Greetings from SFO!

Just arrived and glad to know that my hotel provides free internet service :D

Browsed through the draws and the XD event has been completed.
Not much surprises and glad to know that all the three INA pairs have progressed.

Selected results:
Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir bt Jonas Rasmussen/Britta Andersen 21-14, 21-16 -- another Danish pair (Lars Paaske/Helle Nielsen) awaits tomorrow!

Hendry Kurniawan Saputra/Li Yujia lost to Zheng Bo/Yu Yang 21-19, 15-21, 11-21 -- the newly formed Chinese pair will face Robert Blair/Natalie Munt next.

Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Ryter-Juhl lost to Daniel Shirley/Joanna Quay Swee Ling 18-21, 18-21 -- probably the first upset? The Kiwi-Malaysian pairing will face Hwang Ji Man/Ha Jeung Eun next.

Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen beat Songphon Anukritayawon/Kulchala Voravichitchaikul 21-13, 19-21, 21-15 -- a tough victory for the still not in-form Chinese pair. They will have an easier task against a Japanese qualifier pair tomorrow.

Toru Matsumoto/Miyuki Tai lost to Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa 14-21, 7-21 -- an easy first test for the newly formed INA pair. They will face the WC silver-medallist Anthony Clark/Donna Kellogg next and they should stand a chance!

Howard Bach/Eva Lee lost to Mohd Rizal/Gresya Polii 12-21, 14-21 -- the young INA pair will meet Zhang Jun/Gao Ling next. Let's see how they will perform against the experienced Chinese pair!

SFO? Where is that?

SFO? Where is that?

Off topics.....I am in San Francisco right now...and off to Salt Lake City tomorrow afternoon :D

oops sorry, badMania replied it first..:p ;)

Hei..where do you all get the results from???

Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Ryter-Juhl lost to Daniel Shirley/Joanna Quay Swee Ling 18-21, 18-21 -- probably the first upset? The Kiwi-Malaysian pairing will face Hwang Ji Man/Ha Jeung Eun next.

Wooo, Go NZ!

Thanks badMania for the updates :).

Some results in ms round1:
PERSSON Joachim(DEN) beat MILROY Bobby(CAN) 27-25, 23-21
ZHU Weilun(CHN) beat SATO Shoji (JPN) 15-21/21-12/21-16
SAPKULCHANANART Poompat(THA) beat MOODY John (NZL) 21-17, 12-21, 21-11
SASAKI Sho(JPN) beat PALYAMA Dicky (NED) 2-0(?,?)
HASHIM Muhd Roslin (MAS) beat QIU Yanbo (CHN) 21-7 21-12

do you have any MD results Smart?

Thanks for the updates guys! :)

SAEKI Koichi (JPN) beat NG Wei (HKG) 21-18、21-14 an upset!
YEOH Kay Bin (MAS) beat IKEDA Yuichi (JPN) 22-20、10-21 21-18

thanks for the Update.... please keep updating.

Btw where you guys got this Resul ? Any Live Score ?

Is LCW or BCL playing today...If yes,please update the results...BTW, can you all tell me where to get the results..Thank a lot..

where did you get the result???can't find it
and thank you btw

where did you get the result???can't find it
and thank you btw

http://yonexopenjp.com/mddraw.htm

some results here

Thanks a lot...killerT...

http://yonexopenjp.com/mddraw.htm

some results here
oh,right, thank you very much:)

The mesn result was nto updated yet huh /

yeah,i found no result of ms on that page, so i'm wondering where smart got the result. inside info?

MS results updated already. Mas players:
1st round
Hafiz Bye
Pei Wei Chung lost to Ohtsuka Shinya 16-21,10-21
Yeoh Kay Bin bt Ikeda Yuichi 22-20,10-21,21-18
Roslin bt Qiu Yanbo 21-7,21-12
LCW Bye

2nd round
Hafiz bt Chan Yan Kit 21-12, 21-12
Yeoh Kay Bin lost to Sapkulchananart Poompat 15-21,21-9,21-23
Roslin bt Chen Yu 21-11,21-9 !!!
LCW bt Sony 21-12,21-18

Taufik beat Bao 21-12,12-21,21-19 !!

"Upsetted" players :
Bao, Chen Yu, Ng Wei, Dicky Palyama, Yeoh Kay Bin, Shoji Sato

an amazing result for roslin, very convincing win.
and taufik, well well, could we see the real taufik in action this time?

some nice games in the next ruond for MD

Tony/Candra vs Lars/Jonas
KKK/TBH vs LJJ/HJM

is anyone recording these?

