The draws for US Open 2007 here (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=16281).

Hugs and kisses!
Daniel :)

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interesting. lots of junior participating which is very good.

Viper2005 is playing with Lili. cool.

interesting. lots of junior participating which is very good.

Viper2005 is playing with Lili. cool.

Hi kwun!
Are you american? Did you know the juniors girls in women singles qualification?

Who's Viper2005?

Hugs

i ll beat on lee tsun tseng 2 win the title ....

in the Men's Singles .... 3 good Malaysians are playing .... Tien Nguyen (Vietnam) maybe the dark horse .... let's see ....

also some Indonesians are playing for Philippines .... hmmmm

Why are there so many byes in MS despite packed qualifiers? Too much gap in ability?

Again, cheering loud for the Yeh sisters!!! :D

Again, cheering loud for the Yeh sisters!!! :D
isaw them practice with guys at SGVBC

isaw them practice with guys at SGVBC

Someone say hi for me to them, and tell them they have a big fan on the east coast. :D

Someone say hi for me to them, and tell them they have a big fan on the east coast. :D

Oh, I think they know already. :p

Oh, I think they know already. :p


how? has LB been sending them fan letters?

I saw the Yeh twins & Jinadasa's have been playing at UCI gym so if you are a UCI student, you can see them play.

But yeah, a lot of international players this year, especially in the Men's Singles event!

does anyone know if there will be a feee to watch the us open at ocbc?
im scared they're going to pull out some ridiculous cost out of their pants

the ticket prices are below .... there is $55 all-week package

http://www.ocbadmintonclub.com/Media/USOpen2007/07_USOpen_poster.gif

how come no china players participating?

how come no china players participating?
not enough money to win and too much expenses to travel.
tony pairing with raju because candra doesn't want spend $1500 ticket to USA and plus hotel and food for a week tournament. tony must play because he repr. USA.

The MS is still quite interesting with a few international players like Lee Tsuen Tseng, Shoji Sato, and Nguyen Tien-Minh. I will be supporting Tien-Minh!

In the MD, the just-crowned WC bronze-medallist Shuichi Sakamoto/Shintaro Ikeda is the top-seed and will be all out for a title here. Their counterpart, Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda is the second seed. Interestingly, some MAS juniors like Lim Khim Wah/Mak Hee Chun and Lim Fang Yang/Mohd Abdul Latif (Arif Latif??) are also participating :cool: I find it strange also that Tony Gunawan is not pairing up with Halim Heryanto to defend the title they won last year. Instead, Halim pairs up with Eric Go and have to play the qualifiers :cool:

Somehow, the WS draw is still not updated.

In the WD, the top 2 seeds are also JAP pairs: Aki Akao/Tomomi Masuda and Satoko Suetsuna/Miyuki Maeda. I guess this tournament is too lowly ranked for the cute pair of Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota. KOR is represented by a strong pair too in Ha Jung Eun/Hwang Yu Mi and another strange pairing of Lee Yun Hwa/Jun Jae Youn :eek: MAS fields their juniors like Goh Liu Ying/Ng Hui Lin and Lydia Cheah/Tee Jing Yi as well as some possibly club pairs like Lim Pek Siah/Haw Chiou Hwee and Chor Hoi Yee/Ang Li Peng

In the XD, the top seed Han Sang Hoon/Hwang Yu Mi faces a tricky match against Tony Gunawan/Minarti Timur as early as the second round. Other strong pairs include the second-seed Keita Masuda/Miyuki Maeda, Tadashi Ohtsuka/Satoko Suetsuna, the Asuncion siblings, and some pretty experienced MAS juniors like Lim Khim Wah/Ng Hui Lin and Mak Hee Chun/Goh Liu Ying.

Oh, there is no presence of the Russians who stole the show last year. Overall, should be more interesting than last year's US Open and hopefully ppl like kwun, ctjcad and our own Hau-ge can provide some interesting posts and pictures.

The MS is still quite interesting with a few international players like Lee Tsuen Tseng, Shoji Sato, and Nguyen Tien-Minh. I will be supporting Tien-Minh!

In the MD, the just-crowned WC bronze-medallist Shuichi Sakamoto/Shintaro Ikeda is the top-seed and will be all out for a title here. Their counterpart, Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda is the second seed. Interestingly, some MAS juniors like Lim Khim Wah/Mak Hee Chun and Lim Fang Yang/Mohd Abdul Latif (Arif Latif??) are also participating :cool: I find it strange also that Tony Gunawan is not pairing up with Halim Heryanto to defend the title they won last year. Instead, Halim pairs up with Eric Go and have to play the qualifiers :cool:

Somehow, the WS draw is still not updated.

