Now the real battles just get started ...

Chong Wei Lee vs Persson
Bao vs Sony

Chen Jin vs Kuan
Lee Hyun Il vs Pang


Hidayat vs Chen Hong
Sato vs Gade

Palyama vs Hafiz
Park vs Lin

whoh...... cool.
Hidayat and Chen Hong is a good one to watch. Redemption time...
rgds

Errr..I don't think Park Sung Hwan's match against John Moody and Lin Dan's match against Bobby Milroy have started. So, there could still be some upsets :cool:

We have nice exciting matches to watch tomorrow...

I remember people argued before who got the easiest draw. Now let's review it now since things are getting clearer. Here is my order (from easiest to hardest) for this round:

Hafiz, Lee HI, Gade, Chen Jin, Lee CW, Lin, Palyama, Bao, Hidayat, Sony Pang, Kuan, Persson, Sato, Park, Chen Hong

So, It seems Hafiz, Lee HI, Gade, .. get easy draws, while Chen Hong gets the hardest. Taufik seems in form.

Now the real battles just get started ...

Chong Wei Lee vs Persson
Bao vs Sony

Chen Jin vs Kuan
Lee Hyun Il vs Pang


Hidayat vs Chen Hong
Sato vs Gade

Palyama vs Hafiz
Park vs Lin

yes...agree! hidayat v chen hong will be the match to watch...ch will have to wait another day for a chance to beat taufik...:D

Taufik will win. Chen Hong has bad record with Taufik, only 1 win.

Only Bao Chunlai can stop Taufik.

As one of you have said, there's plenty of mouth-watering clashes tomorrow. A total of 36 matches to be played from 2pm Madrid time. So, here's my pick for tomorrow's matches:

MS ROUND OF 16
Lee Chong Wei vs Joachim Persson -- no problem for Lee!

Bao Chunlai vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro -- I hope Sony wins...but...But is superior!

Chen Jin vs Kuan Beng Hong -- Kuan has done his job...reaching the last 16. He will not beat Chen Jin.

Taufik Hidayat vs Chen Hong (MATCH OF THE DAY) -- Taufik has been Chen Hong's nemesis and his luck against the Chinese player shall continue tomorrow...probably in 3 sets.

Park Sung Hwan vs Lin Dan -- a more difficult opponent for Lin Dan compared to today's...but...shouldn't be a problem also.

MD ROUND OF 16
Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto vs Roman Spitko/Michael Fuchs -- shouldn't be a problem for the INA pair.

Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan vs Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah (MATCH OF THE DAY) -- a tough tie for Kido/Hendra and a test of their credential. I hope they win.

Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo vs Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Lin Woon Fui -- the Malaysian pair has an edge.

Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen vs Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae -- a close candidate for match of the day. Experience vs youth...and I pick youth!

WS ROUND OF 16
Zhang Ning vs Wong Mew Choo -- no question, the Chinese player should win!

Kaori Mori vs Jiang Yanjiao -- a tricky tie for Jiang, but, she should manage.

Yip Pui Yin vs Pi Hongyan -- Pi to win!

Tine Rasmussen vs Xie Xingfang -- the Danish player has recovered well from her injury. She could pose some problems for Xie.

Eriko Hirose vs Xu Huaiwen (MATCH OF THE DAY) -- a tough tie for both players...I pick the German to win.

WD QUARTER-FINAL -- all four Chinese pairs are expected to make it
Gao Ling/Huang Sui vs Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing (MATCH OF THE DAY)

Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota vs Du Jing/Yu Yang

Wong Pei Tty/Chin Ee Hui vs Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen

Saralee Thoungthongkam/Sathinee Chankrachangwong vs Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen

XD ROUND OF 16
Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir vs Koo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty -- with CCM's withdrawal in the MD, it could motivate KKK to win this match. A real tricky test for the defending champion. They should win.

Jonas Rasmussen/Britta Andersen vs Robert Blair/Natalie Munt -- the Danish pair has had a rest day, while the English pair struggled in beating the Chinese Taipei pair. Both sets ended up in deuce. I pick the Danish pair.

Zhang Jun/Gao Ling vs Zhang Wei/Yu Yang -- thankfully, Lee Yong Dae/Hwang Yu Mi lost surprisingly today. Zhang/Gao should have a clear path to the semi-final.

Zheng Bo/Zhao Tingting vs Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms (MATCH OF THE DAY) -- a thrilling match is in store...expect 3 sets...with deuces. The English pair holds a slight edge.

Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk vs Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam -- Sudket/Saralee should progress.

MD:

Fu/Cai - Kumar/Sanave

should be an interesting match. I still remember how Kumar/Sanave troubled Candra/Sigit in last year's WC. The Indian players have amazing reflexes and appeared even faster than Sigit sometimes.

As one of you have said, there's plenty of mouth-watering clashes tomorrow. A total of 36 matches to be played from 2pm Madrid time. So, here's my pick for tomorrow's matches:

MS ROUND OF 16
Lee Chong Wei vs Joachim Persson -- no problem for Lee!

Bao Chunlai vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro -- I hope Sony wins...but...But is superior!

Chen Jin vs Kuan Beng Hong -- Kuan has done his job...reaching the last 16. He will not beat Chen Jin.

Taufik Hidayat vs Chen Hong (MATCH OF THE DAY) -- Taufik has been Chen Hong's nemesis and his luck against the Chinese player shall continue tomorrow...probably in 3 sets.

Park Sung Hwan vs Lin Dan -- a more difficult opponent for Lin Dan compared to today's...but...shouldn't be a problem also.

MD ROUND OF 16
Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto vs Roman Spitko/Michael Fuchs -- shouldn't be a problem for the INA pair.

Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan vs Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah (MATCH OF THE DAY) -- a tough tie for Kido/Hendra and a test of their credential. I hope they win.

Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo vs Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Lin Woon Fui -- the Malaysian pair has an edge.

Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen vs Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae -- a close candidate for match of the day. Experience vs youth...and I pick youth!

WS ROUND OF 16
Zhang Ning vs Wong Mew Choo -- no question, the Chinese player should win!

Kaori Mori vs Jiang Yanjiao -- a tricky tie for Jiang, but, she should manage.

Yip Pui Yin vs Pi Hongyan -- Pi to win!

Tine Rasmussen vs Xie Xingfang -- the Danish player has recovered well from her injury. She could pose some problems for Xie.

Eriko Hirose vs Xu Huaiwen (MATCH OF THE DAY) -- a tough tie for both players...I pick the German to win.

WD QUARTER-FINAL -- all four Chinese pairs are expected to make it
Gao Ling/Huang Sui vs Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing (MATCH OF THE DAY)

Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota vs Du Jing/Yu Yang

Wong Pei Tty/Chin Ee Hui vs Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen

Saralee Thoungthongkam/Sathinee Chankrachangwong vs Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen

XD ROUND OF 16
Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir vs Koo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty -- with CCM's withdrawal in the MD, it could motivate KKK to win this match. A real tricky test for the defending champion. They should win.

Jonas Rasmussen/Britta Andersen vs Robert Blair/Natalie Munt -- the Danish pair has had a rest day, while the English pair struggled in beating the Chinese Taipei pair. Both sets ended up in deuce. I pick the Danish pair.

Zhang Jun/Gao Ling vs Zhang Wei/Yu Yang -- thankfully, Lee Yong Dae/Hwang Yu Mi lost surprisingly today. Zhang/Gao should have a clear path to the semi-final.

Zheng Bo/Zhao Tingting vs Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms (MATCH OF THE DAY) -- a thrilling match is in store...expect 3 sets...with deuces. The English pair holds a slight edge.

Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk vs Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam -- Sudket/Saralee should progress.

its Exactly Critical POint for Indonesia Squad all the players againts HI-Qua Player. hopefully they win.
my prediction, Squad that are still survive untill Quarter Final from the easiest:
Alven-Luluk, Widianto/Natsir-Taufik Hidayat-Kido/Setiawan-Sony Dwi Kuncoro:mad: I pray for all Doubles, for singles 50-50 for taufik, 30% for sony

Bao and Taufik are not in the same pool, they can only meet in the final.

Taufik will win. Chen Hong has bad record with Taufik, only 1 win.

Only Bao Chunlai can stop Taufik.

My predictions (winners on left)

XD
Zhongbo XIE/Yawen ZHANG v William MILROY/Tammy SUN
The Chinese roll on. Canadians just happy to be this far
Nathan ROBERTSON/Gail EMMS v Bo ZHENG/Tingting ZHAO
English duo on a determined mission
Sudket PRAPAKAMOL/Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM v Robert MATEUSIAK/ Nadiezda KOSTIUCZYK
Thais win one in the face of their country's turmoil
Thomas LAYBOURN/Juhl Kamilla RYTTER v Mohd Fairuzizuan MOHD TAZARI/Sock Ai OOI
Danes too strong
Anthony CLARK/Donna KELLOGG v Kristof HOPP/Birgit OVERZIER
No problems for the English
Jun ZHANG/Ling GAO v Wei ZHANG/Yang (F) YU
Next
Jonas RASMUSSEN/Britta ANDERSEN v Robert BLAIR/Natalie MUNT
Cheering for our JR!:)
Nova WIDIANTO/Lilyana NATSIR v Kien Keat KOO/Pei Tty WONG
End of the road for the MAS pair

