German Open 2008: Day 2 (27/02)

[badMania]

Many matches involving Team INA.
One result: Lita Nurlita/Nitya Krishinda get a free ride to R16 after Joanne Nicholas/Natalie Munt withdraw. They are expected to meet the third-seed Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia tomorrow.

Men's Singles:
9:00am Andre Kurniawan Tedjono [8] vs Anand Pawar -- should be a good warm-up match for Andre.

9:30am Vladislav Drunchenko vs Alamsyah Yunus -- a tricky match for Alam, but, I expect him to progress.

11:15am Tommy Sugiarto vs Scott Evans -- ditto for Tommy.

12:25pm Pablo Abian vs Andreas Adityawarman -- the INA player has a chance to win, but, the Spaniard is ranked higher :cool:

12:45pm Taufik Akbar Hidayat vs John Moody -- likewise for this Taufik. He can surprise us.

1:10pm Endra Kurniawan vs Nabil Lasmari -- ditto.

Women's Doubles
1:55pm Jo Novita/Greysia Polii vs Johanna Persson/Elin Berglom -- a tricky match, given that the Swedes gave Vita/Butet a hard time in the Korea Open. Still, Jo/Grace are expected to clear their first hurdle.

2:15pm Yulianti/Nathalia Poluakan vs Rani Mundiasti/Endang Nursugianti [8] -- it will be a disappointment if Rani/Endang fail to reach the quarter-final here.

Men's Doubles
3:25pm Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae [1] vs Tantowi Ahmad/Mohd Rijal -- the INA pair should just enjoy the experience playing against a top pair.

3:45pm Fran Kurniawan/Rendra Wijaya vs Johannes Scoettler/Tim Dettmann -- the Djarum pair is expected to continue their good form and progress further here.

4:10pm Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda [4] vs Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki -- nothing much can be expected here since I heard that the Djarum pair might be suffering from another injury :mad::eek:.

4:55pm Bona Septano/Mohd Ahsan vs Shuichi Sakamoto/Shintaro Ikeda [6] -- likewise, it will be a miracle if Bona/Ahsan were to progress here.

Women's Singles
6:25pm Wang Yihan vs Fransisca Ratnasari -- Nana has done well in qualifying for the main draw, adding some valuable ranking pts in the process. But, she is not expected to beat the Chinese player.

6:40pm Maria Kristin Yulianti vs Filipa Lamy -- Maria should win this one.

7:00pm Aprilia Yuswandari vs Petya Nedeltcheva [5] -- likewise, Aprilia is not expected to get past the first round.

Mixed Doubles
8:00pm Kristian Roebuck/Jenny Wallwork vs Tantowi Ahmad/Yulianti -- a tough match for young Towi/Yuli, I hope they don't freeze again like in the Russian Open first round :cool:

8:20pm Robin Middleton/Liza Smith vs Anggun Nugroho/Endang Nursugianti -- Anggun is an experienced XD player and this new pairing might have a chance of a future if they show consistent results.

8:20pm Chris Langridge/Joanne Nicholas vs Mohd Rijal/Greysia Polii -- a tricky one for Rijal/Grace, but, should be quite manageable.

9:40pm Rasmus Bonde/Christinna Pedersen vs Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita [7] -- not an easy draw for the seeded INA pair. The improving Danish pair might surprise us today :o:eek:

[madbad]

Lu Yi leading Oedum 15-0!! :eek::eek::eek:

[huangkwokhau]

Gong Wei Jie and Lie Wen Yan won with WO ...so no points for our PAWs......haiya!!!

[huangkwokhau]

Anand is leading 17-10...will be 3 sets soon...

[volcom]

Lu Yi leading Oedum 15-0!! :eek::eek::eek:
Awesome stuff.... :D:D

[huangkwokhau]

Anand took 2nd set while Kasper leads Lu Yi 15-10

[huangkwokhau]

Kasper aheads with 18-13 of Lu Yi....3 all for Andre and Anand

[Louisa]

Gong Wei Jie and Lie Wen Yan won with WO ...so no points for our PAWs......haiya!!!
for li wen yan yes, but gong wei jie, tournamentsoftware didn't show WO bo...haiya, no big point liao...

[huangkwokhau]

Kasper took 2nd set 21-18///I think Lu Yi will take the 3rd set...Andre is trailing 6-7

[Louisa]

Hauge, what happen to Andre???????? Dreaming or forgot to bring his racket?

[huangkwokhau]

for li wen yan yes, but gong wei jie, tournamentsoftware didn't show WO bo...haiya, no big point liao...

I saw both at tournament software...both won with WO....I know I had both of them win...so no points for us...haiya

[huangkwokhau]

Hauge, what happen to Andre???????? Dreaming or forgot to bring his racket?
I know....Andre needs to be spanked.....:mad: 10-9 for Andre

[huangkwokhau]

Andre is going to wrap up this game but I did not expect Lu Yi would have tough time against Kasper......

[huangkwokhau]

Andre def Anand 21-10, 12-21,21-15

[huangkwokhau]

Lu Yi and Kasper are battling hard ...11 all...

[Louisa]

Alam is fighting hard now...

[huangkwokhau]

Lu Yi def Kasper in 3 sets......

[Louisa]

Lu Yi def Kasper in 3 sets......
Hauge, only 2 of us now....

[huangkwokhau]

I know......Alamsyah is struggling.........hope he wont be our number 4 MS in Thomas Cup

[robin7]

OMG, LTS wasted 4 match pts.

[robin7]

Looks like LTS is running out of gas. Sigh.....

[badMania]

INA players triumph in rubber-sets in the early matches. Andre Kurniawan Tedjono will face Alamsyah Yunus in the next round.....Pelatnas vs Djarum. So, at least one INA representative in R16 :D

[badMania]

Looks like LTS is running out of gas. Sigh.....

He's closing the gap now....can he win :o?

[carine]

come on LTS..........

[robin7]

LTS is very disappointing.:mad:

[carine]

LPS/HCH retired.....

[abedeng]

LTS is very disappointing.:mad:

He doesn't have enough gas, that was always his problem.

That's why LTS was so good in the 7 pts system, could even beat Taufik.

[Dreamzz]

He doesn't have enough gas, that was always his problem.

That's why LTS was so good in the 7 pts system, could even beat Taufik.

too bad, another first round loss for LTS, even though he was seeded.

ah, the 7 point system, now that was a really bad idea, don't think i've ever even tried playing it.

[d65up2]

too bad, another first round loss for LTS, even though he was seeded.

ah, the 7 point system, now that was a really bad idea, don't think i've ever even tried playing it.

That was a terrible system although INA did win the TC with that system lol

[d65up2]

I know......Alamsyah is struggling.........hope he wont be our number 4 MS in Thomas Cup

PBSI would be really silly if he is chosen...he is by far the worse player in Pelatnas after him then is Tomy.......By the looks of it Djarum players have better prospect like Ari Yuli Wahyu, Andre and Dion

[d65up2]

Come on Andrew Smith!

[badMania]

Tommy Sugiarto is through after a comfortable victory over Scott Evans. He is likely to face Kendrick Lee next.

[george@chongwei]

omg! i juz know that lee tsuen seng and sairul juz lost!
what happen to them>?>?

[george@chongwei]

now i juz hope that roslin hashim will win his match 2day..

[badMania]

A bad day in the office for KLRC players :o

[Jessica]

omg! i juz know that lee tsuen seng and sairul juz lost!
what happen to them>?>?
Because you are not here to cheer for them...:D:D:D

[Louisa]

omg! i juz know that lee tsuen seng and sairul juz lost!
what happen to them>?>?


Because you are not here to cheer for them...:D:D:D
i never put hope on them.................

[badMania]

So far so good for the MS:
Andreas Adityawarman has won too.....So do the non-Pelatnas players like Taufik Akbar Hidayat and Endra Kurniawan.

However, expect them to fall tomorrow.....as Andreas will face Mohd Roslin Hashim (his result is still not out yet), Taufik Akbar will face Dicky Palyama, while Endra will likely face Lee Hyun Il.

[badMania]

INA will have 3 representatives in the WD tomorrow as Jo Novita/Greysia Polii defeat Johanna Persson/Elin Berglom 21-15, 21-14. They will face the Japanese pair Aki Akao/Tomomi Matsuda for a place in the last eight.

Meanwhile, the new pair of Nathalia Poluakan/Yulianti are thrashing their seeded senior Rani Mundiasti/Endang Nursugianti 21-10 in the first set.

[badMania]

Rani Mundiasti/Endang Nursugianti eventually progress, after beating their compatriot in rubber-set. They will face Heather Olver/Liza Smith tomorrow. Nothing less than a QF place will be enough for them :cool:

[badMania]

Fran Kurniawan/Rendra Wijaya take the first set 21-18.

