It is interesting that many players skip KO, eventhough KO offers the highest prize money.

IN:
Lin Dan

OUT:
WS:
Zhu Lin
Ella Diehl
Saina Nehwal

MS:
Andre Kurniawan ( not planning to be in Korea)
Anup Shridar
Tommy,Alamsyah

MD:
KKK/TBH
Tony/Candra
CTF/LWW
Tan Bin Shen/Ong Soon Hock
Rian/Yoke ( not planning to be in Korea)

WD and XD: looks same as Mas Open

I think Rexy is only sending Zkary/Tazari,Chew/Chan,Tan/Hoon, and Chan/Chang

I think Rexy is only sending Zkary/Tazari,Chew/Chan,Tan/Hoon, and Chan/Chang

I guess he figures out that stamina might be a factor. Koo/Tan and Choong/Lee have pretty much sealed their tickets to the Olympics, so, quite a safe strategy.

INA pretty much unchanged except for Team Djarum's players and some junior players like Tommy Sugiarto, Pia Zebadiah and Alamsyah Yunus.

Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan are seeded 1st.

i'm still confused by this strategy, surely it's better to send your top players to the top events (ie the super series). if there is a need to skip tournaments, then it should be the lower tournaments that are skipped first (GP or GP gold).

unless, of course, there's a tactic to score points when the big guns are not around, or perhaps to boost confidence with a win (though it's a pretty hollow win).

I guess LWW is not 100% recovered from his injury yet and for KKK/TBH, we knew that rexy is limitting their participations to focus more on Olympics....

Wan Wah also just recovered from a flu.

i'm still confused by this strategy, surely it's better to send your top players to the top events (ie the super series). if there is a need to skip tournaments, then it should be the lower tournaments that are skipped first (GP or GP gold).

unless, of course, there's a tactic to score points when the big guns are not around, or perhaps to boost confidence with a win (though it's a pretty hollow win).


I think Rexy is only sending Zkary/Tazari,Chew/Chan,Tan/Hoon, and Chan/Chang

Rexy already said he will send KKK/TBH to selected tourneys only since they already got their OG ticket. Rexy wants them to stay home for quality training for OG.
LWW still havent fully recover from the groin/knee injury, perhaps better not to go many tourneys.
Zakry/Fairuz are reserve pair for OG, they need to improve their rankings to stay in top 16.

HoonTH/TanWK are new pair, same principle I suppose.
Chan PS/Chang HP under Rashid Sidek,back-up squad. For exposure.
CCM/CCE are not under BAM, just got back together, must improve ranking too.
I find it weird Razif/Khoo arent going for Korea Open, they're supposed to be better than Chan/Chang

I guess LWW is not 100% recovered from his injury yet and for KKK/TBH, we knew that rexy is limitting their participations to focus more on Olympics....

Agree, the main goal is the Olympic, not those ""kachang puteh" SS tournament(ops don't mean to disrespect the SS) :D

Tony Gunawan will not participate KO SS due to personal reason.........

What happened with Tan Bs/Ong SH, they supposed to be send out as many tourneys as possible to stand at least some "minor" chances of qualifying to OG rite? or the coach have given up hopes on them

why anup sridhar always skip tournaments??
wat happened to him?

What happened with Tan Bs/Ong SH, they supposed to be send out as many tourneys as possible to stand at least some "minor" chances of qualifying to OG rite? or the coach have given up hopes on them

Msia 3rd pair is Zakry/Fairuz. They are the one being sent. They are no 16, TBS/OSH are no 19 or so.
Rexy has ranked Zakry/Fairuz as 3rd pair in terms of skills, they are reserve pair for OG, in case the oldies, LWW is injured.

TBS/OSH are Msia no 4 pair. The no 5 pair, Gan/Lin are also not going to Korea. Only new experimental pair : Hoon/Wee Kiong. Wonder whether it'll be permanent partnership.

The message is: buck up or u will be dropped from tourneys.

Gan Teik Chai/Lin Woon Fui have been dropped from the Super Series events at the end of last year and only competed in the SEA Games. Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif obviously show more potential than Tan Bin Shen/Ong Soon Hock from the 2 year-end SS in beating Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun while Tan/Ong surrendered meekly to Tony/Candra.

So, its kinda natural to see Fairuz/Zakry to be the no 3 pair and a credible backup pair to Choong/Lee for the Olympics in the case of last minute injury or bad-form.

To be honest, i DO NOT think the two dwarf can make any impact even if they manage to qualify for OG, regardless on merit or replacing the old guards.

Tony Gunawan will not participate KO SS due to personal reason.........

...which is: he can't stand the linesmen in Korea? :confused::D

...which is: he can't stand the linesmen in Korea?Why would you say that? Line calls didn't figure into Tony/Candra's loss to Lee/Jung last January, nor did they into their win over Lee/Hwang in the finals in 2006. Maybe his personal reason relates to one of the million other facets of his life. It may have nothing at all to do with Korea or its line judges.