MD
Haifeng FU/Yun CAI v Rupesh KUMAR/Thomas SANAVE
Chinese in a cakewalk
Luluk HADIYANTO/Yulianto ALVEN v Roman SPITKO/Michael FUCHS
No surprise here
Jens ERIKSEN/Martin LUNDGAARD HANSEN v Shuichi SAKAMOTO/Shintaro IKEDA
Confident Danes to win
Ji Man HWANG/Sang Hoon HAN v Ian PALETHORPE/Kristian ROEBUCK
English duo meet their Waterloo
Tan Fook CHOONG/Wan Wah LEE v Markis KIDO/Hendra SETIAWAN
Experience to prevail
Mohd Fairuzizuan MOHD TAZARI/ Woon Fui LIN v Zhendong GUO/
Zhongbo XIE
MAS boys go wild on the Chinese
Anthony CLARK/Robert BLAIR v Tadashi OHTSUKA/Keita MASUDA
English pair should triumph
Lars PAASKE/Jonas RASMUSSEN v Jae Sung JUNG/Yong Dae LEE
C'mon JR:)

WS
Chen WANG v Petra OVERZIER
Might be closer than you think
Petya NEDELTCHEVA v Susan HUGHES
Petya looking good
Yanjiao JIANG v Kaori MORI
Jiang to squeeze out a tight win
Hongyan PI v Pui Yin YIP
Pi to advance
Xingfang XIE v Tine RASMUSSEN
Chinese could have some trouble
Huaiwen XU v Eriko HIROSE
Xu to outlast Hirose
Tracey HALLAM v Monthila MEEMEK
English wins easily
Ning ZHANG v Mew Choo WONG
Zhang to make Wong run all over the court, then send her packing

MS
Hyun Il LEE v Eric PANG
Straightforward victory for the Korean
Chong Wei LEE v Joachim PERSSON
Lee to cruise through
Muhd Hafiz B HASHIM v Dicky PALYAMA
Hashim quietly making his way through the draw
Peter GADE v Shoji SATO
Let's see if Gade can handle Sato's speed
Jin CHEN v Beng Hong KUAN
Thanks for coming, Kuan
Sony Dwi KUNCORO v Chunlai BAO
Calling for a monumental upset. Sony is a big event player
Dan LIN v Sung Hwan PARK
Next
Taufik HIDAYAT v Hong CHEN
Won't even be close. Chen too one dimensional

WD
Wei YANG/Jiewen ZHANG v Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM/Sathinee CHANKRACHANGWONG
Chinese juggernaut rolls on
Jing DU/Yang (F) YU v Kumiko OGURA/Reiko SHIOTA
Chinese juggernaut rolls on
Ling GAO/Sui HUANG v Yu-Chin CHIEN/Wen-Hsing CHENG
Chinese juggernaut rolls on
Pei Tty WONG/Eei Hui CHIN v Yawen ZHANG/ Yili WEI
Chinese juggernaut stopped. MAS pair finally break the wall

Taufik got a good chance of defending his title. But if Bao enter final to meet Taufik, then I pick Bao. Anyway too early to say that.



Bao and Taufik are not in the same pool, they can only meet in the final.

here are mine:

XD
Zhongbo XIE/Yawen ZHANG v William MILROY/Tammy SUN

simply too strong.

Nathan ROBERTSON/Gail EMMS v Bo ZHENG/Tingting ZHAO

i pick the Chinese on this one. they came right off their recent win, should be fired up if they would stop arguing.

Sudket PRAPAKAMOL/Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM v Robert MATEUSIAK/ Nadiezda KOSTIUCZYK

my favorite pair should win against the Pols. but the Pols are by no means an easy match either.

Thomas LAYBOURN/Juhl Kamilla RYTTER v Mohd Fairuzizuan MOHD TAZARI/Sock Ai OOI

Go Thomas!

Jun ZHANG/Ling GAO v Wei ZHANG/Yang (F) YU

how can one not pick a two time Olympic champion??

Jonas RASMUSSEN/Britta ANDERSEN v Robert BLAIR/Natalie MUNT

we always support Jonas here.

Nova WIDIANTO/Lilyana NATSIR v Kien Keat KOO/Pei Tty WONG

Lilyana is too strong for Wong, unfortunately.

MD
Haifeng FU/Yun CAI v Rupesh KUMAR/Thomas SANAVE

Fu/Cai on training run here.

Luluk HADIYANTO/Yulianto ALVEN v Roman SPITKO/Michael FUCHS

Same.

Jens ERIKSEN/Martin LUNDGAARD HANSEN v Shuichi SAKAMOTO/Shintaro IKEDA

Jens needs to win this in order to prove his words on later rounds.

Tan Fook CHOONG/Wan Wah LEE v Markis KIDO/Hendra SETIAWAN

i pick Choong/Lee on this one. i don't expect them to fall until SF.

Mohd Fairuzizuan MOHD TAZARI/ Woon Fui LIN v Zhendong GUO/
Zhongbo XIE

you know, i am 50/50.

Lars PAASKE/Jonas RASMUSSEN v Jae Sung JUNG/Yong Dae LEE

Match of the day for me. ex-WC against young pair from KOR. i pick JR/LP.

WS
Chen WANG v Petra OVERZIER

Petya NEDELTCHEVA v Susan HUGHES

dunno.

Yanjiao JIANG v Kaori MORI

Mori is not the same league imho.

Hongyan PI v Pui Yin YIP

YIPPY vs HYPI... HYPI definitely has the edge here.

Xingfang XIE v Tine RASMUSSEN

defending Champion will be hard to beat.

Huaiwen XU v Eriko HIROSE

Hirose is probably the strongest Japanese. but unforutnately, she still has a way to go...

Tracey HALLAM v Monthila MEEMEK

dunno

Ning ZHANG v Mew Choo WONG

watched WMC 1st round match. probably one of the best non-chinese-derived players around. but unfortunately, bad draw against Zhang Ning. Li Mao will have to wait another couple of years.

MS
Chong Wei LEE v Joachim PERSSON

we will now start to see what form LCW is in.

Muhd Hafiz B HASHIM v Dicky PALYAMA

should still be ok for Hafix.

Peter GADE v Shoji SATO

never ever been impressed by Sato.

Jin CHEN v Beng Hong KUAN

won't even be close, imho.

Sony Dwi KUNCORO v Chunlai BAO

tough call, actually, but i think Sony will prevail.

Dan LIN v Sung Hwan PARK

Lin Dan better play seriously.

Taufik HIDAYAT v Hong CHEN

i will leave this one as 50/50.

WD
Wei YANG/Jiewen ZHANG v Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM/Sathinee CHANKRACHANGWONG

even though i like the Thai pair. but the chinese are just too strong.

Jing DU/Yang (F) YU v Kumiko OGURA/Reiko SHIOTA

i give the Japanese some more credit. they are lucky to have drawn against the weakest Chinese pair.

Ling GAO/Sui HUANG v Yu-Chin CHIEN/Wen-Hsing CHENG

another practice match.

Pei Tty WONG/Eei Hui CHIN v Yawen ZHANG/ Yili WEI

Wong/Chin is still a class below any of the Chinese WD pairs..

Here is my pick:

XD
Zhongbo XIE/Yawen ZHANG v William MILROY/Tammy SUN

Xie/Zhang went from getting the toughest draw in XD draw (before Korea pair withdraw) to getting the easiest draw to sail into QF. 2 sets!

Nathan ROBERTSON/Gail EMMS v Bo ZHENG/Tingting ZHAO

The record are not so good for Zhao/Zheng, but lately they play very well meanwhile Nathan/Emms play below their best play. Chinese pair will win in 3 sets.

Sudket PRAPAKAMOL/Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM v Robert MATEUSIAK/ Nadiezda KOSTIUCZYK

Thai pair will move on to QFin 2 tough set.

Thomas LAYBOURN/Juhl Kamilla RYTTER v Mohd Fairuzizuan MOHD TAZARI/Sock Ai OOI

No question at all. The Danes roll on in 2 set.

Jun ZHANG/Ling GAO v Wei ZHANG/Yang (F) YU

It will not be easy for Zhang/Gao to win their junior pair cause they probably play each other so many times in their training. 2 tough set.

Jonas RASMUSSEN/Britta ANDERSEN v Robert BLAIR/Natalie MUNT

This is the Danes chance after Jens/Mette withdrawal. 2 sets.

Nova WIDIANTO/Lilyana NATSIR v Kien Keat KOO/Pei Tty WONG

Will be hard fought 2 sets for the Indonesia pair to win.

MD
Haifeng FU/Yun CAI v Rupesh KUMAR/Thomas SANAVE

Wuushhhhhhh, sail through......for Cai/Fu in 2 sets.

Luluk HADIYANTO/Yulianto ALVEN v Roman SPITKO/Michael FUCHS

Ditto.

Jens ERIKSEN/Martin LUNDGAARD HANSEN v Shuichi SAKAMOTO/Shintaro IKEDA

Same here.

Tan Fook CHOONG/Wan Wah LEE v Markis KIDO/Hendra SETIAWAN

The Indonesia pair held advantage bywinning their last meeting only 2 weeks ago. 3 hard fought sets.

Mohd Fairuzizuan MOHD TAZARI/ Woon Fui LIN v Zhendong GUO/
Zhongbo XIE

Hard to predict. Judging by Malaysian pair who almost lost to Russia pair in first set today, it will be 50-50.

Lars PAASKE/Jonas RASMUSSEN v Jae Sung JUNG/Yong Dae LEE

It a shame, why LP and JR only play together in Thomas Cup event this year before this WC. So the Korea pair will advanced in 3 sets.

WS
Chen WANG v Petra OVERZIER

Wang sail through.

Petya NEDELTCHEVA v Susan HUGHES

Petya more consistent than Susan. She will win in 3 sets.

Yanjiao JIANG v Kaori MORI

Judging from Kaori MOri lately performance, 2 sets for Jiang.

Hongyan PI v Pui Yin YIP

Pi advanced in 2 sets.

Xingfang XIE v Tine RASMUSSEN

The same result as Hongkong Open semifinal, XXF roll on with 2 sets.

