badMania
02-18-2008, 08:51 AM
It's gonna be a breeze for most seeded teams, with only 1 interesting tie in the Men's Team (Group B) encounter between Singapore and Vietnam.
Predictions:
Men's Team
Japan bt Pakistan
Singapore bt Vietnam
Hong Kong bt Sri Lanka
Thailand bt Macau
Women's Team
Japan bt Sri Lanka
Chinese-Taipei bt Vietnam
Korea bt Cambodia
Dreamzz
02-18-2008, 08:58 AM
looks like it's all going to be 5-0 encounters.
the women's event is definitely going to be more interesting than the men's, for me.
huangkwokhau
02-18-2008, 07:16 PM
It is tough for HK women to qualify without Zhou Mi...especiall against Taiwan...can be 3-2 for Taiwan.....
It is tough for HK women to qualify without Zhou Mi...especiall against Taiwan...can be 3-2 for Taiwan.....
I agree.. Taiwan is getting stronger.
hcyong
02-18-2008, 08:48 PM
Only the SIN-VIE tie can throw some unpreditability. A lot depends on the first singles match.
aextraone
02-19-2008, 01:49 AM
any idea if the matches later will be broadcast at which channel?
PlayaFromMalaya
02-19-2008, 03:15 AM
dont think this qualifying tournament will be broadcasted
Jessica
02-19-2008, 03:18 AM
dont think this qualifying tournament will be broadcasted
The rtm website state that rtm 1 will broadcast this event on 23 Feb which is Saturday for the semi final matches.Hopefully this is true.:)
Tjun Tjun
02-19-2008, 04:04 AM
The rtm website state that rtm 1 will broadcast this event on 23 Feb which is Saturday for the semi final matches.Hopefully this is true.:)
Really? Very good news as this may be the first time RTM is showing live for Thomas/Uber qualifiers. Or is it daily highlights?
Jessica
02-19-2008, 04:30 AM
Really? Very good news as this may be the first time RTM is showing live for Thomas/Uber qualifiers. Or is it daily highlights?
Not daily highlight because it show from 2pm to 6pm.Hopefully rtm 1 really show.
samuel882
02-19-2008, 08:16 AM
The host Vietnam just being outplayed by SIN team w/o Ronald Susilo ... 5-0
badMania
02-19-2008, 06:11 PM
The matches between SIN and VIE were close as expected.
Kendrick Lee just managed to beat Nguyen Tien-Minh 22-20, 21-19.
Derek Wong also just beat Nguyen Quang-Minh 23-21, 21-18.
Strangely, Hendri Kurniawan Saputra was not playing...instead Kendrick Lee was also playing in the doubles, partnering Hendra Wijaya to beat Nguyen Hoang-Hai/Nguyen Huy-Giang 21-15, 24-22.
badMania
02-19-2008, 06:12 PM
As expected, all the matches went to the seeded teams.
hcyong
02-19-2008, 06:57 PM
VIE gave a tough fight to SIN. 3 of the 4 matches (don't know what happened to the MD2 match) were pretty close, but SIN did not drop a single set.
With Kendrick, Ashton and Derek spearheading the singles section, it's a truly Singaporean victory.
Simp84
02-20-2008, 09:46 AM
VIE gave a tough fight to SIN. 3 of the 4 matches (don't know what happened to the MD2 match) were pretty close, but SIN did not drop a single set.
With Kendrick, Ashton and Derek spearheading the singles section, it's a truly Singaporean victory.
are you implying that Ronald isn't part of the team?:rolleyes: