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http://www.osaka-badminton.jp/osaka/osaka_international.html

hmmm, doesn't really say who's gonna be there.
oh well, as long as rei-chan's there!
:p

reiko looks like an anime girl in that pic.. faint..

Reiko-chan is the cutest girl in badminton... of all time! :D

As far as I know, Sigit-Fran and Meliana-Shendy will go to Osaka on behalf of PB Djarum. These new pairs need the ranking points.

I doubt Rian-Eng Hian will go there. The tournament is too small for them... and they do not need additional ranking points.

Wong Choon Han will go also..

reiko looks like an anime girl in that pic.. faint..

wow, you had to go and say that!
badminton and anime, 2 of my favourite past times (sad i know) ....

Reiko-chan is the cutest girl in badminton... of all time! :D

As far as I know, Sigit-Fran and Meliana-Shendy will go to Osaka on behalf of PB Djarum. These new pairs need the ranking points.

I doubt Rian-Eng Hian will go there. The tournament is too small for them... and they do not need additional ranking points.

Djarum will send single player too ?
I hope Sylvinna will play in here.
Meliana paired with Shendy again :confused: , what happen with Purwati ?
Look like Shendy Puspa was out from Pelatnas like Fran.

Good Luck To Wong Choon Hann. Win it for your sake!

Djarum will send single player too ?
I hope Sylvinna will play in here.
Meliana paired with Shendy again :confused: , what happen with Purwati ?
Look like Shendy Puspa was out from Pelatnas like Fran.

From what I heard, Sylvi Kurniawan, Rosaria Pungkisary, Andre Kurniawan, and Ari Yuli Wahyu are playing in the Romania Series now and the Finnish Series next week. So I doubt whether they will also go to the Osaka Challenge. The schedule might be too strenuous for them... 3 straight weeks of competition from one part of the world to another.

Shendy was Lili's partner when they were both at PB Djarum. Lili is still in Pelatnas. They were the top WD juniors in 2005; almost undefeated that year. As far as I know, Shendy never played with Meliana in tournament competition before the 2007 Bahrain Series.

Purwati? Don't know where she is... but if I were Djarum, I would pair her with Rintan Aprillia. :)

will any of the matches be broadcast anywhere?

From what I heard, Sylvi Kurniawan, Rosaria Pungkisary, Andre Kurniawan, and Ari Yuli Wahyu are playing in the Romania Series now and the Finnish Series next week. So I doubt whether they will also go to the Osaka Challenge. The schedule might be too strenuous for them... 3 straight weeks of competition from one part of the world to another.

Shendy was Lili's partner when they were both at PB Djarum. Lili is still in Pelatnas. They were the top WD juniors in 2005; almost undefeated that year. As far as I know, Shendy never played with Meliana in tournament competition before the 2007 Bahrain Series.

Purwati? Don't know where she is... but if I were Djarum, I would pair her with Rintan Aprillia. :)

I didn't know they play in Romania & Finland and thinking Djarum plan to sent in Asia tournament.

Poor young Djarum players in Pelatnas (Bandar, Fernando/subakti & Febby angguni), didn't go anywhere exception to Junior Dutch & German Open.

Sylvinna Kurniawan lost to Tracey Hallam in the semi-final of the Banuinvest International championship 18-21, 18-21. Tracey eventually won the WS by beating Rosaria Pungkasari 21-14, 21-14. Not a bad achievement for young Sylvi.

It's good to see Djarum actively send their youngsters to European tournaments to gain some valuable experience. Shame on PBSI :cool: No wonder Rian Sukmawan, Frans Kurniawan and now Shendy Puspa left the national team. Rian would not have climbed up to WR no 9 position if he's still in Pelatnas. Just look at Yoga/Yoke, Rendra Wijaya, and to a certain extent Hendra A.G./Joko Riyadi:cool:

Dear other BadmintonCentral members who can read Japanese,

Can you please give us the exact URL address in which we can access the draw and results of this Osaka International Challenge... :D I tried to go to their website, but everything is in Japanese... :p I am illiterate...

Dear other BadmintonCentral members who can read Japanese,

Can you please give us the exact URL address in which we can access the draw and results of this Osaka International Challenge... :D I tried to go to their website, but everything is in Japanese... :p I am illiterate...

draw & time table in here,

http://www.badmintonasia.org/event_details.aspx?eventID=66

japan seems to come out with the cutest players =P compared to china and some other asian countries. great poster, good publicity =P haha... i hope to see it on youtube or something =P cuz i do not have a tv >.<

draw & time table in here,

http://www.badmintonasia.org/event_details.aspx?eventID=66

Great! Thank you, thank you... :) Reasonably good draw for the Indonesians...