Huaiwen XU v Eriko HIROSE

2 years ago with Cheng Shao Chieh, Eriko is one of the rising star in WS who were not came from China squad. But after two year, she cannot break through the top elite WS. So Xu will win probably in 3 sets.

Tracey HALLAM v Monthila MEEMEK

Tracey will win in 3 sets.

Ning ZHANG v Mew Choo WONG

Zhang Ning will win in 2 sets.

MS
Chong Wei LEE v Joachim PERSSON

LCW will win 2 tight set.

Muhd Hafiz B HASHIM v Dicky PALYAMA

Hafiz will roll on in 2 set if he play his usual standard.

Peter GADE v Shoji SATO

PG will roll on in 2 sets.

Jin CHEN v Beng Hong KUAN

Same here

Sony Dwi KUNCORO v Chunlai BAO

THeir record is 6-0 for Bao Chun Lai. It will take 200% effort from Sonny and BCL under performed for Sonny to win. After he won his second title this year, BCL will be much more confidence. He will sail through in 2 sets.

Dan LIN v Sung Hwan PARK

If LD play seriously, he will advanced in 2 sets. If he goofing around, 3 sets.

Taufik HIDAYAT v Hong CHEN

iTH had to play better than today in order to win Chen Hong. If his standard like today, CH will win. TH will advanced in 3 tough sets.

WD
Wei YANG/Jiewen ZHANG v Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM/Sathinee CHANKRACHANGWONG

Chinese pair will steam roll the Thai pair. Not to mention the Thai pair lay a long match today against Japan second pair. Not to mention the Chinese already won 6-0 against the Thai.

Jing DU/Yang (F) YU v Kumiko OGURA/Reiko SHIOTA

Du/YU already won 2 title this year. 2 easy set for the Chinese. They probably smile alot after they know their toughest rival in this QF draw the Korean pair withdraw.

Ling GAO/Sui HUANG v Yu-Chin CHIEN/Wen-Hsing CHENG

11-0 for Gao/Huang so far. 2 closed sets. And the Chinese will roll to SF.

Pei Tty WONG/Eei Hui CHIN v Yawen ZHANG/ Yili WEI

THe Chinese already win twice this year against the Malaysian pair. And this time it will make number three win. They already past their toughest fight in this QF draw against the England in R16. So All China WD SF this year.

Now the real battles just get started ...

Chong Wei Lee vs Persson
Bao vs Sony

Chen Jin vs Kuan
Lee Hyun Il vs Pang


Hidayat vs Chen Hong
Sato vs Gade

Palyama vs Hafiz
Park vs Lin
Park Sung Hwan beat Lin Dan during their last met at MO2004 SF. Lin Dan better be careful this time.:D

CHN team has won 30+ matches without losing any. But it will not be the case tomorrow. It's guaranteed that some CHN players will lose tomorrow, the question is how many and who are they?

MAS team did pretty good also, especially the men's team, without losing any, except CCM early withdrawal for family reasons. Hope CCM gets well and becomes stronger in the future, since he has to be the man in the house now.

INA team, DEN team all are doing pretty good. The early rounds of WC are definitely boring because its limitations. Usually in open tournaments, many youngsters, new bloods, came to play, and upset veterans, some low ranked but decent players, like Chen Yu, Simon, Qiu YB, YKB,... made a lot of upsets. But now at WC, they are excluded to play, so you can only watch big guns slaughtering in early rounds.

Just for fun! :D

Lets analyze who had the toughest draw and the easiest draw to become the champion in WC2006?

Lets start with XD!

The easiest draw probably should go to Nova/Lilyana. Due to Jens/Metter withdrawal, they will only meet tough opponent in SF and F/ Probably all will be Chinese pair.

The toughest draw shoud go to Zheng Bo/Zhao TT.

In order to become the champion, they beat Hendry/Li in R64. Will fight Nathan/Emms in R16. Later had to win Kamila/Thomas in QF. And probably meet XieZB/ZhangYW in SF and Nova/Lili or Zhang/Gao Ling in final. Fiuuu!!!!
Can they made it? At least both ofthem only play XD .

For WD.

The easiest draw should be Yang/Zhang Jie Wen. They only had to worry their SF round against Wei Yi Li and Zhang Ya Wen. And their toughest rival GaoLing/Huang Sui in final.

The toughest draw should be went toThai pair, Saralee/Sathinee. They barely scrapped through in 3 sets against Japanese pair in R16. Had to Win 3 Chinese pair from QF,SF and Final to win the WC title. Can they do it?

From MD!

The easiest draw should went to Jens/Martin. After CCM/KKK withdraw, they only had to meet top rival in SF, probably Cai/Fu and then final against Korea/Malaysia or Indonesia pair.

THe toughest draw should go to Jung JS/Lee YD. They will meet Jonas/Lars in R16. Malaysia or China pair in QF. Chong Tan Fook/LWW or Indonesia pair in SF and maybe Denmark or China pair again in final. Tough luck!

From WS:

The easiest draw should go to Zhang NIng. Thanks to Yao Jie withdrawal. ZN only meet top rival in SF, Wang Chen or Jiang Yan Jiao and probably her nemesis XXF in final.

Toughest draw should go to Jiang Yan Jao. In order to become WC, she had to beat Kaori Mori in R16. Wang CHen in QF, ZN in SF and maybe XXF in Final.

And now for MS:

THe easiest draw will be for Lin Dan. HIs toughest opponent should come in SF. Peter gade/Taufik/Chen Hong and then maybe LCW or Chen Jin in final.

The toughest draw had to be Taufik. He had to beat 4 number one or ex number one ranking player in order to become the MS champion. Chen Hong in R16. Peter Gade in QF. Lin Dan in SF and maybe LCW in FInal. Can he do it?

Lots of his loyal fans said he still can do it but lots of people doubt him judging his recent form and performance. We should wait and see. His first test start today. :)

Xingfang XIE v Tine RASMUSSEN
The same result as Hongkong Open semifinal, XXF roll on with 2 sets

Tine RASMUSSEN is a "BLACK HORSE"! She will be a real threat to the top players in perhaps a year!;) so watch out Xie!

Just for fun! :D

Lets analyze who had the toughest draw and the easiest draw to become the champion in WC2006?


If we need to analyze, we need to define what is the toughest or easiest. I would use the multiplication of their opponents transparency (the courerpart for strength) to calculate:

Official ibf rate Taufik, LD, LCW, PG, LHI as the top tier, I would like rate LHI a little bit lower, I know many people argued with me before, but you can rate another number and calculate again.

Assume the #1 seed Lee CW's strength is 0.8, then Lin Dan's 0.8, TH: 0.8, PG: 0.8, CJ: 0.5, BCL 0.5, CH 0.4, LHI 0.5, Sony 0.4, Persson 0.0, KBH 0.2, Pang 0.0, Sato 0, Palyama 0, Hafiz 0.4, Park 0.3, then here comes the easiness of their draw:

LCW: (1-0.0)x(1-0.5)x(1-0.5)x(1-0.8)x100= 5 :D :D :D
Persson: (1-.8)x(1-.5)x(1-0.5)x(1-0.8)x100= 1
BCL: (1-0.4)x(1-0.8)x(1-0.5)x(1-0.8)x100= 1.2
Sony: (1-0.5)x(1-.8)x(1-0.5)x(1-0.8)x100= 1.0
Chen Jin: (1-0.2)x(1-.5)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x100=1.6
KBH: (1-0.5)x(1-0.5)x(1-0.8)x(1-0.8)x100=1
Lee HI: (1-0.0)x(1-.5)x(1-.8)x(1-0.8)x100=2
Pang: (1-0.5)x(1-0.5)x(1-0.8)x(1-.8)x100=1
Taufik: (1-0.4)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x100=0.48
Chen H: (1-0.8)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x100=0.16 (:eek: )
Sato: (1-0.8)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x100=0.16 (:eek: )
Gade: (1-0.0)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x100=0.8
Palyama: (1-.4)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x100=0.48
Hafiz: (1-0.0) x (1-.8)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x100=0.8
Park: (1-.8) x (1-.4)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x100=0.48
Lin D: (1-.2) x (1-.4)x(1-.8)x(1-.8)x100=1.92

that number is calculated by his opponents, will totally independent of himself.

Wow, Lee CW has the far more easiest draw :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
How come so many people here complained that LCW got much tougher draw than Lin Dan.

Chen Hong and Sato are the most unlucky one. As a seed, Chen Hong should be better than Sato because Sate was not seeded. But no body here complained for Chen Hong's toughest draw. People only said he's weak, but his draw is the toughest which independent of himself.

Of course most lower seeds, no not seeded, have much tougher draw than top seeded. here is the sorted order from easiest to hardest:

LCW: 5 <--- too easy comparing to all others
LHI: 2
Lin D: 1.92 <---
Chen J: 1.6
BCL: 1.2
Sony: 1.0
Person: 1.0
KBH: 1.0
Pang: 1 .0
Gade: 0.8 <---
Hafiz: 0.8
Taufik: 0.48 <---
Park: 0.48
Palyama: 0.48
Sato: 0.16
Chen H: 0.16 <---

top half are much easier than the bottom half

And now for MS:

The toughest draw had to be Taufik. He had to beat 4 number one or ex number one ranking player in order to become the MS champion. Chen Hong in R16. Peter Gade in QF. Lin Dan in SF and maybe LCW in FInal. Can he do it?


Logical errors here. If you think Taufik is stronger than Chen Hong. then Chen Hong gets tougher draw than Taufik. The same apply to Sato, he has to overcome Gade, then the best of Taufik/Chen Hong, how come Taufik gets the toughest :confused: :confused:

... probably not.