Taufik beat Bao 21-12,12-21,21-19 !!

I'M VERY HAPPY COZ TAUFIK IS BACK ,

:) :) :) :) :)

Taufik and Roslin rocks!!!! Woohoo, I couldnt imagine that chen yu was so easily beaten by Roslin! And what a great performance from Taufik! Taufik still rulez!

The result of the ms is already out.The senior warrior of MAS,Muhd. Roslin has defeated Chen Yu in straight set with a very comfortable margin.

''KEMANA" your wish comes true :)

woah, akao/matsuda beat emms/kellogg, that's quite an upset as well!

What a great day... da da da da...

I wonder if KKK does well too..

Taufik beat Bao 21-12,12-21,21-19 !!

I'M VERY HAPPY COZ TAUFIK IS BACK ,

:) :) :) :) :)Me too.Have always admire his special talent.

Me too.Have always admire his special talent.

Taufik has the style, that's why he's my first ever badminton idol

Congratulations to TH! Hopefully this is the beginning of a resurgence...either way he needs to buck up before the Asian Games. Either that or he really enjoys being in Japan with all the great food.

let's not get too carried away here.
BCL may have just had an off day.
i hope TH does well though, love watching him play when he's serious ....

Well if we take a look at Roslin and TH theres nothing new and surprising in those results imo. Roslin can be a pain in the ... to play cause of his defensive style and he showed us in Korea Open that he still got it in him, in my opinion hes malaysias 2nd strongest atm. When it comes to TH he can play some very nice badminton, but what he lacks atm is his stamina and no one even with that potential can wipe world class players if they got a bad stamina, if TH starts training serious and gets motivated he will be back, if not he will be a threat but nothing more than a dark horse in major tournaments.

but i think bao has a lot of stamina and if he can beat him in a 3rd set...

ye but I would think he could beat him more convincely with a better stamina, thats what i meant

Taufik beat Bao 21-12,12-21,21-19 !!

I'M VERY HAPPY COZ TAUFIK IS BACK ,

:) :) :) :) :)
wah,the 3rd set was so close!Taufik is back!?:rolleyes:
poor BCL..

yes...I think now it'll be a taufik n LCW semi...

Now that means Lin Dan and Chen Jin (are they playing ?).

I think the champion for the Japan Open will be a new one --- LCW !

Now that means Lin Dan and Chen Jin (are they playing ?).

I think the champion for the Japan Open will be a new one --- LCW !
You have forgotten Chen Hong.

Chen Jin is not playing in Japan Open.

i'm sorry to the chinese fans, but the JO champions 2006 for MD will be Tony/Chandra

You have forgotten Chen Hong.

don't think Chen Hong will beat LCW anyway...just hope that LCW can bt Taufik....will be an interesting match...hope LD will be beaten by some1

may i know are tony/chandra taking part?

Wow...just woke up to see quite a number of upsets in the first day of the Japan Open.

It was a close and surprising rubber-set victory for Taufik Hidayat against the recently crowned WC silver-medallist. Now, he has a VERY smooth route to the semi-finals, with matches against Koichi Saeki (who had beaten Ng Wei) and either Sho Sasaki or Ronald Susilo (a good tournament for Ronald as well if he can reach the quarter-final!). This victory against emphasizes the point that if Taufik truly wants to win, he can achieve that! China might have to rethink its strategy of fielding Bao Chunlai and Chen Jin for the Asian Games :cool:

For the other games involving INA players, Sony Dwi Kuncoro was beaten by Lee Chong Wei as expected in straight sets. Simon Santoso benefited from Kuan Beng Hong's absence to win two matches and progress through Round of 16 with a clash against Chen Hong. A victory against the WC semi-finallist is a bonus!

Meanwhile, Jo Novita/Gresya Polii also survived a rubber-set match against an unknown local pair and they will face Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen next. As with Simon, a victory is a miracle!

For the non-Pelatnas pair, Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya did not break a sweat as they beat an unknown local pair in just 16 mins :eek: Their next clash against Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen is quite mouth-watering indeed.

may i know are tony/chandra taking part?
yea,they are playing in JO.

wah,the 3rd set was so close!Taufik is back!?:rolleyes:
poor BCL..