Glad to know Vita/Lilyana get seeding position in this KOR SS! They are 8th seed and possible to meet one of top two China pairs in quarterfinal scenario.

why anup sridhar always skip tournaments??
wat happened to him?
maybe he doesn't have enough money to finance his journey to KO :p

looks like the draw is not out in tournament software yet..?

looks like the draw is not out in tournament software yet..?The draw hasn't been made yet. It is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan 8 (http://www.internationalbadminton.org/draws.asp). You can intuit many of the withdrawals known so far from the seeding reports as well as explicit reports from players/teams.

Glad to know Vita/Lilyana get seeding position in this KOR SS! They are 8th seed and possible to meet one of top two China pairs in quarterfinal scenario.

maybe he doesn't have enough money to finance his journey to KO :p
It could just be that Anup Sridhar doesn't have the time to enter the KO.
Right now, he is competing in the India's National Badminton Championships.

The latest news from New Delhi is that he has made it to the MS final :)

It could just be that Anup Sridhar doesn't have the time to enter the KO.
Right now, he is competing in the India's National Badminton Championships.

The latest news from New Delhi is that he has made it to the MS final :)
I believe that Anup and Saina has limited fund to travel...I hope that both of them have a good show and get bigger sponsorship.....India is big market for badminton and recently India got 2nd tier from tennis ( US$ 600 K tournament) and we hope that one day we will have India SS.

In CO and HKO, Saina had to travel by herself ...It is amazing that she can take care of herself well....salute to her!

Why BAM can afford to let Koo/Tan & Choong/Lee skip KO, but still sending LCW there? :cool:

Why BAM can afford to let Koo/Tan & Choong/Lee skip KO, but still sending LCW there? :cool:

Different coach, different strategy. Rexy wants KKK/TBH to stay home for 'quality training'. The oldies, LWW havent fully recover from injury, he said so himself.
Misbun normally dont say anything abt strategy in public.

Different coach, different strategy. Rexy wants KKK/TBH to stay home for 'quality training'. The oldies, LWW havent fully recover from injury, he said so himself.
Misbun normally dont say anything abt strategy in public.

tHAT'S where REXY should learnt from... To be low profile and yet bring up the HIGH PERFORMANCE from the players in charge.
Speak less can reduce the mounting of pressure for players. Let the results speak instead.

i've been watching zakry/tazari during the copenhagen masters, and it looks to me like zakry needs a better partner. tazari seems to be very nervous and made the majority of the mistakes. zakry's play is way more consistent, i think BAM should partner him with someone who has more potential.

i've been watching zakry/tazari during the copenhagen masters, and it looks to me like zakry needs a better partner. tazari seems to be very nervous and made the majority of the mistakes. zakry's play is way more consistent, i think BAM should partner him with someone who has more potential.

That's part Rexy, Zakry/Fairuz & many of us fans already know. Why you think some nick name Fairuz fuzzy.

The thing is Rexy has also commented that skill wise, Fairuz (Tazari is his family name - Mohd Fairuzizuan bin Mohd Tazari) is better than a lot of the others in the MD team.

As to changing partner, it's highly unlikely for now. It's OG qualification year, a new combo will have to start from bottom again.
+ at least for Zakry, result wise he's doing better after partnership with Fairuz compared to the time he was with Gan TC.
Both have said they are happy together, seem so too.

After OG, maybe there will be changes - many has also observed Gan is the weak link in the Gan/Lin combo. Maybe better Zakry partner Lin WF in future.

The Draw is out...mostly unfavorable for Team INA :mad:

MEN'S SINGLES
Taufik Hidayat
R32 vs Park Sung Hwan -- another opening match against PSH
R16 vs Simon Santoso or Mohd Hafiz Hashim
QF vs Lee Chong Wei

Sony Dwi Kuncoro
R32 vs Yeoh Kay Bin
R16 vs Kendrick Lee Yen Hui
QF vs Lin Dan

Simon Santoso
R32 vs Mohd Hafiz Hashim -- tough opener

WOMEN'S SINGLES
Maria Kristin Yulianti
R32 vs Xu Huaiwen

Adriyanti Firdasari
R32 vs Kaori Mori

MEN'S DOUBLES
Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan
R32 vs Zheng Bo/Xu Chen -- tricky opening match
R16 vs Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen
QF vs possibly Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo
SF vs possibly Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto or Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae
F vs possibly Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun

Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto
R32 vs Sudket Prapakamol/Phattapol Ngensrisuk -- tough opener
R16 vs Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
QF vs possibly Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae

Hendra A. Gunawan/Joko Riyadi
R32 vs Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo -- always unlucky for AG/Joko to receive the worst draw :mad:

WOMEN'S DOUBLES
Vita Marissa/Lilyana Natsir
R32 vs Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia -- tough opener
R16 vs Satoko Suetsuna/Miyuki Maeda
QF vs Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen -- again