[badMania]

Now, the GER pair has a marginal 11-9 lead at the interval of the second set.

[extremenanopowe]

whoa..... what happened? who beat who?

[badMania]

What a pity....Fran/Rendra managed to level the scores at 20-20, all the way to 23-23...before the GER pair takes the second set 25-23.

Meanwhile, Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki are doing well at the moment, despite the rumoured injury as they take the first set against Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda 21-15.

[extremenanopowe]

looks like the Korean are in full force for the singles.

[badMania]

Fran/Rendra are cruising through, leading 11-5 at the interval of the rubber-set.

Rian/Yoke are still leading Ohtsuka/Masuda 7-5.

[huangkwokhau]

Wow,,Frans/Rendra will wrap up this set.......

[badMania]

Rian/Yoke have a comfortable 11-7 lead at the interval of the second set, while Fran Kurniawan/Rendra Wijaya have booked their place in the last 16 as they beat Johannes Schoettler/Tim Dettmann 21-18, 23-25, 21-9.

[Krisna]

Looks like it is going to be a win for Fran-Rendra... Yes! 21-9 in game 3!

Rian-Yoke 12-8 in the 2nd game...

[Krisna]

Ok.... 15-10 for Rian-Yoke! Great progress so far! The Japanese pair are a good world-class students of Park Joo Bong...

16-11 now! Go INA!

17-11!

[badMania]

Rian/Yoke now have a 7 pts lead at 18-11.

[huangkwokhau]

Yes!! 18-12 now for Rian/Yoke....19-12...seems that this pair has improved..good sign....

[badMania]

Looks like it is going to be a win for Fran-Rendra... Yes! 21-9 in game 3!

Rian-Yoke 12-8 in the 2nd game...

You are finally here :D Seems that Rian/Yoke do not appear bothered by the "injury"?

[badMania]

From 12-19 to 15-19....the Japanese pair slowly closes the gap.
Now, Rian/Yoke make it 20-15.....

[huangkwokhau]

Come on Rian/Yoke..another 2 points

[Krisna]

19-12! Rian-Yoke...
19-13...
19-14... uh-oh...
19-15... getting scary here...

20-15......! Yes....

[huangkwokhau]

Phew!! 20-16..come on!!!!!!!!!

[d65up2]

Come on 1 more 1 more!!! Bring it home!

[huangkwokhau]

YES!! 2 sets for Rian/Yoke....very good sign!!

[Dreamzz]

yup, i can't see any of the INA MS players progressing tomorrow.
maybe taufik has a chance.

[Krisna]

You are finally here :D Seems that Rian/Yoke do not appear bothered by the "injury"?

Yep..., I am here.

GAME! MATCH! :D :D :D

Wow, then the future of Rian-Yoke to go to the semifinals looks very good. Aside from the Japanese pair, the other competitors in their side of the draw are all quite beatable... ;)

[d65up2]

Hope Rian-Yoke can improve more and get a semis result here

[huangkwokhau]

I am cheering for Russian MD now.........

[badMania]

YES! The Djarum contingent marches on as Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki win their first competitive match of the year in style, beating the much-improved Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda in straight sets 21-15, 21-16.

Next up for them will be either the Russian pair or Canadian pair.

[huangkwokhau]

2 IN MD are thru, 1 down and another 1 to go..........

[huangkwokhau]

YES! The Djarum contingent marches on as Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki win their first competitive match of the year in style, beating the much-improved Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda in straight sets 21-15, 21-16.

Next up for them will be either the Russian pair or Canadian pair.
Russian MD is harder than Canadian..I think.........chance to be in qtr final....

[badMania]

2 IN MD are thru, 1 down and another 1 to go..........

Its tough to expect Bona/Ahsan to beat the WC Bronze-Medallist. Even Rian/Yoke lost to them in the Russian Open SF :o

[d65up2]

It seems like in the future Djarum would have better players compared to pelatnas

[d65up2]

Anyone knows who coached Mens doubles in Djarum?? Is is the legend Sigit Budiarto??

[badMania]

Up next for Fran Kurniawan/Rendra Wijaya will be the improved Chinese-Taipei pair of Fang Chieh-Min/Lee Sheng-Mu. Can Fran/Rendra beat them and progress to the QF?

