MSQ-1 to take on Eric Pang in R32
Rather weak section. John Moody, Hong Ji Hoon and Roman Spitko contend for the spot.
Prediction: Hong Ji Hoon with homeground advantage

MSQ-2 to take on Chan Yan Kit in R32
Expect a showdown between Shon Seung Mo and Wong Choong Hann although James Chua and Yousuke Nakanishi have outside chances
Prediction: Wong (even though Shon has home crowd support)

MSQ-3 to take on Ng Wei in R32
Expect a Tan Chun Seang and Bobby Milroy showdown
Prediction: Milroy (although you cannot underestimate Tan)

MSQ-4 to take on Kuan Beng Hong in R32
Ronald Susilo vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro in the cards. Again! except this time, Ronald may not be so lucky to get direct entry to the main draw. Lee Cheol Ho can play spoiler but unlikely
Prediction: Sony

WSQ-1 to take on Jiang Yanjiao in R32
Seo Yoon Hee in the mix. Long time have not seen her name. Anita Raj Kaur, Pai Min Jie and Kim Moon Hi also in this section.
Prediction: Seo

WSQ-2 to take on Petya Nedeltcheva in R32
Lee Yun Hwa v Charmaine Reid expected
Prediction: Lee

WSQ-3 to take on Judith Meulendijks in R32
Xing Aiying the clear favourite with Kamila Augustyn her closest opponent
Prediction: Xing

WSQ-4 to take on Rachel Hindley in R32
Maria Kristin Yulianti v Lee Hyun Jin expected
Prediction: Maria Kristin

MDQ-1 to take on Spitko/Fuchs in R32
Koo KK/Tan BH major favourites here. Don't think Shirley/Gordon or Hopp/Kindervater can come close.
Prediction: Koo/Tan

MDQ-2 to take on Gan TC/Zakry in R32
Tan BS/Ong SH also major favourites here although there are a couple of Korean pairs
Prediction: Tan/Ong

MDQ-3 to take on Sudket/Patapol in R32
Yet another Malaysian pair, Chew CE/Hong CH, are favourites with Lindley/Langridge the likely foe.
Prediction: Chew/Hong

MDQ-4 to take on Chan CM/Hoon TH in R32
Han Sang Hoon/Cho Gun Woo to contend with Glenn Warfe/Ross Smith for this spot.
Prediction: Han/Cho

XDQ-1 to take on Blair/Wallwork in R32
Fischer/Andersen v Fairuz/Ooi SA
Prediction: Danes

XDQ-2 to take on Hwang Ji Man/Jung Youn Kyung in R32
Masuda/Maeda v Hui Wai Ho/Chau Hoi Wah
Prediction: Japanese

XDQ-3 to take on Rasmussen/Frier in R32
Ohtsuka/Suetsana v Gan TC/Fong CY
Prediction: Japanese

XDQ-4 to take on Rizal/Polii in R32
Hendra Wijaya/Jiang Yanmei v Langridge/Nicholas
Prediction: English

Anyone know what time the qualifying rounds start on 23 Jan?

hey any1 viewing live score.y there is only 1 court at a time.if like tis will take ages 2 finish.hehe

Hey, anyone knows what happen to the draw?
Hui WH/Alroy TP are supposed to play with KKK/TBH but they are playing with YYS/JJB now :confused:
and Ronald Susilo is supposed to play with alan chan but ended up playing with Lee Cheol Ho :confused: :confused:
and now Spitko vs Hwang JW... supposed to be Spitko vs Hoon MJ :confused: :confused: :confused:

d draw in qualifying is redraw. u can check d IBF site

d draw in qualifying is redraw. u can check d IBF site

oic...thanks cheeyf ;)

hey any1 viewing live score.y there is only 1 court at a time.if like tis will take ages 2 finish.heheThere are 4 courts going. Matches are being run at 35 minute intervals and everything is on schedule. Last matches are men's doubles scheduled to start at 16:25.

Any place where we can see all the results completed so far?