90% TH will win it

Definitely Yes! From head-to-head statistic in their 8 duel, TH leading 7:1 to CH. I guess CH still keep traumatic to face him.

If TH is back to his old form, I'd say TH has a 90% chance of beating Chen Hong...It's hard to predict TH's condition at the moment as he himself is hiding his true form IMO...I'd say 50-50 chance...If he beats CH in straight sets, PG or even LD is in deep trouble...

Let's hope CH is back to his 'Lin Dan beating' form as well, and I think TH is too arrogant to take the match seriously...

I don't think so. No one can beat CH without taking the match seriously. I believe Taufik will be serious and will beat CH in straight games.
Let's hope CH is back to his 'Lin Dan beating' form as well, and I think TH is too arrogant to take the match seriously...

Taufik still doesn't seem 100% to me. I really, really hope that he can still achieve his former great level. Right now he is still definately in the top 8 but I'm not sure if he can produce the level to beat LD and PG. I really, really hope he still has it in him though.

i think he wiil win, he want to prove that he still better for lindan, i think the real final is when he meet linda in the semis

Let's hope CH is back to his 'Lin Dan beating' form as well, and I think TH is too arrogant to take the match seriously...

let's take note that CH's old 'Lin Dan beating' form was when LD is not yet the Super LD that he is now...and even during the time that CH was in his top form, his head to head results with TH didn't favor him..

personally i like chen hong's playing style the best out of all pro players. He seems to rely SO much on deception and tricky shots that he looses most of his points in unforced errors and or badly judged shots.
with chen hong i dont think its a matter of physical toughness that will win him a mathc but mental.

seeing that, taufik is still one of the if not THE most rawly talented player out there, so he has a good chance of winning

I think your question should have been:
"Will Chen Hong beat Taufik?"

Taufik to win in a breeze.

When Chen Hong was asked about his draw. He laughed "I've a very good draw. Both Taufik and Gade are in my quarter, they are just so unlucky" :D

When Chen Hong was asked about his draw. He laughed "I've a very good draw. Both Taufik and Gade are in my quarter, they are just so unlucky" :D

To paraphrase Jason Giambi (NY Yankees baseball player) recently in SI:
"He's got false confidence"

WD QUARTER-FINAL -- all four Chinese pairs are expected to make it
Gao Ling/Huang Sui vs Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing (MATCH OF THE DAY)

Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota vs Du Jing/Yu Yang

Wong Pei Tty/Chin Ee Hui vs Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen

Saralee Thoungthongkam/Sathinee Chankrachangwong vs Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen


Definitely an all-Chinese final. Very hard to believe otherwise. But as for the semifinal, I hope it won't be all-Chinese, although there is more than half probability that it will be. Cannot see the Chinese top 3 (Gao/Huang, Yang/Zhang, Du/Yu) losing to other pairs except Lee/Lee. So, only Wei/Zhang is a bit vulnerable. If it was Saralee/Sathinee or Chien/Cheng taking on Wei/Zhang, then maybe they have a chance, but Wong/Chin ... well, I think we shall see all-Chinese semis, but I hope not.

I'm just trying to imitate the previous post "Will Taufik beat Ng Wei".
From neutral perspective I think TH has a better chance, but CH is one of my favourite players, so I want him to win.

I think your question should have been:
"Will Chen Hong beat Taufik?"

Taufik to win in a breeze.

And now for MS:

THe easiest draw will be for Lin Dan. HIs toughest opponent should come in SF. Peter gade/Taufik/Chen Hong and then maybe LCW or Chen Jin in final.

The toughest draw had to be Taufik. He had to beat 4 number one or ex number one ranking player in order to become the MS champion. Chen Hong in R16. Peter Gade in QF. Lin Dan in SF and maybe LCW in FInal. Can he do it?

Lots of his loyal fans said he still can do it but lots of people doubt him judging his recent form and performance. We should wait and see. His first test start today. :)
..hmm, there's another slew of posts in other threads on Taufik's chances...And the most glaring of his challenge is his supposed "ban" from IBF which will be decided at end of week. I'm sure if it's not hanging in his mind by now, it's probably creeping up on him as the day nears..:rolleyes: :p
For the top half of the draw, don't underestimate Bao and Chen Jin...LCW is not automatic to be in the Final..;)

from AFP.
Unprepared champion Hidayat in second round scare

09-20-2006, 20h08
MADRID (AFP)

http://www3.turkishpress.com/i-s/SGE.PKH77.200906200836.photo00.quicklook.default-190x245.jpg
Defending titleholder Taufik Hidayat, seen here in June 2006, suffered a second round scare in defence of his crown at the world badminton championships after admitting he had not warmed up properly.
(AFP/File)
Defending titleholder Taufik Hidayat suffered a second round scare in defence of his crown at the world badminton championships after admitting he had not warmed up properly.
The titleholder from Indonesia underestimated his little known opponent, Kestutis Navickas of Lithuania, and was made to endure some anxious moments before he escaped to a 19-21, 21-15, 21-10 win.
Hidayat, who is still making his way back after long-term injury problems, was completely in control at the finish but started at the difficult end and was surprised by his tall opponent's ability to combine steep attacks, often with spectacular jump smashes, with remarkably good court coverage.
"I didn't warm up properly because I was over-confident," acknowledged Hidayat.
"There was a problem with the drift (slight wind) and I hoped I would be able to adjust, and eventually I did."
A turning point came when Navickas served out at 11-15 in the second game when a run of two of three points at that stage might have put the champion in real trouble.
The third game saw Taufik take an early lead, and although he was still not out of difficulty at 13-8 he made a surge of high-paced rallies, often with flat attacks mixed with sudden fast flicks to the back, all of which had Navickas scrambling.
"I turned the match round on the second game," said Hidayat, smiling in relaxed fashion after his second round hiccup.
"And I improved from yesterday (when he beat Ng Wei of Hong Kong in two close games).
"But I will warm up for longer tomorrow (Thursday). Tomorrow there is a chance of the quarter-finals. And my opponent will be very different, so I will have to be prepared."
That opponent should be Chen Hong, the former All-England champion from China, against whom Hidayat said he had never lost, though he had forgotten his defeat in the Japan Open 17 months ago. But even though Hidayat has an excellent 7-1 record against Chen, there are also reasons for caution.
If Chen reaches the third round he will be particularly motivated to improve this dismal head-to-head, and Hidayat admits that while his troublesome back is "okay", it is also "not one hundred percent."
It may need to be.


http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=143065

Not really, according to head-head last two matches between those two ended favouring CH. Sadly those two don't meet very often because a lot of other players have figured out CH now so he doesnt make it to the final stages. I think even now CH (out of all players) has the best chance of beating LD because he's probably more familiar with LD playing than anyone else.
Then again even if CH wins here I doubt he makes it past PG.

let's take note that CH's old 'Lin Dan beating' form was when LD is not yet the Super LD that he is now...and even during the time that CH was in his top form, his head to head results with TH didn't favor him..

Everyone else is doing it, so why can't I?

XD
Zhongbo XIE/Yawen ZHANG v William MILROY/Tammy SUN
Out of the league.
Nathan ROBERTSON/Gail EMMS v Bo ZHENG/Tingting ZHAO
50-50, but I think the English may just snatch it.
Sudket PRAPAKAMOL/Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM v Robert MATEUSIAK/ Nadiezda KOSTIUCZYK
Out of the league
Thomas LAYBOURN/Juhl Kamilla RYTTER v Mohd Fairuzizuan MOHD TAZARI/Sock Ai OOI
Out of the league
Anthony CLARK/Donna KELLOGG v Kristof HOPP/Birgit OVERZIER
Not exactly out of the league but close
Jun ZHANG/Ling GAO v Wei ZHANG/Yang (F) YU
Out of the league
Jonas RASMUSSEN/Britta ANDERSEN v Robert BLAIR/Natalie MUNT
This could be very close, but Blair/Munt has played together for a long time.
Nova WIDIANTO/Lilyana NATSIR v Kien Keat KOO/Pei Tty WONG
Can't imagine any other result

MD
Haifeng FU/Yun CAI v Rupesh KUMAR/Thomas SANAVE
Out of the league
Luluk HADIYANTO/Yulianto ALVEN v Roman SPITKO/Michael FUCHS
Out of the league
Jens ERIKSEN/Martin LUNDGAARD HANSEN v Shuichi SAKAMOTO/Shintaro IKEDA
Out of the league
Ji Man HWANG/Sang Hoon HAN v Ian PALETHORPE/Kristian ROEBUCK
While Hwang/Han is not yet in the top league, but still too strong for English.
Tan Fook CHOONG/Wan Wah LEE v Markis KIDO/Hendra SETIAWAN
... if Malaysians can stop fooling about. Close match.
Mohd Fairuzizuan MOHD TAZARI/ Woon Fui LIN v Zhendong GUO/
Zhongbo XIE
Another close one
Anthony CLARK/Robert BLAIR v Tadashi OHTSUKA/Keita MASUDA
Close
Lars PAASKE/Jonas RASMUSSEN v Jae Sung JUNG/Yong Dae LEE
Should be interesting. I predict Jung/Lee to win the WC, therefore they should win this match.

WS
Chen WANG v Petra OVERZIER
Out of the league
Petya NEDELTCHEVA v Susan HUGHES
Don't really know about this one.
Yanjiao JIANG v Kaori MORI
Could be close, but pretty confident of Chinese winning
Hongyan PI v Pui Yin YIP
Interesting
Xingfang XIE v Tine RASMUSSEN
Interesting
Huaiwen XU v Eriko HIROSE
Eriko to fight to the last point
Tracey HALLAM v Monthila MEEMEK
Overpowering.
Ning ZHANG v Mew Choo WONG
Chinese will prevail but cannot afford to let guard down even a bit.

