. I heard that some Chinese (mostly Cantonese) believe that 8 is a lucky number.
Another inside story. I feel that Zheng Bo always has problems to get along with his partner. He got problems with his XD partner Zhao TT again in the 1st set today. Then they didn't speak to each other until they won the match. In the 1st set, Zheng Bo thought that their opponents from Singapore can understand Chinese, so when he served, he always pretended to tell Zhao TT, "back court", "front court", "short serve", ..., actually what he did was opposite. He served to back court but he said "short serve". But he's outsmarted by Singapore's Lee. They were fully anticipated and smashed Zheng's serve. So Zhao TT complained that what Zheng did only confusing themselves, not their opponents at all. Zheng/Zhao continuously lost points at Zheng's services. Then Zheng's got angry, complained Zhao TT even more. When they were off court, Zhao complained that at court, Zheng always shout at her, complain her, and during daily life and training, she aslo has to take care of Zheng's personal life, like cooking for him, preparing food and soup; and Zheng said, his butt just got hurt 2 days ago, so he should be taken good care of. I also heard that Korean female players have to take care of her mixed double (male) partners' personal life. Is that true? Does that apply to Chinese players and all players world wide ?... Look at the picture when they won the match, they were still not in good mood.