Yes, i think TH can win over BCL was bcos he dont understand mandarin and was not disturbed by LYB during the match !!!???!!!......:D :D

Roslin bt Chen Yu 21-11,21-9 !!!

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
*FAINT*......I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Seems like China has had quite a rough day yesterday.

In MS, they only have 3 out of 16 players with the exit of Bao Chunlai, Chen Yu, Li Yu, and Qiu Yanbo.

In MD, the only pair who survived is the World Champion Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun. The two others: Guo Zhendong/Xu Chen and the newly formed Zheng Bo/Xie Zhongbo both lost to the WC silver-medallist Anthony Clark/Robert Blair and Lee Jae Jin/Hwang Ji Man respectively.

So, if INA is to win the gold medal, one strategy they could do is to let Simon play first singles (he is on track right now, based on ranking) and Taufik plays second singles. It's a safer point to get 1 point rather than to put Taufik as the first and Simon as the second singles. Meanwhile, INA should also bank on the second doubles (if it gets that far). The third point will be a little tricky. Let's hope Sony is recovering in time because he is likely to play the 3rd MS after his loss in the second round yesterday.

China might have to rethink its strategy of fielding Bao Chunlai and Chen Jin for the Asian Games

Where did you get the news from ? Asian Games is like once every four years and this will be LD's last chance to win unless he survives another four years !

Roslin beat a chinese player... that is a good breakthrough for him. Taufik's performance against BCL is not that convincing. He was rusty and a little slow. However i hope this is just a warm up match for him. He was lucky that he won that match. However well done Taufik.

Yeoh Kay Bin VS Thai's result seems to be strage..........
Can Anyone tell me wat happen?????

lindan, peter gade, lee chong wei, n taufik should be in the semi ... maybe also chen hong ....

lindan will beat peter gade/chen hong n hafiz ... n in the final will beat taufik/lee chong wei ... hehehe

NOOOO :crying: :crying: :crying: :eek: :eek: :eek: BCL lost to TH!!! :crying: :crying: :crying: And CY lost to Roslin! What is wrong? :crying: :crying: :crying: c'mon LD and CJ!!! :crying: :crying: :crying: JIA YOU

lindan will beat peter gade/chen hong n hafiz ... n in the final will beat taufik/lee chong wei ... hehehe

agree!!! :D Jia You Lin Dan! Beat everyone! :D hehe

Taufik beat Bao 21-12,12-21,21-19 !!

I'M VERY HAPPY COZ TAUFIK IS BACK ,

:) :) :) :) :)
hehe,me too,me too:)

bao cunlai, chen hong, chen jin n chen yu are not stabil ...yet .... china still need super dan to win ...

indonesia need taufik, china need lindan, denmark still need peter gade n malaysia need lee chong wei ....

btw ...where is kenneth .... wo ?

''KEMANA" your wish comes true :)
yes,seems so,haha:rolleyes:
hope my wish gose further,champion will good,haha:)

yes,seems so,haha:rolleyes:
hope my wish gose further,champion will good,haha:)
yes, i knew taufik-ist had underestimated your wishes:p

''KEMANA" your wish comes true :)

just like mine :p :D hehe ;) :) :D

btw ...where is kenneth .... wo ?

injured? :confused: :)

ye but I would think he could beat him more convincely with a better stamina, thats what i meantsame thought here. Taufik should have stamina on his first match. Question is, will he has stamina going forward.

same thought here. Taufik should have stamina on his first match. Question is, will he has stamina going forward.

i think so! :D I think he prepared better this time! :)

i think kenneth is injured...remember he withdrew from the world championships....

i think kenneth is injured...remember he withdrew from the world championships....

he is really unlucky! :crying: hope he recovers soon! :crying:

Too bad Hafiz has to play LCW in the QF. Taufik will have an easy route to the Semis. Which he will either play LCW or Hafiz... interesting bottom half.

Too bad Hafiz has to play LCW in the QF. Taufik will have an easy route to the Semis. Which he will either play LCW or Hafiz... interesting bottom half.From the draw LCW will either meet Boonsak or Roslin.Hafiz is in the top section and he will meet Lin Dan if he beats another chinese player.

Upset in the Mixed Doubles department. Joanne Quay (MAS) and Shirley Daniel (NZL) win over 3rd seed Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Juhl...

Thursday October 12, 12:17 AM
Badminton: Olympic champion Hidayat beats Bao in Japan Open

TOKYO : Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat came through a tough three-game match to knock China's world silver medallist Bao Chunlai out of the Japan Open badminton tournament on Wednesday.
The encounter was on a knife-edge at 18-18 in the final game before the unseeded Indonesian rallied to win 21-12, 12-21, 21-19.