MS
Hyun Il LEE v Eric PANG
Out of the league
Chong Wei LEE v Joachim PERSSON
Cool Lee to prevail but expect a tough fight
Muhd Hafiz B HASHIM v Dicky PALYAMA
Hafiz should make it through
Peter GADE v Shoji SATO
Out of the league
Jin CHEN v Beng Hong KUAN
Way out of the league
Sony Dwi KUNCORO v Chunlai BAO
Don't see an upset here
Dan LIN v Sung Hwan PARK
Out of the league ... if Lin not too relaxed here
Taufik HIDAYAT v Hong CHEN
I think it will be close. This is the first serious Taufik match. The result here is a good indication of what to come.

WD
Wei YANG/Jiewen ZHANG v Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM/Sathinee CHANKRACHANGWONG
Too strong
Jing DU/Yang (F) YU v Kumiko OGURA/Reiko SHIOTA
Too strong
Ling GAO/Sui HUANG v Yu-Chin CHIEN/Wen-Hsing CHENG
Too strong
Pei Tty WONG/Eei Hui CHIN v Yawen ZHANG/ Yili WEI
Close but no cigars

I'm just trying to imitate the previous post "Will Taufik beat Ng Wei".
From neutral perspective I think TH has a better chance, but CH is one of my favourite players, so I want him to win.

The longer Chen Hong keeps Taufik on the court, especially into the 3rd game, the better chance he has of exploiting Taufik's lack of stamina. Other than that, it seems pretty bleak for Chen Hong. Sorry!

Let me look at the relationship between easiness index with their ranking. The higher ranked player is supposed to have easier draw.

LCW: 5 ---- 1
LHI: 2 ---------------- 5
Lin D: 1.92 ---2
Chen J: 1.6 ------3
BCL: 1.2 -------------------- 7
Sony: 1.0
Person: 1.0
KBH: 1.0
Pang: 1 .0
Gade: 0.8 ----------- 4
Hafiz: 0.8 ---------------------- 8
Taufik: 0.48
Park: 0.48
Palyama: 0.48
Sato: 0.16
Chen H: 0.16 --------------6

so the difference between the easiness index and ranking:
Lee CW = 0 <-- this is fair
Lin Dan = -1
Chen Jin = -1
Gade = -6
Lee HI = 1
Chen Hong = -10
Bao CL = 2
Hafiz = -3
Taufik = 31-12 = 19

From either the table (slope from upper left to bottom right), and also the difference, it's clear that Chen Hong and Gade got the most tougher draw than he should deserve. While for Taufik, he should feel lucky because he should deserve the 31st easiest draw. Now he's 19 positions better than that :D :D :D

To paraphrase Jason Giambi (NY Yankees baseball player) recently in SI:
"He's got false confidence"

It's not false confidence. It's tongue-in-cheek. No point being negative about it. There is absolutely no pressure on Chen Hong.

It's not false confidence. It's tongue-in-cheek. No point being negative about it. There is absolutely no pressure on Chen Hong.

There was no indication that his statement was said in jest, so I made an assumption he was puffing his chest out showing some bravado. True, no pressure on Cheng Hong at all but I still think Taufik will make him eat humble pie.

Jin CHEN v Beng Hong KUAN
Way out of the league

HAHAHAHA. Poor KBH, the only player to be counted WAY out of the league. All we expect from him is a decent showing and see how long he can keep Chen Jin on the court.

The longer Chen Hong keeps Taufik on the court, especially into the 3rd game, the better chance he has of exploiting Taufik's lack of stamina. Other than that, it seems pretty bleak for Chen Hong. Sorry!

It is very very difficult for CH to defeat TH. He will be facing at least 2 opponents at a time.

1. He has to be able to defeat "himself", being traumatized when facing TH[ which I think is the hardest].
2. TH is fit now and motivated to retain his title.

I remembered watching CH vs TH during the Sing Open [Final], CH's facial expression and body language had showed that he had lost even before the match started.....TH won 15:8, 15:3

HAHAHAHA. Poor KBH, the only player to be counted WAY out of the league. All we expect from him is a decent showing and see how long he can keep Chen Jin on the court.
Well Malaysian players is known for bringing suprises, when you think is easy meat for KBH he lost and hopefully so the other way......

At least i hope he will beat CH ^_^

Well Malaysian players is known for bringing suprises, when you think is easy meat for KBH he lost and hopefully so the other way......

More power to Kuan if he can pull it off. Then he can make all his doubters shut up. I think highly unlikely though.

More power to Kuan if he can pull it off. Then he can make all his doubters shut up. I think highly unlikely though.
Admit, my msg is more from the heart.....

Badminton: Hughes in upbeat mood after ‘one of the best’

ELSPETH BURNSIDE September 21 2006

Susan Hughes pulled off one of the best wins of her career so far when she eliminated the No.16 seed to reach today's last 16 of the women's singles at the world badminton championships in Madrid.
The Scot, a Commonwealth Games medallist, landed the opening three points against South Korea's Hwang Hye- Youn and never looked back, claiming a comfortable 21-15, 21-12 victory in just 40 minutes. "I came here hoping that the five months' hard training I put in over the summer would pay dividends and it did today," said the 23-year-old from Glasgow. "This is right up there as one of the best wins."
Hughes now meets the Bulgarian, Petya Nedeltcheva, a No.5/8 seed, who was taken the full distance before knocking out Singapore's Li Li 13-21, 21-19, 21-15, and she remained in upbeat mood.
"After today, I'm feeling confident about playing Petya," she said. "I think I definitely have a chance to go through to the quarter-finals."
Hughes is the only Scot left in the championships. Watson Briggs and Imogen Bankier had a glamour mixed-doubles tie against England's Olympic silver medallists, Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms, but lost 21-12, 21-10, while in the second round of the men's doubles, Stewart Kerr and David Forbes went out 21-12, 21-11 to the Japanese pair of Shuichi Sakamoto and Shintaro Ikeda.
Robert Blair, the former Scottish internationalist who now plays for England, reached the last 16 in the men's and mixed doubles.
Susan Hughes pulled off one of the best wins of her career so far when she eliminated the No.16 seed to reach today's last 16 of the women's singles at the world badminton championships in Madrid.
The Scot, a Commonwealth Games medallist, landed the opening three points against South Korea's Hwang Hye- Youn and never looked back, claiming a comfortable 21-15, 21-12 victory in just 40 minutes. "I came here hoping that the five months' hard training I put in over the summer would pay dividends and it did today," said the 23-year-old from Glasgow. "This is right up there as one of the best wins."
Hughes now meets the Bulgarian, Petya Nedeltcheva, a No.5/8 seed, who was taken the full distance before knocking out Singapore's Li Li 13-21, 21-19, 21-15, and she remained in upbeat mood.
"After today, I'm feeling confident about playing Petya," she said. "I think I definitely have a chance to go through to the quarter-finals."
Hughes is the only Scot left in the championships. Watson Briggs and Imogen Bankier had a glamour mixed-doubles tie against England's Olympic silver medallists, Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms, but lost 21-12, 21-10, while in the second round of the men's doubles, Stewart Kerr and David Forbes went out 21-12, 21-11 to the Japanese pair of Shuichi Sakamoto and Shintaro Ikeda.
Robert Blair, the former Scottish internationalist who now plays for England, reached the last 16 in the men's and mixed doubles.
Susan Hughes pulled off one of the best wins of her career so far when she eliminated the No.16 seed to reach today's last 16 of the women's singles at the world badminton championships in Madrid.
The Scot, a Commonwealth Games medallist, landed the opening three points against South Korea's Hwang Hye- Youn and never looked back, claiming a comfortable 21-15, 21-12 victory in just 40 minutes. "I came here hoping that the five months' hard training I put in over the summer would pay dividends and it did today," said the 23-year-old from Glasgow. "This is right up there as one of the best wins."
Hughes now meets the Bulgarian, Petya Nedeltcheva, a No.5/8 seed, who was taken the full distance before knocking out Singapore's Li Li 13-21, 21-19, 21-15, and she remained in upbeat mood.
"After today, I'm feeling confident about playing Petya," she said. "I think I definitely have a chance to go through to the quarter-finals."
Hughes is the only Scot left in the championships. Watson Briggs and Imogen Bankier had a glamour mixed-doubles tie against England's Olympic silver medallists, Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms, but lost 21-12, 21-10, while in the second round of the men's doubles, Stewart Kerr and David Forbes went out 21-12, 21-11 to the Japanese pair of Shuichi Sakamoto and Shintaro Ikeda.
Robert Blair, the former Scottish internationalist who now plays for England, reached the last 16 in the men's and mixed doubles

taufik has found his 'rytheme' :) he will qualify to semi :)

I want Lady Rasmussen to win. Let this be the year of white women. I'm so bored of seeing China vs China vs China vs More China WS. I hope she and Tracey Hallam makes it to semis.


Tine Rasmussen vs Xie Xingfang -- the Danish player has recovered well from her injury. She could pose some problems for Xie.

Hmmm....
For Taufik to win WC again, he has to beat the following: Chen Hong, Peter Gade, Lin Dan, and Lee Chong Wei.
This may take a miracle. Can't wait to see Taufik perform the impossible.:)

Given the response maybe its time to start 'Will Taufik beat Peter Gade' thread. Then again lets give it time till tonight, maybe Taufik will play under 4-1 point system.

Hmmm....
For Taufik to win WC again, he has to beat the following: Chen Hong, Peter Gade, Lin Dan, and Lee Chong Wei.
This may take a miracle. Can't wait to see Taufik perform the impossible.:)

last wc : he bt KJ-LCW-ld

taufik is definetly win as Chen hong always fail to beat taufik and Taufik like the way CH plays

last wc : he bt KJ-LCW-ld

I think You forgot Boonsak Polsana

Hi.