If Rian/Yoke can get past the Russian/Canadian pair tomorrow (they should be "easier" to face than the Japanese pair today :rolleyes:), then, its likely they have a Korean pair Han Sang Hoon/Cho Gun Woo as their opponent in the QF. Remember...this Korean pair beat Kido/Hendra in the All-England R16 last year :o Rian/Yoke also lost to the junior Korean pair of Kwon Yi Goo/Koo Sung Hyun in the Vietnam Open 2007 :cool: So, not so easy for Rian/Yoke to reach the SF as well.

[huangkwokhau]

Anyone knows who coached Mens doubles in Djarum?? Is is the legend Sigit Budiarto??
Antonius coaches them...Sigit for Junior...........

[d65up2]

Antonius coaches them...Sigit for Junior...........

That Bronze medalist Antonious???

[d65up2]

Rian-Yoke should not get complacent tomorrow....so I hope they do their best...a Semifinal finish here would make a good warm up bfore facing Cai-Fu in All England innit?

[badMania]

So, it will be Rian/Yoke vs Durkin/Nikolaenko (which they have beaten in the Dutch Open SF).

[badMania]

Now, it will really be a MIRACLE if Bona/Ahsan were to topple the other Japanese pair.

[badboypedi]

Now, it will really be a MIRACLE if Bona/Ahsan were to topple the other Japanese pair.

theyre leading - in the first set!

[badMania]

Amazing really....Bona/Ahsan actually take the first set convincingly 21-12 :eek:
But, let's not get excited so quickly.....:o

[Krisna]

Its tough to expect Bona/Ahsan to beat the WC Bronze-Medallist. Even Rian/Yoke lost to them in the Russian Open SF :o

So far Bona-Ahsan is proving our 'pessimistic' expectation wrong... :D :D :D 21-12 in the 1st game, 3-1 in the 2nd against Sakamoto-Ikeda! Maybe the Japanese team ate the wrong food or still got jet-lag or something... :confused: They should not be outlassed by this INA pair... [though I am not complaining] :p :D


Antonius coaches them...Sigit for Junior...........

And Deni Kantono is coaching the Djarum WD now. He just joined the coaching team again.


That Bronze medalist Antonious???

Yes, the 1996 MD Atlanta Olympic Bronze Medalist Antonius-Deni...

[Krisna]

Uh-oh... 9-8 in the 2nd game now... Ah 10-9... the Japanese have shaken off their jet-lag!

[badMania]

The second set is appreciably closer...but, Bona/Ahsan are still ahead 11-9. If they can maintain the 2 pts gap, they could score an upset here :eek:

13 smashes vs 7 by the Japanese pair. This could be a reason?

[badMania]

And Deni Kantono is coaching the Djarum WD now. He just joined the coaching team again.


Wow...a star-studded coaching set-up for Djarum indeed, with Antonius/Denny Kantono and Sigit Budiarto.

But, so far, there's only one active WD pair in Djarum (Mel/Shendy)?? Any other upcoming pairs?

Bona/Ahsan are surging ahead now...from 13-12 to 17-12 :eek:

[badMania]

The Japanese are not giving up....15-18....15-19 now. 2 more points for a huge upset here!

[badMania]

Can the young guns hold their nerves? 19-17....19-18 :eek::mad:

[badMania]

Level now at 19-19 :cool:
Come on guys....2 more.....

[badMania]

Game pt for the WC Bronze Medallist and they steal the second set 21-19 :mad: Sigh.....

From 17-12...19-15....and the Japanese pair racked up 6 straight pts to win the set. I fear it is not good news for the young guns.

[eaglehelang]

The Japanese are not giving up....15-18....15-19 now. 2 more points for a huge upset here!

Wow, interesting, from the Indonesia juniors

[apontoh]

i think it's over for bona /ahsan now, they squandered their golden opportunity in the 2nd set. the japs are awake...

[Krisna]

Rubber sets for Bona-Ahsan! The Jaya Raya-Djarum Pelatnas combo surprised everyone [including me] so far by playing the Japenese really well!

You know, so far ....today has been a VERY good day for INA... :D :D :D
Andre
Alamsyah
Tommy
Adit [Andreas Adityawarman]
Taufik Hidayat Akbar
Endra
Jo-Greysia
Rani-Endang
Fran-Rendra
Rian-Yoke
[and maybe] Bona-Ahsan
... all went to the next round! :D :D :D

The only casualties were Natalia-Yulianti and Tantowi-Rizal, both pairs are not expected to go far by anybody anyway... :p :D

[badMania]

i think it's over for bona /ahsan now, they squandered their golden opportunity in the 2nd set. the japs are awake...