"It was tough for the first match. But it was a bit unlucky for me to play such a strong opponent in my first match since my ranking has gone down," said Taufik, 25.

"Because, even if I had lost, it's all right. But if I win, it gives me a bigger chance to advance further. I can concentrate on my other matches better than today."

The unpredictable Hidayat has spent much of this season on the sidelines due to injury and crashed out of last month's world championships in the third round.

"It's only my sixth tournament. That's why my ranking has gone down. One of my goals here is to move up in the rankings because of the Asian Games at the end of this year," said Hidayat, ranked 34th.

Hidayat's next opponent will be Japan's Koichi Saeki, who beat ninth seed Ng Wei of Hong Kong and Yusuke Shinkai in his opening matches.

Meanwhile, world champion and top seed Lin Dan of China eased aside Japan's Yusuke Arita 21-11, 21-17 in his opening match.

Asian champion Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, the second seed, downed former Asian champion Soni Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 21-13, 21-18.

European champion Peter Gade of Denmark thrashed Takuma Ueda of Japan 21-13, 21-13, while fifth seed Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand beat Takashi Kawauchi 21-15, 21-5.

Former Japan Open champions Muhammad Roslin Hashim of Malaysia and Ronald Susilo of Singapore also reached the third round along with Chen Hong, Roslin's brother Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, and Simon Santoso of Indonesia.

Joint ninth seed Shoji Sato of Japan and Dicky Palyama of the Netherlands failed to clear the first hurdle, while Keoh Kay Bin crashed to a 21-15, 9-21, 23-21 defeat to Poompat Sapkulchananart of Thailand.

In the women's competition, Soratja Chansrisukot of Thailand shocked 1998 Asian Games gold medallist Kanako Yonekura of Japan 21-18, 21-19. - AFP/de

Men's singles second round results:

Lin Dan (CHN) bt Yusuke Arita (JPN) 21-11, 21-17

Joachim Persson (DEN) bt Kazuteru Kozai (JPN) 18-21, 26-24, 21-19

Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (MAS) bt Chan Yan-kit (HKG) 21-12, 21-12

Zhu Weilun (CHN) bt Shinya Otsuka (JPN) 21-16, 21-12

Peter Gade (DEN) bt Takuma Ueda (JPN) 21-13, 21-13

Poompat Sapkulchananart (THA) bt Keoh Kay Bin (MAS) 21-15, 9-21, 23-21

Chen Hong (CHN) bt Li Yu (CHN) 21-16, 21-17

Simon Santoso (INA) bt Nicholas Kidd (ENG) 21-13, 21-12

Sho Sasaki (JPN) bt Kenichi Tago (JPN) 22-20, 21-15

Ronald Susilo (SIN) bt Naoki Kawamae (JPN) 21-12, 21-12

Koichi Saeki (JPN) bt Yusuke Shinkai (JPN) 21-9, 21-7

Taufik Hidayat (INA) bt Bao Chunlai (CHN) 21-12, 12-21, 21-19

Muhammad Roslin Hashim (MAS) bt Chen Yu (CHN) 21-11, 21-9

Boonsak Ponsana (THA) bt Takashi Kawauchi (JPN) 21-15, 21-5

Andrew Smith (ENG) bt Yosuke Nakanishi (JPN) 12-21, 21-18, 21-16

Lee Chong Wei (MAS) bt Soni Dwi Kuncoro (INA) 21-13, 21-18

Women's singles first round results:

Soratja Chansrisukot (THA) bt Kanako Yonekura (JPN) 21-18, 21-19

Nao Miyoshi (JPN) bt Anna Rice (CAN) 21-16, 25-23

Judith Meulendijks (NED) bt Tomoko Koyanagi (JPN) 21-14, 21-19

Wong Mew Choo (MAS) bt Yukina Oku (JPN) 21-8, 21-19

Yu Hirayama (JPN) bt Lee Yun-Hwa (KOR) 21-15, 21-16

Mizuki Fujii (JPN) bt Chien Yu-chin (TPE) 21-17, 21-17

Salakjit Polsana (THA) bt Yip Pui-yin (HKG) 21-17, 21-19

Monthila Meemek (THA) bt Chang Ya-lan (TPE) 21-17, 21-17

Nozomi Kametani (JPN) bt Eva Lee (USA) 21-17, 21-14

Li Li (SIN) bt Yoshimi Hataya (JPN) 21-10, 22-20

Susan Hughes (SCO) bt Miho Shibamura (JPN) 21-18, 21-8

Hwang Hye-Youn (KOR) bt Miki Hamajima (JPN) 21-8, 21-7

Megumi Taruno (JPN) bt Cheng Shao-chieh (TPE) 21-17, 21-19

Sachiyo Imai (JPN) bt Agnese Allegrini (ITA) walkover

Chen Li (CHN) bt Tomomi Sakuyama (JPN) 21-13, 21-7

i want a shocking surprise!! go susilO!! beat taufik( if possible)

i'm sorry to the chinese fans, but the JO champions 2006 for MD will be Tony/Chandra

O hoooo hooo.... EXACTLY AGREEEEE !!!! :D

FYI Candra without "h"

i want a shocking surprise!! go susilO!! beat taufik( if possible)
susilo was a former indon player.....
so dun be so happy if he beat taufik....
cuz it still means indon players r strong.... =P

agree!!! :D Jia You Lin Dan! Beat everyone! :D hehe

Lin Dan -.-lll
A badminton player with the worst attitude i ever seen......
He + LYB = Thousand booosssss......
I still cant forget what he had done in Malaysian Open
He refuse to accept the ethnic cap,
he doesn't respect our culture!!
Futhermore, he threw on the floor the mock cheque right after the ceremony.
Where is the sportsmanship that a player should have?
So, no matter what player play with Lin Dan, I am sure to support Lin Dan's opponent.......

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
*FAINT*......I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
i've got a feeling that roslin is back to him top form after 5 years.... go roslin... well, its reli a shock to know he beat CHEN YU!!! hope to see the rematch btw Roslin & LCW haha :D

Lin Dan -.-lll
A badminton player with the worst attitude i ever seen......
He + LYB = Thousand booosssss......
I still cant forget what he had done in Malaysian Open
He refuse to accept the ethnic cap,
he doesn't respect our culture!!
Futhermore, he threw on the floor the mock cheque right after the ceremony.
Where is the sportsmanship that a player should have?
So, no matter what player play with Lin Dan, I am sure to support Lin Dan's opponent.......
yes yes yes... i was there at MO '06... his attitude is a total mess up.. i agree wit u... i won't be on his side either not bcuz he always win LCW but of his attitude....

Oh wow, I didn't know Lin Dan ever did that. He is not as great a champion as I originally thought. I always viewed him as a mature champion before. Guess I'm wrong.

susilo was a former indon player.....
so dun be so happy if he beat taufik....
cuz it still means indon players r strong.... =P

yeah. but he came to singapore at a very young age and train here.. he live in singapore longer than indonesia.

yeah. but he came to singapore at a very young age and train here.. he live in singapore longer than indonesia.
so how long did he stay in Singapore already??? more than a decade??

yeah. but he came to singapore at a very young age and train here.. he live in singapore longer than indonesia.

Get the facts right before making a statement. One thing for sure, he didn't arrived in S'pore when he was 10 yrs old. His Indonesian club was Jaya Raya and he was trained from VERY young age in Indonesia but because he thought he couldn't go far due to high/intensive competition in Indonesia and decided to leave Indonesia to get better chance.

I am happy that taufik has beaten BCL but also sad because LCW will not has the chance to take revenge....Taufik is really back in form...And roslin is superb..beaten CY...

Hi ... I am a new comer ... nice to see you all ...
It's good to hear Taufik perform back ... Hope he could continue this good perform.

I am happy that taufik has beaten BCL but also sad because LCW will not has the chance to take revenge....Taufik is really back in form...And roslin is superb..beaten CY...

Don't u think that it is much more interesting if TH vs LCW in semi? No worries for LCW revenge over Bao, as LCW sure win over it. with 9 times winning record. The WC is consider a "slip" for LCW.. no worries...

Yup...You are right...We should have full confident with LCW...

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still no result from today??
some games should already be over now.

by the way,welcom sandy~i wish sudket/saralee to win too.

Thanks A Lot.what Do U Think Who Will Win?

Any Results For Todays Game?

Any Results For Todays Game?

Thanks A Lot.what Do U Think Who Will Win?
hard to say for now,hehe

hard to say for now,hehe

if you're talking about MS then it will be easy! :D Lin Dan or Chen Hong! :D