Results can be seen here:
http://www.koreabadminton.org/back/file_view/match_list(0121).html

John Moody was promoted to main draw, replacing Sairul Amar Ayob. So, Roman Spitko v Hong Ji Hoon for Q1.

Wong Choong Hann v Shon Seung Mo as expected for Q2.

Kim In Woo received a walkover from Bobby Milroy (wonder why). Kim v Tan Chun Seang for Q3.

Ronald suffered a shocking loss to Shon Wan Ho. It's Sony v Shon for Q4.

Zhang Ning and Jiang Yanjiao pulled out. Maria Kristin and Pai Min Jie (highest two seeds from qualification draw) replaced them.

Seo Yoon Hee v Kim Moon Hi (who beat Anita Raj) for Q1.

Lee Yun Hwa v Charmaine Reid for Q2.

Xing Aiying v Kamila Augustyn for Q3.

Diana Dimova (who got free ride due to Maria Kristin's PMD) v Lee Hyun Jin for Q4.

Guo/Xie and Luluk/Alven pulled out, replaced by Hopp/Kindervater and Warfe/Smith.

Koo KK/Tan BH v Mongolian pair for Q1.

Tan BS/Ong SH v Yoo Yeon Seong/Jeon Jun Bum for Q2.

Chew CE/Hong CH v Kang Myeong Won/Kim Yong Hyun (who beat Lindley/Langridge) for Q3.

Han Sang Hoon/Cho Gun Woo v Ghana pair (who probably will not show up) for Q4.

Right now, Wong CH v Shon SM playing. Live score at
http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/livescore/scoreboard.aspx?id=13214

Zhang Ning and Jiang Yanjiao pulled out. Maria Kristin and Pai Min Jie (highest two seeds from qualification draw) replaced them.

I guess it's one of those LYB's tactical withdrawals.

I'm tired of all these China players pulling out at the last moment. All it does is just screw up the draw because then top players aren't spread evenly across. BWF should impose some penalty for these sort of action, maybe minus some ranking points...

Right now, Wong CH v Shon SM playing. Live score at
http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/livescore/scoreboard.aspx?id=13214

This one should be a thriller...

Come on WCH...

I guess it's one of those LYB's tactical withdrawals.

I'm tired of all these China players pulling out at the last moment. All it does is just screw up the draw because then top players aren't spread evenly across. BWF should impose some penalty for these sort of action, maybe minus some ranking points...

I feel they are really sick or unable to play. I don't see any tactical reasoning for pulling out in the first round.

I feel they are really sick or unable to play. I don't see any tactical reasoning for pulling out in the first round.

This happens to China players much much more often than for players from any other country, so I really can't believe there is any other reason..

The obvious tactical reason is that China wants all their players to take top rankings. Had ZN not withdrawn, Zhu Lin would have run into her in semi final. Now the path is clear for her to make it to finals.
Of course it's easier to withdraw in the first round, rather than play a few games n suddenly withdraw as that would be more suspicious.


One question though, is the any penalty if a player looses a game ? , for ex, if ZN plays on and looses to Zhu Lin, how will ZN be penalized ?

oh no... WCH lost ?

:crying: :crying: :crying: WCH cant make it to round 1 :crying: :crying: :crying:

WCH lost to Shon Seung Mo.
Tan Chun Seang lost to unkown Korean (of course, I doubt Tan CS is well-known outside of Malaysia, too).
Roman Spitko and Sony are the other two qualifiers.

Now, the WS final qualifying round.

u serious?? the match havent start yet, rite?? he havent played with seung mo yet leh...

Choon Hann lost??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! true meh?? wads the score??

how come wch lose so early?? OMG!!

confirm or not Wong

confirm or not Wong Choon Hann lost???

