Yonex German Open 2007 Day2 (02-28-2007)

[jbchiong]

An hour and a half from now, the tournament for the first round of eliminations will begin. First game will be Lin Dan vs. Taufik Hidayat.

:D :D :D

[cooler]

An hour and a half from now, the tournament for the first round of eliminations will begin. First game will be Lin Dan vs. Taufik Hidayat.

:D :D :D
that is TH v.2 (version 2):p

[sabathiel]

Taufiq Hidayat Akbar.

[Ching293]

pls post the result here once each match is done.. tournament software is a bit slow.....thanks..

[**KZ**]

battle of the future players.....mohd arif abdul latif and tommy sugiarto

[jbchiong]

LD won the first set against THA 21-15.

[madbad]

Matters not which TH he's playing. LD rolls 21-15, 21-13

[jbchiong]

LD won the second set against THA 21-13.

[madbad]

Tommy a class above Abdul Latif 21-19, 21-10
Roslin has an easy outing 21-13, 21-11
Koch takes care of Jurgensen in straight sets
Milroy is troubling Ng Wei in the 2nd game, up 14-10

Milroy forces a rubber, wins 2nd game 21-18

[badMania]

A good start for young Tommy Sugiarto. Can he stretch Lin Dan?

[madbad]

Ng Wei wins in 3 games. Good fight from Milroy
WCH makes heavy going of the 1st game against Must, squeaks a 23-21 win

[madbad]

Good showing by Kendrick, eases through 21-16, 21-14
WCH still struggling against Must, tied 5-5

[madbad]

Vondra takes out Pedro Yang 21-13, 21-17
WCH finally wins 23-21, 21-16 (not convincingly)
Lee Tsuen Seng overcomes Ghaffar 21-8, 21-18

[jbchiong]

Indian Anup Sridhar hardly won a rubber match against the Indonesian Andreas Adityawarman 18-21 21-9 23-21.

[Dreamzz]

come on Daren, now leading dabeka by 17-14!
all the way!!

[badMania]

Simon lost again in the early rounds....

[badcliq]

any tv coverage for this?

[phaarix]

Glad a kiwi (John Moody) made it through :D. It's not often I get to cheer on my own country!

[yannie]

Simon Santoso.... Sigh.....

Happy Chun Seang and Daren both made it.

[madbad]

What an awful effort from Simon:mad:. Messed up my (and most others') *%&*##@$% PAW pick. That said, Wacha is no chopped liver. Surprised to see Anand and Ayob lose.

[Dreamzz]

gosh ...
simon sucks ... taufik boycotts ... what next?

all indonesian eyes on tommy and sony then!

[yannie]

gosh ...
simon sucks ... taufik boycotts ... what next?

all indonesian eyes on tommy and sony then!

huhuhuhu simon doesn't suck... :crying:
all indonesian eyes on men's doubles then! hehehehe! :p

[Syaoran_Style]

gosh ...
simon sucks ... taufik boycotts ... what next?

all indonesian eyes on tommy and sony then!

Noo :crying: :crying: :crying:
Simon doesn't suck at all :crying: :crying: :(
Maybe it's not Simon's luck .. but he can beat many top players if he wants .. he's very very talented :o

[bananaboy]

Noo :crying: :crying: :crying:
Simon doesn't suck at all :crying: :crying: :(
Maybe it's not Simon's luck .. but he can beat many top players if he wants .. he's very very talented :o
Why do people keep saying that certain player can win if he/she "WANTS"??? :rolleyes: If a player lose, then it just means he can't win that day... no more excuse. Can anyone show me a player that never "WANTS" to win???:confused: If so, I will play against him/her everyday.:p

[Loopy]

Why do people keep saying that certain player can win if he/she "WANTS"??? :rolleyes: If a player lose, then it just means he can't win that day... no more excuse. Can anyone show me a player that never "WANTS" to win???:confused: If so, I will play against him/her everyday.:p

So true.

Getting back to topic...

Go Hongyan PI!!!!!!!!! Go girl!!!

[Syaoran_Style]

Why do people keep saying that certain player can win if he/she "WANTS"??? :rolleyes: If a player lose, then it just means he can't win that day... no more excuse. Can anyone show me a player that never "WANTS" to win???:confused: If so, I will play against him/her everyday.:p

Well .. when someone says "he can win if he really wants it " it means that he must put all efforts to win . It's not he same meaning as I WANT TO WIN, because i can say i want to win against Lin dan but i'll never win against him !
But Simon Santoso is a great badminton player .. then we can say if he wants to win the match he can make it but only by giving every he can in the match.
And Me and Yannie know Simon Santoso, and we like him as a badminton players but also as a person .. then it's quite difficult to see someone insulting a friend.

[Syaoran_Style]

Pi Hongyan is leading against Wang lin !! 11/10
PI HONGYAN ALLLEZZ
PI HONGYAN JIA YOUU !

[Syaoran_Style]

Pi hongyan leading 17/12 now against Wang Lin !
Xu Huaiwen won the first set 21/18 against Wang Yihan

The 2 best friends meeting the best two juniors players ahaha

[yannie]

Go Hongyan and Huaiwen!!! =)

[Loopy]

Well .. when someone says "he can win if he really wants it " it means that he must put all efforts to win . It's not he same meaning as I WANT TO WIN, because i can say i want to win against Lin dan but i'll never win against him !
But Simon Santoso is a great badminton player .. then we can say if he wants to win the match he can make it but only by giving every he can in the match.
And Me and Yannie know Simon Santoso, and we like him as a badminton players but also as a person .. then it's quite difficult to see someone insulting a friend.

What differentiates a world class best player from the inferior ones isn't talent. It's the mind. And if a player only wins when "he wants to", then he isn't that great.
Great players are able to perform and grind match after match, under heavy pressure. That's the difference between the elite players and those who win a few times.
Besides, we're not talking about Simon being a bad person, and even less insulting him. We're talking about winning and performance.

I can give you an example: Tiger Woods. He's got talent, but above all, he's got the mind and dedication to win and be competitive every time.


Getting back to topic....

Vas-y Hongyan! Finis le 2nd set!!! GO GO GO!!

[ctjcad]

..esp. the *younger* ones, are simply just not up to par and not consistent enough to compete in the higher starred tourneys...Sure they might show a few flashes here & there but for whatever reason(ie. could be skill/technique, stamina, mentally) players like Simon, Sony, Joko&HendraAG, Markis&Hendra S. even Tommy Sugiarto and the rest are just not....good enough....Simple as that...:p ;)
Reality is, the only shining star for INA is still Taufik..but, unfortunately, i'm sure you guys know his other persona behind his talents..:rolleyes: :( :o :p

[badMania]

..esp. the *younger* ones, are simply just not up to par and not consistent enough to compete in the higher starred tourneys...Sure they might show a few flashes here & there but for whatever reason(ie. could be skill/technique, stamina, mentally) players like Simon, Sony, Joko&HendraAG, Markis&Hendra S. even Tommy Sugiarto and the rest are just not....good enough....Simple as that...:p ;)
Reality is, the only shining star for INA is still Taufik..but, unfortunately, i'm sure you guys know his other persona behind his talents..:rolleyes: :( :o :p

It's true that Taufik is still INA's best bet...however...I still believe that the young players will eventually show their quality (esp Tommy). Hendra A.G./Joko Riyadi are sent to compete in higher ranked tourneys only starting this year.

[Dimplex]

did anyone know that Howard Bach is playing in the German Open too? i wonder if he misses Tony?
Bach & Malaythong beat 3/4 seeds Spitko & Fuchs 20-22 21-13 21-19

[ctjcad]

It's true that Taufik is still INA's best bet...however...I still believe that the young players will eventually show their quality (esp Tommy). Hendra A.G./Joko Riyadi are sent to compete in higher ranked tourneys only starting this year.
...i'll believe it when i see it..;)

[black_knight006]

did anyone know that Howard Bach is playing in the German Open too? i wonder if he misses Tony?
Bach & Malaythong beat 3/4 seeds Spitko & Fuchs 20-22 21-13 21-19

It does not surprise me to see that they beat the 3/4 seeds, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them go even further. I've played against Bob Malaythong and I can say that he is a great great player. To be honest I think that in the pairing, Bob Malaythong is the better player. We all know that Tony Gunawan carried Bach in the WC. Nothing against Bach, he's still an amazing player, but Tony could have done better. But Malaythong is truly amazing, it doesn't matter how off balance he is, he still manages to get his weight going into a smash. He hits winners from the back line against Canada's top U23 national pair. He and Bach should do some serious damage.;)