Jo Novita/Greysia Polii
R32 vs Rani Mundiasti/Endang Nursugianti -- unlucky for Rani/Endang
R16 vs Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota

MIXED DOUBLES
Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir
R32 vs Lee Yong Dae/Lee Hyo Jung -- tough opener
R16 vs Ingo Kindervater/Katrin Piotrowski
QF vs possibly Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter-Juhl -- again
SF vs possibly Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen

F vs possibly Zheng Bo/Gao Ling or Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa

Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa
R32 vs Fang Chieh-Min/Cheng Wen-Hsing
R16 vs possibly Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita
QF vs He Hanbin/Yu Yang
SF vs Zheng Bo/Gao Ling

Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita
R32 vs Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiucyzk -- tough opener

Mohd Rijal/Greysia Polii
R32 vs Keita Masuda/Miyuki Maeda
R16 vs He Hanbin/Yu Yang

WOMEN'S DOUBLES QUALIFYING
Lita Nurlita/Nitya Krishinda
vs Woon Khe Wei/Ng Hui Lin
vs Fong Chew Yen/Mooi Hing Yau

The reward for qualifying is:
R32 vs Johanna Persson/Elin Berglom
R16 vs Du Jing/Yu Yang

wtf....
MAS vs Mas again!
wong choong hann vs lee tsuen seng in the 1st round...
n most probably LCW will up against TH in the QF again!

The scipt is out too
TH will let Lee win in MAS open QF
and in return Lee have to give it away to TH in Korean open QF :p

well well well, actually you have to say, poor PSH.
meeting TH twice in the first round for the first 2 SS.
that's just bad luck, having to pack your bags so early.

well well well, actually you have to say, poor PSH.
meeting TH twice in the first round for the first 2 SS.
that's just bad luck, having to pack your bags so early.Not the second time. His bags will be at home, possibly not even unpacked from the Philippine/Malaysia trip.

Not the second time. His bags will be at home, possibly not even unpacked from the Philippine/Malaysia trip.


hahaha, you know what i mean.
this is why seeding is so important, especially so in the SS.
without a top 8 rank, you're so much more likely to meet the big players in the early rounds.

Interesting how in Malaysia Gao Ling/Zhao TT met Zhang YW/Wei YL first round and in Korea they're drawn against Yang Wei/Zhang JW. It's a bit odd...

Re-draw in WS & WSQ

TH pulled out from Korea Open

TH pulled out from Korea Open

Aha....he probably couldn't stand the line judges in Korea :p:p

hmm, in each categories 1 big name pull out....

ms-TH
MD- KKK/TBH, CTF/LWW

Hmmm tough draw for Kindra....Easier for Cai-Fu

FIrst round they meet Zeng Bo-Chen Xu.....quite tricky then there will be the old Danes

Well I just hope Luven can contribute more in this SS events....we'll see Henjok might have a chance against the Chinese....well we'll see hopefully Kindra can win another SS again in this one

Hmmm tough draw for Kindra....Easier for Cai-Fu

FIrst round they meet Zeng Bo-Chen Xu.....quite tricky then there will be the old Danes

Well I just hope Luven can contribute more in this SS events....we'll see Henjok might have a chance against the Chinese....well we'll see hopefully Kindra can win another SS again in this one


the rematch of mas open 2008 MD final will happen in round 2 of korean open 2008 :D :D :D... i hope MK/HS have enough time to recharge their 1000000 mAH 'batteries' ..he...he

.. anybody knows why he pulls out from MAS open :confused:
And did he withdrew from Korean SS too :cool:

.. anybody knows why he pulls out from MAS open :confused:
And did he withdrew from Korean SS too :cool:

Park Sung Hwan met taufik hidayat in first round mas open and in korean open he will meet taufik again. I don´t know what I should have done. He should be korea number one men singles. But veterans lee hyun il and shon seung mo came further in the first tournament because of better draw.
Park SH will need some time to recover, train hard and he will be there at All England, Thomas cup and Olympics.

Park Sung Hwan met taufik hidayat in first round mas open and in korean open he will meet taufik again. I don´t know what I should have done. He should be korea number one men singles. But veterans lee hyun il and shon seung mo came further in the first tournament because of better draw.
Park SH will need some time to recover, train hard and he will be there at All England, Thomas cup and Olympics.
TH will not go to Korea....

Xie Xing Fang also will skip this Korea Open..

the rematch of mas open 2008 MD final will happen in round 2 of korean open 2008 :D :D :D... i hope MK/HS have enough time to recharge their 1000000 mAH 'batteries' ..he...he

Not just MD, MS too ......

MK/HS vs JR/LP
LCW vs LHI

yes , it's a pity. There are many talented players but some countries have very limited funds for badminton and thus these talented players hardly have chance to fully utilize their skills.

lookin forward for korean open..yahoo...