He lost the match, I can remem exact score... WCH Won first set 25-23, lost other two

it's confirm tat he lost..
the score is 23-25, 21-14, 21-12

now is going to start the match featuring kkk/tbh

besides there'll be another QMD btw MAS tan/ong vs KOR yoo/jeon

WCH's too exhausted after beating AHS in rubber set while SSM juz walkover james chua...
what happen to james chua :confused:

MAS kkk/tbh vs MGL 21-10 1st round

yalo.. isit JC injured?? y let SSM win w/o play? weird.. any1 got news abt tis?

KKK & TBH won the first set 21-10

yeah kkk/tbh win!! lets celebrate!! cant wait to see in them in real match

Three singles matches in a day is a bit too much. I think two should be the cap.

Wong CH had to beat Yousuke Nakanishi and then Ahn Hyun Suk (who received a walkover from a Ghana player) and finally had to face Shon Seung Mo (who received two consecutive walkovers before that). Even playing Shon on level terms is not easy.

KKK & TBH already won their match. It's time for TBS & OSH to win.

yeah kkk/tbh win!! lets celebrate!! cant wait to see in them in real match

It was just a Mongolian pair they beat. No need to celebrate.

Tan BS/Ong SH and Chew CE/Hong CH vs Korean pairs are more closely fought.

2nd set kkk/tbh won by 21-9

another malaysian pair won!!.. it' tan/ong

what time d game start 2moro in malaysian time?any1 know wat is d order of d game?which start 1st?MS or MX?any1 in korea watching.take some pics n share pls.hehe.thanks

where can i check out the full result..live score is not working for me..when i click the link to the full result..it didn't come as what it'd be...

yea.. and the results for the qualifying round isn't updated yet... faint liao la..

its not fair for WCH in that sense isn't it.... having need to play 3 match in ONE single day... if the opponent played in 3 matches as well then its alright cuz its fair.. but Shon got 2 walkovers n only need to beat WCH to get to the main draw..
its not fair.... BWF might need to review this matter over...

perhaps qualifying should be divided into 2 days... better in that way..

For results, check here (already mentioned in this thread before)
http://www.koreabadminton.org/back/file_view/match_list(0121).html

its not fair for WCH in that sense isn't it.... having need to play 3 match in ONE single day... if the opponent played in 3 matches as well then its alright cuz its fair.. but Shon got 2 walkovers n only need to beat WCH to get to the main draw..
its not fair.... BWF might need to review this matter over...

perhaps qualifying should be divided into 2 days... better in that way..

There is nothing BWF can do about the walkovers. It is just your bad luck that your opponent get walkovers and you don't.

But I think qualifying should be divided into one and a half days. For qualification draws that need three rounds, the final round should be played on the morning session of Wed (R32 day).

Chew CE/Hong CH look set to be the third MD qualifier from Malaysia. They are 16-9 up in the rubber game.

FN/AB walkover MTazari/OOI in XDQ..

For results, check here (already mentioned in this thread before)
http://www.koreabadminton.org/back/file_view/match_list(0121).html (http://www.koreabadminton.org/back/file_view/match_list%280121%29.html)

as i'd said..i'd clicked it..but nothing appear... there's a smal box askin me to save the file..n when i opened it..it said window cannot open n bla bla bla... :confused:

[QUOTE=hcyong]XDQ-1 to take on Blair/Wallwork in R32
Fischer/Andersen v Fairuz/Ooi SA
Prediction: Danes

Must be kind of a weird experience for Fischer/Andersen.

Last week in Malaysia, they qualified..

and made it all the way to the semi final.. !!!

And this week..

back to qualification round again..

XDQ-1 to take on Blair/Wallwork in R32
Fischer/Andersen v Fairuz/Ooi SA
Prediction: Danes

Must be kind of a weird experience for Fischer/Andersen.

Last week in Malaysia, they qualified..

and made it all the way to the semi final.. !!!

And this week..

back to qualification round again..

It's even weirder for Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong.

I wonder if the Malaysian TV channels would have Korean Open LIVE especially starting from QuarterFinals. The daily round-up that TV1 carried during midnight for Malaysian Open was very badly done.

astro live from semi ..

astro live from semi ..

Thanks Playa- Will be glued to Astro this Sat and Sun....Hopefully there will be Malaysians at that stage....