Agree. Not sure can be a champion of WC.

2005 singapore open, Taufik beat the following: Simon, Peter Gade, Lin Dan, and Chen Hong.

For this time, I am not sure Taufik can beat Chen Hong. But Chen Hong performance also bad.

Maybe Taufik can beat Chen Hong, but not sure can beat Peter Gade and Lin Dan. He just come back from injury, family problems, and last one at hongkong... It is all will be impact to taufik.

If taufik nothing problems, no body can beat him or difficult to beat him.


Hmmm....
For Taufik to win WC again, he has to beat the following: Chen Hong, Peter Gade, Lin Dan, and Lee Chong Wei.
This may take a miracle. Can't wait to see Taufik perform the impossible.:)

Men Singles QF

LCWei vs BCLai
CJin vs LHIll
THidayat vs PGade
HHashim vs LDan:rolleyes:

Not really, according to head-head last two matches between those two ended favouring CH. Sadly those two don't meet very often because a lot of other players have figured out CH now so he doesnt make it to the final stages. I think even now CH (out of all players) has the best chance of beating LD because he's probably more familiar with LD playing than anyone else.
Then again even if CH wins here I doubt he makes it past PG.

TH v CH head to head is 7-1 :)

That was against old Taufik. The new Taufik is quite different :)
TH v CH head to head is 7-1 :)

That was against old Taufik. The new Taufik is quite different :)nod. Taufik has close calls in the early round already.

+ he seems a bit more allergic to close line calls.
nod. Taufik has close calls in the early round already.

90% TH will win it

I wouldn't say that much. i guess around 70%!

Well i'm not so sure weather CH will win. But i think he will give TH a hard time.

Things don't seem to be looking very good for Chen Hong. Let all his devoted fans rally behind him. Lets make some stories about a Taufik's illegtimate child or an extramarital affair and spread it around.

As the last resort we can substitute one of the linesmen with one of our own.

Long live Chen Hong

Cooler must have been pretty excited over Susan Hughes' great win over Korean Hwang As his message has been repeated repeatedly!

That was against old Taufik. The new Taufik is quite different :)

The new TH is better cos he's smarter. The new CH plays more like an old man now. Imagine CH losing to Kendrick Lee of Singapore in CTO! TH to win in straight games , the question being how straight.

Cooler must have been pretty excited over Susan Hughes' great win over Korean Hwang As his message has been repeated repeatedly! u guys are too sharp for me tonight:D I cut and pasted without checking. :o

Hm Chen Hong is kinda likely to lose the first game, but may turn out to take the second, and if so, it will be very hard for Taufik to take the third game.

Hope Chen Hong beats him.

Today in a neutral ground we will witness who will go home earlier; Ina players or Chinesse players.

Bao vs Sonny
Chen Hong vs Taufik

Hope taufik and Sony can win. Taufik has higher chance based on head to head

hope the two ina can win the matches...

Today in a neutral ground we will witness who will go home earlier; Ina players or Chinesse players.

Bao vs Sonny
Chen Hong vs Taufik
For MS:
CHN has 4 players representin'
INA has 2 players representin'

if CHN loses 2 of its players, they still have 2 left
if INA loses 2 of its players, they have 0 left..:rolleyes: ;) ..and possibly 1 of them will get a "ban" from IBF...:p

For MS:
CHN has 4 players representin'
INA has 2 players representin'

if CHN loses 2 of its players, they still have 2 left
if INA loses 2 of its players, they have 0 left..:rolleyes: ;) ..and possibly 1 of them will get a "ban" from IBF...:p

If Bao and CH lose, their defeats will get "contagious" to LD and CJ...This is typical of Chinesse players (mens)...Look at what happened in OG...

hope the two ina can win the matches...

I predict Bao Chunlai and Taufik to go through. :p

Hopefully Bao and Chen Hong will win!
Well most probably Bao will win. But I'd like to see Chen Hong beat the arrogant Taufik.

Taufik and Sony are the two best Indonesian MS.
Bao and Chen are arguably behind both Chen Jin and Lin Dan in the Chinese MS order.

Taufik and Chen Hong....mmmm...no problem!!!

Go Malaysia! Go China! Win Win Win!

But frankly I don't have much confidence in our boy LCW. He's just not there yet, eventhough he and his coaches always think he is.

I've watched badminton matches for years. Everytime a player or coach says that "this is our best chance to win blablabla...", the results would mostly turn out to be bad for them. The current Malaysian badminton national team is quite a big talker compared to previous generations, but with not much actual on-court success. Irrational confidence is not a good thing. That's why we always crumble when it matters most. Always loosing out in finals, it's not even funny.

Team China is different. They have a good system, good players, consistency, and they are rationally confident (not just talking big). They approach a tournament by training hard and having systematic preparations. And they deliver.

And the last time Malaysia ever won anything big in badminton, it was the Thomas Cup in 1992 under two head coaches from China. Other than that, we are at most the runner-up (World Championship runner-up, Olympics silver medal, bla bla bla).

I think it's a cultural thing. We are more relaxed and laid back (happy go lucky). Look at the responses in this forum, almost all are overly optimistic (Wong Miew Choo to beat Zhang Ning? My oh my...). The players must first recognize their weaknesses instead of boasting, before they can really improve and reach the top.

I agree that a player or coach must learn to be more humble in public and not talk too much about winning before the real thing. Let the player prove himself/herself on court. It is important to have confidence and self-esteem but don't brag and become too over-confident. The result will show.

Men Singles QF

LCWei vs BCLai
CJin vs LHIll
THidayat vs PGade
HHashim vs LDan:rolleyes:

Maybe HHashim vs Park Sung Hwan ( LD lost to Park during their last met):D

it's taufik...no doubt about it...ch will give him a scare but wont be enough...sorry ch, better luck next time:D

i think there have been no real surprises in the MS and MD, except for CCM/KKK unfortunately having to pull out.
the only real interesting match in the MD is LP/JR vs JJS/LYD, that'll be a cracker.
also, in MS, the only real 50-50 is TH vs CH, yeah, i'll give the indonesian the edge here as well.
the others should not be bothered too much ...

R/16 for INA's participants:
- Luluk/Alven vs Spitko/Fuchs (08.45pm--JKT time)
- Nova/Lilyana vs Koo KK/Wong PT (09.50pm)
- Sony vs BCL (11.10pm)
- Markis/Hendra vs Choong TF/Lee WW (11.45pm)
- TH vs CH (22/09/06 ; 12.30am)
Wow,more thrilling in this round although too late hour for INA's time.No serious hurdle for both Luluk/Alven and Nova/Lilyana to continue their step in QF.Unpredictable result for Markis/Hendra, MAS's veteran duo absolutely will pump up two times their efforts to keep MAS's hope after withdrawal of their team-mates yesterday. And Sony, still unconvincing to beat BCL.Maybe this is a time to correct his record against him.Last but not least,Big match for MS division at R-16--> TH's real hard-test to defend his crown is starting from this round. Good Luck for them, Maju terus-Pantang nyerah!

I agree that a player or coach must learn to be more humble in public and not talk too much about winning before the real thing. Let the player prove himself/herself on court. It is important to have confidence and self-esteem but don't brag and become too over-confident. The result will show.

If all players and coaches are humble, the sport will be very, very boring.

Being over-confident, big-mouthed and the likes are the spices of the sport..

I strongly encourage players and coaches to be "over-confident and big-mouthed". That makes the competition more colorful, entertaining, and, last but not least, makes opponents "hot" and "itchy to fight"...That is the core spirit of competition in sport....:)

i hope Bao Chunlai can beat Sony....and he will win......
jia you bao 3x

If all players and coaches are humble, the sport will be very, very boring.

Being over-confident, big-mouthed and the likes are the spices of the sport..

I strongly encourage players and coaches to be "over-confident and big-mouthed". That makes the competition more colorful, entertaining, and, last but not least, makes opponents "hot" and "itchy to fight"...That is the core spirit of competition in sport....:)

Let outsiders, observers and big fans (like Indra) do all the talking and verbal fighting to make the match more interesting! ;)

Look at Mohd Ali now, he can't even defend himself. :(

If all players and coaches are humble, the sport will be very, very boring.

Being over-confident, big-mouthed and the likes are the spices of the sport..

I strongly encourage players and coaches to be "over-confident and big-mouthed". That makes the competition more colorful, entertaining, and, last but not least, makes opponents "hot" and "itchy to fight"...That is the core spirit of competition in sport....:)


To a certain extent it is good for the sport but a little too much can be annoying. Remember too much of anything can be bad too.

If all players and coaches are humble, the sport will be very, very boring.

Being over-confident, big-mouthed and the likes are the spices of the sport..

I strongly encourage players and coaches to be "over-confident and big-mouthed". That makes the competition more colorful, entertaining, and, last but not least, makes opponents "hot" and "itchy to fight"...That is the core spirit of competition in sport....:)

It really depends on where you're standing, your point of view.

The IBF officials would like over-confident and big-mouthed players, colorful players to hype up the game of badminton. Controversies attract audiences. Rivalries attract audiences.

On the other hand, to the player himself/herself, over-confidence and being big mouth do him/her no good. It's good for the show of course, but not good to his/her medal collection. Let your game do the talking. If you win, then you can afford to talk. But I just don't understand players/coaches who talk before they win.

wow,i should go to sleep now, the match is sooo late, it will be 1:30 am in my place when TH vs CH starts.i'll be watching,haha

when is the 1st match today???in malaysia`s time

when is the 1st match today???in malaysia`s time

9pm MAS time for tonite.. quite late...