This small tourney full of Japanese and Korean players even China didn't send any player here. INA only represented by Sigit/Fran (MD) and Meliana Jauhari/Shendy Puspa (WD). But there's one unknown name in MD draw from INA, Hermono Yuwono -- who is he??

any livescore for this?
thanks

mmm question here.....

markus wijanu..... is he already move to singapore?
i thought he played for INA at last thomascup.... no?

sigit and fran unseeded eh, i think they'll be a strong bet for the title here.

wch should also be able to pick up some valuable ranking points if he does well, although shon seung mo might be tricky.

reiko and kumiko are japan's #3 WD pair? wow, they've really slipped down the order. ants, what happened to them?

reiko/kumiko skip AE n SO cos kumiko was injured.that's why they drop in world rankings. ya hope wch can do well. btw has the tourney started? any website about it in english?thanks

This small tourney full of Japanese and Korean players even China didn't send any player here. INA only represented by Sigit/Fran (MD) and Meliana Jauhari/Shendy Puspa (WD). But there's one unknown name in MD draw from INA, Hermono Yuwono -- who is he??

Hermono Yuwono in ex Eng Hian's partner when junior in Djarum and Pelatnas before Eng Hian paired with Flandy Limpele.

How is Wong Choon Hann performing in this tournament? no reports and comments from local newspaper yet.

mmm question here.....

markus wijanu..... is he already move to singapore?


Yup, he's already moved to Singapore, under coach Asep now.

How is Wong Choon Hann performing in this tournament? no reports and comments from local newspaper yet.Yes, he has to play returning Korean veteran Park Tae-sang in the first round today. Park beat two Japanese players in the qualifying rounds yesterday.

Hermono Yuwono in ex Eng Hian's partner when junior in Djarum and Pelatnas before Eng Hian paired with Flandy Limpele.

thx Sandy, seems Hermono never enter INA elite squad and did he moved to other country, Japan??

where to get updated results???

no reports so far le.. :(

reiko looks like an anime girl in that pic.. faint..


She looks like an anime girl all the time. :p

:D :D :D

thx Sandy, seems Hermono never enter INA elite squad and did he moved to other country, Japan??

Hermono/Eng Hian were recruited in to Pelatnas same time with Halim/Davis, they had tough rivalry in national circuit. I called this time is "peak performance" of Men's double's Indonesia. This is Ricky/Rexi's periode followed by Antonius/Denny Kantono and a lot of young players : Chandra Wijaya/Ade Sutisna, Tony Gunawan/Rudy Wijaya, Seng Kok Kiong, Victo Wibowo, Cun Cun, Ade Lukas, Sigit Budiarto, Kwee Tek Ming etc. It was very hard to be INA MD's elite player in this time.
After Eng Hian was paired with Flandy Limpele who left mixed double, Hermono get out from Pelatnas and went to Japan as sparring partner.

apparenly, Ina MD not as strong as it used to be before.....

James Chua lost to Kenichi Tago
Wong Choong Hann lost to Park Tae Sang

Results:
http://www.u-netsurf.ne.jp/nichiba/2007/osakaic/index.htm

If you can't read Japanese/Chinese, the links are all at the top, just try them one by one

Seo Yoon Hee also lost in the first round. To unknown Japanese.

well, WCH lost very convincingly, looks like his career is indeed over.

it'll be hard to bounce back from this.

A bit too early to write his whole career off. Maybe he needs to switch camp to Misbun as well.

pitty that WCH lost...:(

very sad he lost......:(:(:(

A bit too early to write his whole career off. Maybe he needs to switch camp to Misbun as well.

that was possibly a bit harsh, but he'll have to really improve a lot to get back up to where he was before the injury. time is also not on his side. though he's lucky in the sense that the MAS MS pool is not very strong, so he'll definitely be in the team for some time yet.

Sigit-Fran are in the semifinals... Cool!

Who is this Park Tae Sang?!? He defeated Wong Choong Hann [seeded 4] and Lee Cheol Ho [seeded 5/8] on the way to the semifinals... Is this particular 'Park' a new rising star?

i heard that he was previously in the national team, then dropped out but was reinstated because he did well in the korean nationals.

Who is this Park Tae Sang?!? He defeated Wong Choong Hann [seeded 4] and Lee Cheol Ho [seeded 5/8] on the way to the semifinals... Is this particular 'Park' a new rising star?

I don't think Park TS is Korean new rising-star. He's coming from same generation with Lee Hyun-il, born in 1979 and one of KOR's representative at Athens OG/04. He beat BCL to enter QF but stopped by Sony in this round. Probably he join KOR national-team after Lee HI 'disappeared'?!

"disappeared??" wad a term u used!!! hahahahaha :D