Luluk/Alvent pulled out, coz luluk fell sick after Malaysia. Even worst he played while he still sick....

Luluk/Alvent pulled out, coz luluk fell sick after Malaysia. Even worst he played while he still sick....

Whaaattt?!? :crying: Luluk is also sick?!? :crying: Like Zhang Ning? Flu? Or maybe Bird flu?!? :eek:

Ok, then Indonesia has 4 MD weapons left in Korea: Tony-Chandra, Kido-Hendra, Joko-Hendra, and Rian-Eng Hian. We shall see...:D We will do our best to test KKK-TBH... [er, so far, Rexy's pupils are beating us big time, almost all Indonesians lost in straight sets to them lately] :p :o :o

Anyway, let the party begin! :cool:

It's even weirder for Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong.

Come to think of it,they shouldn't complain. Their matches are likely to be easy, warm-up matches; they have advanced court condition exposure advantage and they will meet stone-cold first-round opponents.
However I don't think they will win KO, esp if KKK plays deep into XD with WPT. There's only so much you have in the tank ,no matter what.

hw come WO fr mas xd?so many walkover fr qualifying itself.IBF shld do sth.ya i agree having 2 match a day is 2 taxing.IBF shld change tat to 2 days.so who won?Chew/Hong or korea?thx

Come to think of it,they shouldn't complain. Their matches are likely to be easy, warm-up matches; they have advanced court condition exposure advantage and they will meet stone-cold first-round opponents.
However I don't think they will win KO, esp if KKK plays deep into XD with WPT. There's only so much you have in the tank ,no matter what.

advanced court condition exposure advantage?? See what advanced court condition exposure and extended court condition acclimatization did to Wong Choon Han!

Wong Choong Hann :crying:
And Tan Chun Seang played 3 matches within 6 hours!!! :crying: Just like Malaysia Open..

Come to think of it,they shouldn't complain. Their matches are likely to be easy, warm-up matches; they have advanced court condition exposure advantage and they will meet stone-cold first-round opponents.
However I don't think they will win KO, esp if KKK plays deep into XD with WPT. There's only so much you have in the tank ,no matter what.

I'm not saying they should complain, just weird that they had to qualify after having won MO last week. That is in reply to someone else who said Fischer/Andersen had to qualify after semifinals in MO last week. I'm not saying that this is BWF's fault either. Rules are rules, but I think some rules need to change.

Anyway, it's fine for KKK/TBH because as luck had it, they only had to play one match today against a Mongolian pair. But like yannie said, not so lucky for WCH and TCS, who had to play fresh opponents (all their opponents received walkovers) the whole day.

advanced court condition exposure advantage?? See what advanced court condition exposure and extended court condition acclimatization did to Wong Choon Han!

Develop an eye for detail. You don't think I would specify 'MDQ' for nothing , do you?

Develop an eye for detail. You don't think I would specify 'MDQ' for nothing , do you?

Try to be more logical, 'extended court condition acclimatization' & 'advanced court condition exposure' would be applicable to MDQ as well as MSQ.

Cool down bigmojo. Lets just enjoy the Korea Open for what BWF has made it to be.

Hey, you seem somewhat familiar. Do I know you from some where.... :P

TBBMBB(N)

Cool down bigmojo. Lets just enjoy the Korea Open for what BWF has made it to be.
bigmojo banned. we have enough of his rudeness and unwillingness to be nice to other members.

bigmojo banned. we have enough of his rudeness and unwillingness to be nice to other members.