Here are the Singapore/Malaysia timing for some of today's best matches ;

11.30 Pm Lee Chong Wei vs Persson
1.10 am Sony vs Boa
1.20 am Lin Dan vs Park
2.30 am Taufik vs Chen Hong
4.45 am Zhang Ning vs WMC

Hope these matches will be telecast.

Go Malaysia! Go China! Win Win Win!

But frankly I don't have much confidence in our boy LCW. He's just not there yet, eventhough he and his coaches always think he is.

I've watched badminton matches for years. Everytime a player or coach says that "this is our best chance to win blablabla...", the results would mostly turn out to be bad for them. The current Malaysian badminton national team is quite a big talker compared to previous generations, but with not much actual on-court success. Irrational confidence is not a good thing. That's why we always crumble when it matters most. Always loosing out in finals, it's not even funny.

Team China is different. They have a good system, good players, consistency, and they are rationally confident (not just talking big). They approach a tournament by training hard and having systematic preparations. And they deliver.

And the last time Malaysia ever won anything big in badminton, it was the Thomas Cup in 1992 under two head coaches from China. Other than that, we are at most the runner-up (World Championship runner-up, Olympics silver medal, bla bla bla).

I think it's a cultural thing. We are more relaxed and laid back (happy go lucky). Look at the responses in this forum, almost all are overly optimistic (Wong Miew Choo to beat Zhang Ning? My oh my...). The players must first recognize their weaknesses instead of boasting, before they can really improve and reach the top.

I don't remember any MAS players or coaches boasting, just the fans trying to pump up the chances.In fact, I'm sick of hearing them saying 'We hope to go one further', which meant they won't win the title! What's wrong with saying, " We 've worked hard and feel in great shape. Of course , we're gunning for the title but anything can happen. We'll see."
I'm sorry you lack confidence in LCW. Malaysia has every reason to be proud of him. Mind you , I believe he went to HKO , like a lone ranger, without any MAS MS spoilers to help him.And he reached the final because his aim was to play LD. You think LCW got to where he is through luck? He has to work thrice as hard as LD to reach the final .Would LD dare come to MO on his own or even with just one escort?CHN's MS confidence is so lacking, LD must be accompanied by CH and CJ. MO, CTO and HKO! Correct me if I'm wrong.Pls give credit where credit is due.

Pjswift...Well said...

Bravo pjswift... "ta-pek" to you, well said :)

Here is my prediction for today's matches :

MS
Lee Hyun-il (KOR) vs Eric Pang (NED)
Lee Chong Wei (MAS) vs Joachim Persson (DEN)
Dicky Palyama (NED) vs Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (MAS)
Shoji Sato (JAP) vs Peter Gade (DEN)
Chen Jin (CHN) vs Kuan Beng Hong (MAS)
Bao Chunlai (CHN) vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA)
Park Sung-hwan (KOR) vs Lin Dan (CHN)
Taufik Hidayat (INA) vs Chen Hong (CHN)

WS
Wang Chen (HKG) vs Petra Overzier (GER)
Susan Hughes (SCO) vs Petya Nedeltcheva (BUL)
Kaori Mori (JAP) vs Jiang Yanjiao (CHN)
Yip Pui Yin (HKG) vs Pi Hongyan (FRA)
Tine Rasmussen (DEN) vs Xie Xingfang (CHN)
Eriko Hirose (JAP) vs Xu Huaiwen (GER)
Monthila Meemek (THA) vs Tracey Hallam (ENG)
Zhang Ning (CHN) vs Wong Mew Choo (MAS)

MD
Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng (CHN) vs Rapesh Kumar/Thomas Sanave (IND)
Luluk Hadiyanto/Alven Yulianto (INA) vs Roman Spitko/Michael Fuchs (GER)
Jens Eriksen/Martin Lundgaard Hansen (DEN) vs Shuichi Sakamoto/Sintaro Ikeda (JAP)
Hwang Ji-man/Han Sang-hoon (KOR) vs Ian Palethorpe/Kristian Roebuck (ENG)
Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (INA) vs Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah (MAS)
Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo (CHN) vs Mohd. Fairuzizuan Mohd. Tazari/Lin Woon Fui (MAS)
Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Matsuda (JAP) vs Anthony Clark/Robert Blair (ENG)
Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen (DEN) vs Jung Jae-sug/Lee Yong-dae (KOR)

WD
Wong Pei Tty/Chin Eei Hui (MAS) vs Zhang Yawen/Wei Yili (CHN)
Gao Ling/Huang Sui (CHN) vs Chien Yu-chin/Cheng Wen-hsing (TPE)
Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota (JAP) vs Du Jing/Yu Yang (CHN)
Saralee Thoungthongkam/Sathinee Chankrachangwong (THA) vs Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen (CHN)

XD
Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen (CHN) vs William Milroy/Tammy Sun (CAN)
Zheng Bo/Zhao Tingting (CHN) vs Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms (ENG)
Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk (POL) vs Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA)
Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd. Tazari/Ooi Sock Ai (MAS) vs Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)
Anthony Clark/Donna Kellogg (ENG) vs Kristof Hopp/Birgit Overzier (GER)
Zhang Jun/Gao Ling (CHN) vs Zhang Wei/Yu Yang (CHN)
Jonas Rasmussen/Brita Anderssen (DEN) vs Robert Blair/Natalie Munt (ENG)
Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (INA) vs Koo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty (MAS)

Cai/Fu vs Kumar/Sanave 12-10
(CHN pair took 1st set 21-15)

The other match is very interesting :

XD : Zheng Bo/Zhao Tingting (CHN) vs Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms (ENG)

Meanwhile the Indian MD is leading 13-12 against Cai/fu in 2nd set

Cai/Fu 14 - 13 Sanave/Kumar

Cai/Fu are seems controlling the game, they lead 16-14..but a good fight by the Indian

XD match has begun : Eng pair leads 2-0

MD : CHN vs IND 17-14
XD : CHN vs ENG 0-3

MD : CHN vs IND 18-15
XD : CHN vs ENG 0-5

Live scoring is on ppl....as for m'sians that have astro...it's broadcasting from 9.00 to 5 am the next day....enjoy urselves....as for schoolgoers like myself....might as well ponteng sekolah tomoro

Cai/Fu 19-15 Sanave/Kumar

Chinese XD get their 1st point trial 1-5 now against Nathan/Gail and from the MD, CHN hold the match point 20-16

MD Result :
Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng (CHN) bt. Rapesh Kumar/Thomas Sanave (IND) 21-15, 21-16

The CHN XD trial 2-8 now..

Next match is WS : Wang Chen (HKG) vs Petra Overzier (GER)

XD : CHN 3 - 8 ENG

Xd : Chn 4 - 9 Eng

go robertson/emms....win the WC

XD : Nathan/Gail is leading 11-4 at 1st interval against Zheng/Zhao

WS : Wang Chen 4 - 4 Petra Overzier
XD : Zheng/Zhao 6-11 Nathan/Gail

Thanks for the updates Peace, please keep them coming.

Am routing for Gail and Nathan all the way!

ms semi final prediction :
chen jin vs lee cw n lindan vs taufik hidayat

Wang Chen is behind with 5-9

Xd : Chn 10-14 Eng
Ws : Hkg 7-11 Ger

Go Nathan/Gail !!!!

Zheng/Zhao is catching up 11-14..come on Nathan/Gail....

OMG...Wang Chen is trialing 8-12 now
Meanwhile English pair added 2 points in a row 16-11 now

17-11 to Nathan/Gail

nathan/gail on top form....go!!

To malaysian BC members, there will be a live telecast of the finals on RTM1 starting on 8:45pm, Sunday, please take note. I read a newsflash there when I was hoping that they are broadcasting WC now.

Wang Chen is catching up 11-12 now
Nathan/Gail 17-12 Zheng/Zhao

WS : Wang 11-14 Overzier
XD : Zheng/Zhao 13-19 Nathan/Gail

CHn pair added 1 point 14-19 now in XD

Game point to English pair 20-14

1st game XD : Nathan/Gail 21-14 Zheng/Zhao...good start for the English pair
Wang Chen is taking a lead now 15-14

nathan/gail are making more mistakes than the chinese but they are still winning on a big big margin...impressive...really hope they'll go all the way and become world champion

The German levels back 15-15

2nd set XD has started :CHN pair took a good start this time 4-10 for them now

WS : Wang Chen 18-18 Petra Overzier...wow a good fight by the German

Wang 19 - 18 Petra

WC is leading with 20-18

Xd : Chn 5-5 Eng
Ws : Hkg 20-20 Ger

The other XD match between Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk (POL) vs Sudket/Saralee (THA) will start soon

I hope the England pair will win..

Petra Overzier took 1st set 22-20
XD : CHN 6-6 ENG

OMG...WC lose the first set with 20-22...

I hope the England pair will win..

Yes, I hope so too....CHN 7-6 ENG
Go Nathan, Go Gail !!!! :D

XD : English pair is leading 9-8

XD : POL 1-3 THA
XD : CHN 8-10 ENG (2nd set)
WS : HKG 2-0 GER (2nd set)

Nathan/Gail leads 11-8 at the 2nd set interval....go go go !!!!
Wang Chen is leading 4-0 and the Thais is leading 5-3 now

OMG...WC lose the first set with 20-22...

YES! Go Petra! :)


Now 0-8 in game 2

Hopefully Gail and Nathan can win in 2 games. I still think Nathan's stamina is a bit suspect.

Also sometimes he loses his concentration in the second game, if he can over come that and they find a bit of form I think they could go all the way! :D

OMG...WC lose the first set with 20-22...

that's close!
hopefully she can do better in the 2nd set.

