Yonex German Open 2007: Day 3 (01/03)

[badMania]

Here's the pick of the day:

MEN'S SINGLES ROUND OF 32
Lin Dan vs Tommy Sugiarto -- an interesting clash between current world no 1 and the current WJC runners-up. I will be happy if Tommy can take a set off the Chinese player.

Ng Wei vs Wong Choong Hann (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- another cracking match in store and I pick the Malaysian.

Lee Tsuen Tseng vs Tan Chun Seang -- the veteran to beat the young gun!

Bjorn Joppien vs Anup Sridhar -- home favorites to sail through...

MEN'S DOUBLES ROUND OF 16
Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae vs David Lindley/Chris Langridge -- the English pair has troubled INA pairs before....but..the powerful Koreans should take it.

Chan Choong Ming/Hoon Thien How vs Naoki Kawamae/Keishi Kawaguchi -- a breeze for the Malaysians.

Sigit Budiarto/Frans Kurniawan vs Mike Beres/William Milroy -- a tougher test for the Djarum pair....

Lim Khim Wah/Mak Hee Chun vs Hwang Ji Man/Lee Jae Jin -- the young Malaysians beat Bona/Akshan in 2 close sets...they should trouble the Koreans...

Yoo Yeon Seong/Han Sang Hoon vs Shen Ye/Xu Chen -- interesting match between new pairs...the Koreans to win..

Tan Bin Shen/Ong Soon Hock vs Albertus Susanto Njoto/Yohan Wiratama Hadikusumo (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- the Malaysian pair has an edge...

[ctjcad]

..so it's Frans all along heh??...or is it still Fran and they spelled it wrong??..:confused: :rolleyes: :p

[tjl_vanguard]

seems like a lot of interesting matches n this round.. sad there is no coverage on TV... *sigh*.... :(

[yannie]

..so it's Frans all along heh??...or is it still Fran and they spelled it wrong??..:confused: :rolleyes: :p

I call him Frans! It sounds better! ;)

[grEgOr]

hey, does anyone know if Astro Supersport will be showing the Finals for the German Open this weekend?
i was surprised but happy that they broadcasted the Austrian Open last Sunday....hopefully they'll show some more badminton this weekend!

[yannie]

Lee Tsuen Tseng vs Tan Chun Seang -- the veteran to beat the young gun!



No!!! Tan Chun Seang must win! Daren Liew also. :)

[tjl_vanguard]

No!!! Tan Chun Seang must win! Daren Liew also. :)
I completely second that!!! :)

[ronnie14]

way to go LIN DAN !

[CLELY]

Here's the pick of the day:

MEN'S SINGLES ROUND OF 32
Lin Dan vs Tommy Sugiarto -- an interesting clash between current world no 1 and the current WJC runners-up. I will be happy if Tommy can take a set off the Chinese player.


Yeah, Tommy's step will stop at this round. INA hopes this young man will follow CHN's CJ who didn't take long time to enter the elite (even CJ's current WR is #2). Who knows??

[alfa2]

Yeah, Tommy's step will stop at this round. INA hopes this young man will follow CHN's CJ who didn't take long time to enter the elite (even CJ's current WR is #2). Who knows??

tommy will win......

[alfa2]

but not today..... :D:D:D:D:D:D

[jbchiong]

Day 3 has already started. Check the livescore for more info.

[madbad]

Will WCH be able to shake off yesterday's struggle to defeat Ng Wei?

[alfa2]

WCH n Roslin go go go !!!

[jbchiong]

Roslin lost the first set to Juergen Koch 20-22. Will he be able to turn it around? That's what're we going to find out.

[alfa2]

Seems like our fren roslin needs some bashing from us....

[madbad]

Good fight from Tommy in the 2nd game. LD eventually wins 21-12, 21-19
Ng Wei catching WCH 17-19 now 2nd game
Ng Wei at game point 20-19 but WCH saves it 20-20

[jbchiong]

Seems like our fren roslin needs some bashing from us....

Hehehe. Maybe he really do needs it. :D :D :D

[madbad]

WCH wins 23-21.

[jbchiong]

Roslin lost the first set to Juergen Koch 20-22. Will he be able to turn it around? That's what're we going to find out.

Roslin won the match 20-22, 21-6, 21-11.

Malaysia Boleh!!!

:) :) :)

[phaarix]

Oh dear lol, John Moody got a beating in the first set. Come on take the second!! :D

Good to hear Tommy Sugiarto did reasonably well. Sounds like he may be the future of Indonesian Mens Singles.