kwun, this may sound strange but may i request that the ban be lifted for 'bigmojo'.(Besides, I wanted to reply his last post but couldn't do it because he lost his right of reply)
My last two posts were written in a rush and hence came across as terse(there was no time to add in a 'ctcad softener' ) so bigmojo reacted accordingly, like in Newton's third(?) law of equal and opposite reaction.
'bigmojo' has a big problem with style but at least he has some substance. Substance is harder to come by as it takes a long time to build up ,if at all. Style can be modified fairly easily and steadily,without having to go to the extent of 'My Fair Lady'.
I remember when I first came on board, my bluntness rankles not a few members. Took me a while to learn how to behave like Tony Blair in front of The Queen. Of course ,my unpaid teachers are masters of courtesy like ants, ctcad, Han, etc.
As I seem like the 21st blow that unintentionally brought down 'bigmojo', I'm prepared to be the substitute for him.
(sorry, this is late but I was away)

kwun, this may sound strange but may i request that the ban be lifted for 'bigmojo'.(Besides, I wanted to reply his last post but couldn't do it because he lost his right of reply)
My last two posts were written in a rush and hence came across as terse(there was no time to add in a 'ctcad softener' ) so bigmojo reacted accordingly, like in Newton's third(?) law of equal and opposite reaction.
'bigmojo' has a big problem with style but at least he has some substance. Substance is harder to come by as it takes a long time to build up ,if at all. Style can be modified fairly easily and steadily,without having to go to the extent of 'My Fair Lady'.
I remember when I first came on board, my bluntness rankles not a few members. Took me a while to learn how to behave like Tony Blair in front of The Queen. Of course ,my unpaid teachers are masters of courtesy like ants, ctcad, Han, etc.
As I seem like the 21st blow that unintentionally brought down 'bigmojo', I'm prepared to be the substitute for him.
(sorry, this is late but I was away)


This is very magnanimous of you, pjswift.

I observe that some of bigmojo's posts do have substance.

When participating in forums, we should learn to sometimes agree to disagree and not to get personal in our arguments by casting disparaging remarks about the person or the country he is from. As they say, tolerance and kindness are virtues to strive for.

I support pjswift's appeal to give bigmojo another chance.

This is very magnanimous of you, pjswift.

I observe that some of bigmojo's posts do have substance.

When participating in forums, we should learn to sometimes agree to disagree and not to get personal in our arguments by casting disparaging remarks about the person or the country he is from. As they say, tolerance and kindness are virtues to strive for.

I support pjswift's appeal to give bigmojo another chance.

Thank you for your kind words. May I clarify that it was no my intention to come across as noble. I am not questioning kwun's decision; just that it feels awful to be the unwitting trigger.In a way, the appeal is to allow me to move on, so now you know I'm human. My apologies to kwun if this breaks some unwritten rule.
And yes, sorry the name is ctjcad, not ctcad.

kindness and reason always have their audience, i have since unbanned bigmojo.

just like to clarify that it is not the substance that i am against. we try our best not to curb any opinions expressed in the forum (unless if it is outrageous ones, of course). however, we do care about the manner in which the opinion is expressed. among those, rudeness, insults and personal attacks are deemed to be destructive to the general harmony of this forum and thus we have little tolerance of it.

cheers.

kindness and reason always have their audience, i have since unbanned bigmojo.

just like to clarify that it is not the substance that i am against. we try our best not to curb any opinions expressed in the forum (unless if it is outrageous ones, of course). however, we do care about the manner in which the opinion is expressed. among those, rudeness, insults and personal attacks are deemed to be destructive to the general harmony of this forum and thus we have little tolerance of it.

cheers.

Thank you , kwun. It's great to be able to now move on instead of out.Agree with your principle of maintaining BCF as a rich yet harmonious meeting ground.

kindness and reason always have their audience, i have since unbanned bigmojo.

just like to clarify that it is not the substance that i am against. we try our best not to curb any opinions expressed in the forum (unless if it is outrageous ones, of course). however, we do care about the manner in which the opinion is expressed. among those, rudeness, insults and personal attacks are deemed to be destructive to the general harmony of this forum and thus we have little tolerance of it.

cheers.

Thanks Kwun for lifting the ban.

It is often difficult maintaining the peace and harmony on this forum owing to the diversity of participants from different nationalities, culture, race, levels of language proficiency, personality etc.

Greatly appreciate the fantastic job put in by you and your fellow moderators.