In the WD, the top 2 seeds are also JAP pairs: Aki Akao/Tomomi Masuda and Satoko Suetsuna/Miyuki Maeda. I guess this tournament is too lowly ranked for the cute pair of Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota. KOR is represented by a strong pair too in Ha Jung Eun/Hwang Yu Mi and another strange pairing of Lee Yun Hwa/Jun Jae Youn :eek: MAS fields their juniors like Goh Liu Ying/Ng Hui Lin and Lydia Cheah/Tee Jing Yi as well as some possibly club pairs like Lim Pek Siah/Haw Chiou Hwee and Chor Hoi Yee/Ang Li Peng

In the XD, the top seed Han Sang Hoon/Hwang Yu Mi faces a tricky match against Tony Gunawan/Minarti Timur as early as the second round. Other strong pairs include the second-seed Keita Masuda/Miyuki Maeda, Tadashi Ohtsuka/Satoko Suetsuna, the Asuncion siblings, and some pretty experienced MAS juniors like Lim Khim Wah/Ng Hui Lin and Mak Hee Chun/Goh Liu Ying.

Oh, there is no presence of the Russians who stole the show last year. Overall, should be more interesting than last year's US Open and hopefully ppl like kwun, ctjcad and our own Hau-ge can provide some interesting posts and pictures.


I may go there during QTR till final....the line up is not that interesting....Gudang Garam challenger is more interesting and more high profile players like Zhou Mi..Jong So Young...hopefully I will get better camera....:D:D

In the XD, the top seed Han Sang Hoon/Hwang Yu Mi faces a tricky match against Tony Gunawan/Minarti Timur as early as the second round. Other strong pairs include the second-seed Keita Masuda/Miyuki Maeda, Tadashi Ohtsuka/Satoko Suetsuna, the Asuncion siblings, and some pretty experienced MAS juniors like Lim Khim Wah/Ng Hui Lin and Mak Hee Chun/Goh Liu Ying.


minarti timur stil plays :eek:.... she's almost 40.... :cool:..

btw what does she do in USA, coaching ?

minarti timur stil plays :eek:.... she's almost 40.... :cool:..

btw what does she do in USA, coaching ?
She has been patiencely waiting for you to propose...since there is still no answer....you leave her no choice to settle in US....( hope she resides in US)

She has been patiencely waiting for you to propose...since there is still no answer....you leave her no choice to settle in US....( hope she resides in US)

he..he .... you're funny... :D

she rejected me 20 years ago :p

minarti timur stil plays :eek:.... she's almost 40.... :cool:..

btw what does she do in USA, coaching ?i think she leave in manila. she is not doing anything in USA.

The draws for US Open 2007 here (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=16281).
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The MS is still quite interesting with a few international players like Lee Tsuen Tseng, Shoji Sato, and Nguyen Tien-Minh. I will be supporting Tien-Minh!

In the MD, the just-crowned WC bronze-medallist Shuichi Sakamoto/Shintaro Ikeda is the top-seed and will be all out for a title here. Their counterpart, Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda is the second seed. Interestingly, some MAS juniors like Lim Khim Wah/Mak Hee Chun and Lim Fang Yang/Mohd Abdul Latif (Arif Latif??) are also participating :cool: I find it strange also that Tony Gunawan is not pairing up with Halim Heryanto to defend the title they won last year. Instead, Halim pairs up with Eric Go and have to play the qualifiers :cool:

In the XD, the top seed Han Sang Hoon/Hwang Yu Mi faces a tricky match against Tony Gunawan/Minarti Timur as early as the second round. Other strong pairs include the second-seed Keita Masuda/Miyuki Maeda, Tadashi Ohtsuka/Satoko Suetsuna, the Asuncion siblings, and some pretty experienced MAS juniors like Lim Khim Wah/Ng Hui Lin and Mak Hee Chun/Goh Liu Ying.
..just saw the draws a few minutes ago...Not eye-opening but definitely quite interesting..Yes, there is definitely a significant presence of the JPN players. Imagine if the Shiota & Ogura combo were to come and participate, the place will fill up even more:p. But i'm sure with a boat load of JPN players, ie. Kanako Yonekura and her compatriots, the place will def. fill up..:cool:
Hmm, also looks like this yr's draw will be a make-up event for some of last yr's players who were supposed to come and compete, but cancelled last minute. Namely Minarti Timur and the 2 INA's playing for Philippines.
Interesting to see Tony and Halim not playing together and defend their MD title. Perhaps they are giving ways to Howard and Bob for a possible clash/rematch of their WC match with Ohtsuka and Masuda in the Final..;)
XD looks interesting, as the up-and-coming young KOR pair is the top seed.