[yannie]

NOOO!!! What happened to Chun Seang? Tsuen Seng Lee (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=13523&player=171)http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/MAS.gif[MAS] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/players.aspx?id=13523&c=MAS)-http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/MAS.gif[MAS] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/players.aspx?id=13523&c=MAS)Chun Seang Tan (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=13523&player=172)21-14 21-11

[yannie]

Jia You Guo Zhendong/He Hanbin, Frans/Sigit, Bin Shen/Soon Hock and Xu Chen/Ting Ting! =)

[sickgal]

sorry there.. may i know why BCL is not takin part in GO?thanks

[phaarix]

Probably saving energy for AE, or get a little extra training time or something?

[sickgal]

glad that msian MD won that match... jia you jia you..

[*izzyC*]

sorry there.. may i know why BCL is not takin part in GO?thanks

Maybe because its not part of the Super Series(?). And I thought the question should be: Why is LD taking part in this since the other top players are giving this a skip?:confused:

[phaarix]

I think someone (or and article or whatever) said he is using it as a "warm up" lol.

[Dreamzz]

I think someone (or and article or whatever) said he is using it as a "warm up" lol.

a few quick bucks in the bank ...plus it helps him acclimatise to the conditions in europe.

[sickgal]

its suprising that the Chinese MD lost...

[sickgal]

Maybe because its not part of the Super Series(?). And I thought the question should be: Why is LD taking part in this since the other top players are giving this a skip?:confused:

the thing come to my mind is why LD is there and BCL is not...:p:p

[cheeyf]

haih
mas wd joanne/lim lost in a quite close match:(
yes wch won

[Jessica]

Sigh, another Mas pair lose again.Actually i though they will win.Now only left CCM/HTH.

[cheeyf]

Sigh, another Mas pair lose again.Actually i though they will win.Now only left CCM/HTH.

ya lo:(
still incosistent
good luck for the other MAS

[yannie]

ya lo:(
still incosistent
good luck for the other MAS

Sighhh CS, Daren and BS/SH.. :crying:

[Jessica]

Well, now we can only hope the others players who go to the next round can play well.

[cheeyf]

wow anita leading pi hongyan 5-4
hope she can give a good fight

[sickgal]

and she lost.....WCH...jia you!!

[yannie]

park grills tsuen seng!

choong hann grills kendrick!

lin dan and roslin?

[sickgal]

WCH won is it?what bout roslin..down to 1-9

[Dreamzz]

WCH won, roslin is crumbling ... 12-3 down now ...

[Dreamzz]

but roslin is now showing his fighting spirit, now it's 14-9.
so, too little too late i feel ...

[agNEZone]

ah..too bad Tommy lost..but still in a very tight result..hope that he will do better !

[Dreamzz]

wow, roslin pulls LD back to 16-15, is LD just toying with him?

[sickgal]

great fight back from roslin!!!!

[Dreamzz]

roslin leads 18-17 ...

[phaarix]

20-19 Roslin, go go to 3!
21-20 LD Match Point
21-21!

[Dreamzz]

21 all, how exciting ...

[Dreamzz]

oh well, good try though, 23-21 to LD.

[sickgal]

21-21.....roslin!!! jia you!! and LD too

[phaarix]

And Lin Dan wins, 23-21 :). Good fight by Roslin though!

[sickgal]

okay..im late.. pai seh..congrats to LD!

[Dreamzz]

haha, no need to be pai seh, we'll all fans here ...

[yannie]

hmm sigit/frans vs ccm/hth tomorrow.......

[susanong]

haha, no need to be pai seh, we'll all fans here ...

ur rit Dreamzz ;)

[iue_10cr]

yay sigit is back!!!!

[black_knight006]

Yeah, Tommy's step will stop at this round. INA hopes this young man will follow CHN's CJ who didn't take long time to enter the elite (even CJ's current WR is #2). Who knows??

I have to agree, I think that Tommy has a long way to go before he can get to the elite level. But I'm sick and tired of people comparing him to Taufik. Taufik won his first major tournament at 17. Even Lin Dan can't say that, he lost to Peter Gade in 99' at the All England when he was 17, and that was in the second round! So Tommy might be the future for Indonesian badminton, but Taufik might have to stay around a little longer than the olympics before Tommy is ready.

[sabathiel]

Taufik won his first major tournament at 17. Even Lin Dan can't say that, he lost to Peter Gade in 99' at the All England when he was 17, and that was in the second round!

Taufik won his first international tournament (not a major) when he was 16 that was the Brunei International. Taufik lost to Peter Gade in the 1999 All England finals when he was 17.