Taufik out of Yonex All England Championships

[tutu_h]

http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/show_news.asp?section=0001000100110022&id=1039&monthinview=2007/03/1

Taufik out of Yonex All England Championships


OLYMPIC champion Taufik Hidayat has withdrawn from the Yonex All England Open Championships at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena.
His absence was confirmed at the tournament's Team Managers' Meeting when Indonesian Badminton Association officials revealed that the 25-year-old 2005 world champion and 2006 Asian Games winner had not travelled to Birmingham.

Later one of the team officials said thay Taufik had withdrawn "because he was not physically prepared."

Taufik, 1999 and 2000 runner-up, had insisted the All England was his target this year but he has not played in Birmingham since reaching the 2004 semi-finals, In 2005 he was injured and in 2006 he was absent because of his wedding.

On top of that this year he has only played the Malaysian Open, the first event in the Badminton World Federation's new Super Series. The All England is the third event on the 12-tournament circuit.
He had been drawn to face 2003 All England champion Muhammad Hafiz Hashim of Malaysia in Wednesday's first round with the prospect of meeting world and All England champion Lin Dan in the quarter-finals.

Despite his absence tournament director Darren Parks said: "We have a lot of great players competing this week and the semi-finals (Saturday) and the finals (Sunday) are virtual sellouts. Cina's Gao Ling is bidding for a seventh consecutive women's doubles tittle with Huang Sui.
"They have won the first two Super Series events in Malaysia and Korea and Gao has also won both mixed with Zheng Bo. They also won the German Open at the weekend."

England's Tracey Hallam, the Commonwealth champion, starts her comeback Tuesday following ankle surgery in September. She must tackle the qualifying rounds commencing 12 noon.

[Stealthboy]

That is really bad news I have ticket's and was really looking forward to see Taufik in action. GUTTED!!

I wish he was more professional.

[angelatby]

At least u have the opportunity to watch other players ...sob sob, me still finding an answer whether it is broadcasting on TV :crying: :crying: :crying: , even LiveScore also cant be found ....., that's so sad for Badminton Fans :crying: :crying:

[yy_ling]

this is awfully stupid

[Alaric]

One word . . . GUTTED! :(

[z3048018]

"..not physically prepared."??????????????

[Stealthboy]

"..not physically prepared."??????????????

I think he was probably physically prepared I think it's more to do with his Badminton politics. It's a shame because I have heard noises about him retiring in 2008. When his career is over and he looks back without winning the All England he will kick himself. We all know that a physically and mentally prepared Taufik is a force to be feared.
If he is not physically prepared then he is a fool as he knew for a long time when the tournament was going to take place and would have been in superb shape to win the only major he has'nt done so far in his illustrious career. I think they are trying to put the "not physically prepared" spin on it to cover the truth up.:mad:

[ants]

Everyone in the manager's meeting know why he is not playing in the All England competition. For "official excuse" sake... they just mention that HE withdraw due to "Physical" problem.

[westwood_13]

I'm lost. What's the real reason?

[cooler]

I'm lost. What's the real reason?
my take is meaning

...he is not physically prepared to beat lin dan and win the AE title

[cooler]

I'm lost. What's the real reason?
my take of the meaning

...he is not physically prepared enough to beat lin dan and win the AE title:D

[ctjcad]

"..not physically prepared."??????????????

Everyone in the manager's meeting know why he is not playing in the All England competition. For "official excuse" sake... they just mention that HE withdraw due to "Physical" problem.
..hehe, i just thought to myself after ants' post...Even if they said it as an excuse that Taufik is not "physically prepared", and all of them didn't know what's going on, those other managers must have scratched their heads and wondered, "If that's the case, how much more time does he need to have, to prepare for this?? Is 1+ month not enough?? Or is he physically injured??"... :confused: :p

I'm lost. What's the real reason?
..you can find out what happened in the other threads in this sub-forum..;)

[cooler]

..hehe, i just thought to myself after ants' post...Even if they said it as an excuse that Taufik is not "physically prepared", and all of them didn't know what's going on, those other managers must have scratched their heads and wondered, "If that's the case, how much more time does he need to have, to prepare for this?? Is 1+ month not enough?? Or is he physically injured??"... :confused: :p

..you can find out what happened in the other threads in this sub-forum..;)

nod. TH skipped KO & GO to be prepared while LD played them all (MO,KO,GO). I wonder who is more prepared:rolleyes: (ok, LD did play 1 day hooky by skipping the GO final :p)

[tjl_vanguard]

I'm lost. What's the real reason?
hohohoh.... u didnt noe bout the "BIG NEWS" yet??

[westwood_13]

hohohoh.... u didnt noe bout the "BIG NEWS" yet??

That he's maybe retiring? Yeah.

So all I can assume is that he's ducking out of this one because he wants to only do as well as he can with the best possible draw in his last year?

[yamhill]

taufik even doesnt play at swiss open now...? shoj sato got his place in first round against pg..!!

wtf is going on with him, does he seek now all the super series?

lol this is real tauf.ck

[Viper2005]

Does anyone know who WAS suppose to play Taufik in the first round?

[ctjcad]

Does anyone know who WAS suppose to play Taufik in the first round?
:) ..hmm, Viper2005, don't know if you missed it or not, but:
- In AE vs. Hafiz Hashim
- In upcoming Swiss Open vs. Peter Gade

[Viper2005]

Wow, Taufik keeps bumping against good seeded players.
I'm sure he'll meet the others (Bao, LCW, KJ, Chen Jin....) in future Super series tournaments. Let's see if Taufik will stand up to these challenges.


:) ..hmm, Viper2005, don't know if you missed it or not, but:
- In AE - Hafiz Hashim
- In Swiss Open - Peter Gade

[ctjcad]

Wow, Taufik keeps bumping against good seeded players.
I'm sure he'll meet the others (Bao, LCW, KJ, Chen Jin....) in future Super series tournaments. Let's see if Taufik will stand up to these challenges.
..hehe, there's been a few discussions on the current Super Series format, esp. on the MS field, in other related threads, on why the main draw has to be 32 instead of 64 etc.;)
Actually, abt Taufik's chances of meeting "good seeded players" in future SS tourneys, it's somewhat a "double-edged sword". It could work in reverse as well, as those "good seeded players" might not want to play against Taufik earlier on. Esp. if they are to meet an "in-form" Taufik..:rolleyes: :p ;)
But yeah, preferably, it's better if that can be avoidable..;)