*Good to see lots of local players competing as well. And yes, our master Viper2005 is finally back. Ready to rock and roll in 2 events..;)
**Hope I still have the energy/not tired/not too jetlagged after my trip back next week to take some pics and record the matches for your video enjoyment..;):)

the draw at tournamentsoftware is not complete. for the complete draw, go here:

http://www.internationalbadminton.org/draws.asp

the WS will be interesting. i think Jun Jae Youn and Lee Yun Hwa will have a good chance against the locals and Canadians. technically better and more experienced.

..just saw the draws a few minutes ago...Not eye-opening but definitely quite interesting..Yes, there is definitely a significant presence of the JPN players. Imagine if the Shiota & Ogura combo were to come and participate, the place will fill up even more:p. But i'm sure with a boat load of JPN players, ie. Kanako Yonekura and her compatriots, the place will def. fill up..:cool:
Hmm, also looks like this yr's draw will be a make-up event for some of last yr's players who were supposed to come and compete, but cancelled last minute. Namely Minarti Timur and the 2 INA's playing for Philippines.
Interesting to see Tony and Halim not playing together and defend their MD title. Perhaps they are giving ways to Howard and Bob for a possible clash/rematch of their WC match with Ohtsuka and Masuda in the Final..;)
XD looks interesting, as the up-and-coming young KOR pair is the top seed.

*Good to see lots of local players competing as well. And yes, our master Viper2005 is finally back. Ready to rock and roll in 2 events..;)
**Hope I still have the energy/not tired/not too jetlagged after my trip back next week to take some pics and record the matches for your video enjoyment..;):)


yeah .... what happened to Kanako Yonekura? I though she was playing .... :(

yeah .... what happened to Kanako Yonekura? I though she was playing .... :(
..she'll be playing in this yr's US Open..Her name is in the WS draw..;)

cool .... can you get her number please ;) .... i wouldn't be able to make it .... moving my vacation back .... ABC and BBC aren't open yet ....

Vietnamese badminton star has great chance in American Open
09:34' 27/08/2007 (GMT+7)


VietNamNet Bridge - Leading Vietnamese shutter Nguyen Tien Minh has a good draw in the American Badminton Open and a great chance of progressing.

In the first two rounds the world number 45 plays opponents ranked far below him. If he beats Sri Lanka’s world number 237 Dinuka Karunaratne in the opening round, he will play the winner of the match between 240th ranked Agusriad Amphie of Indonesia and 62nd ranked Roman Spitko of Germany.

He is expected to run into Canadian Richard Vaughan, the world number 30, in the next round, with the winner booking a spot in the last eight. All the players in the world’s top ten are absent, leaving the field open to others.

Vietnam has sent three players for the men’s singles, men’s doubles, and men’s team events in the tournament to run from August 28 to September 1. The others are Nguyen Quang Minh and Tran Thanh Hai.

In the last two years, the skilful Minh has made great progress, beating several top players like Dane Kenneth Jonassen, South Korean Lee Hyun-il, Thai Boonsak Ponsana, and Indonesian Taufik Hidayat.

Richard Vaughan is NOT Canadian

I am pretty sure Nguyen Tien Minh will meet T.S. Lee in the Semi...


The other half looks more tricky to predict :-)

Sat, Tago and Ayob will fight it out.. My bet would go to Ayob.. I am hoping for Tago to get his break though :-)

/Twobeer

Most of MAS players withdrew...resulted many Byes..so the tournament is becoming weaker and weaker....expect Big fines for BAM after last minute withdrawal for US open and Indonesia Challenge....only LTS and Ayob in MS, none in WS.....

"He is expected to run into Canadian Richard Vaughan"

"Richard Vaughan is NOT Canadian"

I agree, he is Welsh

"He is expected to run into Canadian Richard Vaughan"

"Richard Vaughan is NOT Canadian"

I agree, he is Welsh
Yes he is...

More details http://www.richardvaughan.net/

Daniel M. (http://filipalamy.no.sapo.pt):)

Richard Vaughan to win, 21 -16, 21-19 I reckon!!

I'm so sad that I can't be there to watch the game today. This is one of the matches I'd like to watch the most and it is very emotional for me due to the countries they both represent. Whatever the outcome is, I'm sure it's going to be a very good match