The WS between Susan Hughes (SCO) vs Petya Nedeltcheva (BUL) will begin soon

Wang Chen leads 6-0..is Petra out of gas now?
Nathan/Gail 12-9 Zheng/Zhao

Hopefully Gail and Nathan can win in 2 games. I still think Nathan's stamina is a bit suspect.

Also sometimes he loses his concentration in the second game, if he can over come that and they find a bit of form I think they could go all the way! :D

it's not his stamina, it's his focus that is worrying.

Xd : Pol 8-8 Tha
Xd : Eng 13-10 Chn
Ws : Hkg 8-0 Ger

English pair took another point 14-11 now

Wang Chen does not give Petra chance 9-0 now
Chinese pair is trying to catch up 12-14

Xd : Pol 10-10 Tha

Wang Chen 11-0 Petra Overzier

Xd : Tha 11-10 Pol
Xd : Eng 16-13 Chn

My coach has a friend who trains with the England team and he reckons that Nathan is the laziest player in world badminton!

Apparently his idea of training is to do some light jogging in the morning!

Good job he's so naturally talented. :cool:

Wang Chen leads 6-0..is Petra out of gas now?



11-0

Preparing for game 3

XD : CHN 14-18 ENG
WS : HKG 11-1 GER (Petra got her 1st point in the 2nd set)
XD : THA 14-11 POL

11-0

Preparing for game 3

I think so...she will give 2nd set away to Wang Chen....

Xd : Tha 15-11 Pol
Xd : Eng 20-14 Chn

WS : Wang 14-3 Petra
XD : Thai 15-12 Polish

XD Result :
Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms (ENG) bt Zheng Bo/Zhao Tingting (CHN) 21-14, 21-16

Polish pair trials 13-17 to the Thais.
Wang Chen is leading all the way 16-4 now

Brilliant news, thanks for all the updates Peace.

I guess I'd better get back to work now! ;)

XD : THA 21-15 POL (1st set)
WS : HKG 18-4 GER
WS : SCO 1-1 BUL

Brilliant news, thanks for all the updates Peace.

I guess I'd better get back to work now! ;)

No problem Alaric, my pleasure.

Wang Chen took 2nd game 21-4....

thanks for info peace

please keep on informing us about the score

especially the polish pair

WS : Susan 3-4 Petya
XD : Robert/Nadiezda 1-2 Sudket/Saralee

Ws : Sco 4-4 Bul
Xd : Pol 2-2 Tha

Another XD match between Mohd. Fairuzizuan Mohd. Tazari/Ooi Sock Ai vs Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl has started.....2-2 now

WS : SCO 6-7 BUL (1st set)
XD : MAS 3-4 DEN (1st set)
WS : HKG 0-3 GER (3rd set)
XD : POL 9-5 THA (2nd set)

Wang Chen got her 1st point in the 3rd set, 1-4 now..meanwhile the Danish XD leads 8-3 and the Polish also leads 10-7 now

At the interval :

WS : SCO 11-10 BUL
XD : POL 11-7 THA
XD : DEN 11-3 MAS

Meanwhile : Wang 4-6 Petra

Lee Hyun-il vs Eric Pang will start soon...

Wang Chen is catching up 5-7 now

MS just started : Lee vs Eric 0-1

Tight at WS : SCO 12-12 BUL and HKG 6-8 GER

The polish is leading 13-10 now and the Danish pair leads 14-6

Petra 9-7 Wang
Eric 3-1 Lee

Be careful Robert and Nadiezda..the Thais is catching up 12-13

Wang took a lead 10-9 now

Wang Chen won the interval 11-9 at 3rd set
Poland 15-13 Thailand in XD

Lee vs Eric 6-3

XD : Pol 17-15 THA

The Danish pair just the 1st set 21-11 against the Malaysian

Wang is leading 14-9 now..wow...great

Petya Nedeltcheva won 1st game 21-16

Go Poles

Thanks Peace and keep updating

Tight at XD : POL 20-20 THA

2nd set XD : DEN 2-1 MAS

POL 21-21 THA in XD

LHI vs Eric Pang 12-8 in 1st set now
Finally, the Polish pair manage the 2nd set 23-21..ooops...a tight match

WS : SCO 3-1 BUL (2nd set)
WS : HKG 17-14 GER (3rd set)
XD : MAS 6-3 DEN (2nd set)
MS : KOR vs NED 15-9 (1st set)

Petra levels back at 17-17..a good fight by her

Wang took 2 points in a row 19-17

i would be happier if petra wins

Petra seems to play quite well 19-19

Petra 20-19 Wang

i would be as well ^_^

Wang levels at 20-20...
The Danish manage to turn the dyes 10-8 now for them

deuce 20-all...c'mon we at least have to have a few other non-chinese

2nd match point for Petra 21-20 now..
3rd set..POlish pair trials 3-5 now

yes petra won.....

It will be dificult in tnhe third

hope they can make it

Bye Bye Wang Chen
22-20 last set

OOoooo...Wang Chen lost 20-22, 21-4, 20-22 to Petra Overzier

OOoooo...Wang Chen lost 20-22, 21-4, 20-22 to Petra Overzier

XD interval : DEN 11-9 MAS
XD : POL 7-8 THA
WS interval : SCO 11-6 BUL

Oh my god... this is so so unbelievable... imagine if WMC beats Zhang Ning...

Congrats to Petra!!! Great match!

Kaori Mori vs Jiang Yanjiao is about to start

XD : DEN 15-11 MAS
XD : POL 8-10 THA
WS : SCO 14-8 BUL
MS : KOR 2-0 NED (Kor won 1st set 21-16)

Oh my god... this is so so unbelievable... imagine if WMC beats Zhang Ning...

It is unlikely :cool:

The Thais took a lead of 11-9 at the interval.
LHI 4-1 Eric Pang
XD : DEN 19-13 MAS

XD Result : Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl bt MOhd. Fairuzizuan/Oii Sock Ai 21-11, 21-13

Susan HUghes seems to take the 2nd set, leading 18-10 now

very tight at XD between Poland and Thailand
Pol 11-13 Tha

Xd : Pol 13-14 Tha
Ws : Sco 19-12 Bul
Ms Kor 10-4 Ned

Is Poland really that good in mixed doubles?

Xd : Pol 14-14 Tha
Ws : Sco 20-13 Bul

Is Poland really that good in mixed doubles?

Well, nowadays they have a good pair, Robert/Nadiezda, the bronze medallist in European Champs this year in April

Susan Hughes just took the 2nd set 21-14...will play the decider

Thais take a lead 18-15 against the POlish

Oh wow! Who were the champs then btw?

LHI leads 14-4 now....

Oh wow! Who were the champs then btw?

It was Jens Eriksen/Mette Shjoldager from Denmark who were the XD Champion in European Champs this year, but unfortunately Mette has an injury so they could not play in this WC

So sorry as well to say that the POlish pair has lost 15-21, 23-21, 16-21 to the Thais

Meanwhile : JIang Yanjiao leads 6-4 against Kaori Mori

LHI is about to win leading 19-5 now...

Now, Luluk/Alven against the German pair is about to start

argh....i really hope a miracle will happen and jiang yanjiao will be beaten by kaori mori....it's so boring that's always china vs china in WS and WD finals

Wow, Lee HI is better than Eric in every category, from smash winner, net winner, clear winner and errors. LHI used to less smash winners before, but to Eric, He can smash and win a lot.

Lee Hyun-il won 21-16, 21-6 against Eric Pang
Petya is taking a lead of 5-2 against Susan
Jiang 9 - 5 Kaori

argh....i really hope a miracle will happen and jiang yanjiao will be beaten by kaori mori....it's so boring that's always china vs china in WS and WD finals

Let's hope that there will be a miracle...

Kaori, ganbatte !!!

Jiang 9-8 Kaori

It was Jens Eriksen/Mette Shjoldager from Denmark who were the XD Champion in European Champs this year, but unfortunately Mette has an injury so they could not play in this WC

So sorry as well to say that the POlish pair has lost 15-21, 23-21, 16-21 to the Thais

Meanwhile : JIang Yanjiao leads 6-4 against Kaori Mori

Wasn't it Thomas L/Kamila R-J

The ones who beat Robet/Nadiezda in the semis?

IS ON!!! IS ON!!!!!!
Alven /Luluk is playing againts Germanian Spitko/Fuchs

GO GO GO Alven/Luluk

Susan Hughes seems to lose 9-18 now for Petya
Another WS : JIang leads 20-13...well..it is unlikely to be a miracle

MD : The Indon pair leads 13-4 against the German

Wasn't it Thomas L/Kamila R-J

The ones who beat Robet/Nadiezda in the semis?

You're right....sorry.....they beat Jens/Mette in the final

Wang Chen vs Petra Overzier 61:48, ... but still could not win :crying)

Another XD between Anthony Clark/Donna Kellogg vs Kristof Hopp/Birgit Overzier is about to start

MD : INA 17-6 GER

WS : Petya Nedeltcheva bt SUsan HUghes 21-16, 14-21, 21-11
WS : JIang Yanjiao took 1st set 21-13 and leads 2-1 now in 2nd set

Wang Chen vs Petra Overzier 61:48, ... but still could not win :crying)

Well what do you mean by 61-48? The total score?
Come on 2cents, this is not maths....;)

Luluk/Alven took 1st set 21-8

Next match is another XD between 2 CHN pairs : Zhang/Gao vs Zhang/Yu

XD : ENG 7-7 GER
WS : CHN 5-2 JAP

Xd : Eng 9-7 Ger
Md : Ina 3-0 Ger
Ws : Chn 6-3 Jap

XD : ENG 10-11 GER
XD : Zhang/Gao 1-3 Zhang/Yu
MD :INA 8-3 GER

Jiang leads 10-6 now