My hunch too.....what a waste really :mad::o

[huangkwokhau]

Haiya Bona/Ahsan blew it....really....

[badMania]

I think it's time for Bona/Ahsan to prove their worth as Pelatnas's no 4 pair.....this year is a crucial year for them to get their break-through.

[Krisna]

Wow...a star-studded coaching set-up for Djarum indeed, with Antonius/Denny Kantono and Sigit Budiarto.

But, so far, there's only one active WD pair in Djarum (Mel/Shendy)?? Any other upcoming pairs?


I heard that 2 Fang Kaixiang's former pupils [from the singles training camp]: Jenna and Delis [both 18 year olds] have quite impressed the Djarum doubles coaching staff... :) Their legs are not fast enough for the singles game, but their hand skills are quite remarkable... :p

Basically Djarum will use the [now] numerous INA tournaments in 2008 to naturally select the next good WD pair to complement Mel-Shendy... :)

[badMania]

From 7-5 and now 7-11. Its gone......:crying:

[Krisna]

Aaaaarrggh, now Park Joo Bong's pupils are leading 11-7...

[Krisna]

They should have knocked out the Japanese at 19-15 in the 2nd game!

[badMania]

10 straight points now for the Japanese pair....as they are strolling home 15-7.

This will be a valuable lesson for Bona/Ahsan.....

[huangkwokhau]

7 points straight from 7-6 to 7-13............too bad for INA MD

[badMania]

They should have knocked out the Japanese at 19-15 in the 2nd game!

From that moment onwards, we can almost predict who's gonna be the eventual winner.

[huangkwokhau]

Wow....German MD is leading Xio/Guo now...19-15

[Krisna]

C'mon Bona-Ahsan!

[d65up2]

I am now cheering for Spitko-Fuchs

[badMania]

The German pair Roman Spitko/Michael Fuchs just take the first set off Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo 21-17.

[badMania]

Nothing is more valuable than a lesson learnt the hard way here for Bona Septano/Mohd Ahsan...against the World Championships Bronze Medallist Shuichi Sakamoto/Shintaro Ikeda...and nearly scoring an upset win, only to see the Japanese pair turned the tables and scored the victory 12-21, 21-19, 21-16! It was simply a case of so near...yet so far :mad::o

[apontoh]

good fight for bona/ahsan, but it was not their moment yet.

[Krisna]

Aaaarrghhh.... no upset by Bona-Ahsan today...

[Krisna]

Nothing is more valuable than a lesson learnt the hard way here for Bona Septano/Mohd Ahsan...against the World Championships Bronze Medallist Shuichi Sakamoto/Shintaro Ikeda...and nearly scoring an upset win, only to see the Japanese pair turned the tables and scored the victory 12-21, 21-19, 21-16! It was simply a case of so near...yet so far :mad::o

Yeah man.....! :D

[d65up2]

Bona-Ahsan probably are compacent when they get to 19-15....and thought they won...they should now put it in their mind that they have not won the tie until they reached the point 21.....so hope Bona would go home now and have a hard thinkabout

[Krisna]

Goodnight guys... it is almost 12 midnight in Jakarta... Gotta work tomorrow...

[robin7]

Pai Min Jie just won the 2nd game & forced a rubber against Sara Persson.

[robin7]

Miss Pai, buck up.....

[madbad]

My fave Jun Jae Youn has emerged victorious over Jill Pittard 21-11, 21-15. Jun all the way!! :):):)

[badMania]

2 of INA's XD pairs have advanced, while the other 2 fell, including the seeded Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita who lost to Rasmus Bonde/Christina Pedersen (which confirmed my fear) :mad:

The 2 promising pairs Mohd Rijal/Greysia Polii and Tantowi Ahmad/Yulianti showed us why they are INA's future as they won in rubber-sets.

Towi/Yuli will challenge the top-seed He Hanbin/Yu Yang while Rijal/Grace will have a winnable tie against Robin Middleton/Liza Smith. The English pair beat Anggun Nugroho/Endang Nursugianti 21-19, 21-19 last night.

[badMania]

As expected, only Maria Kristin Yulianti managed to go further in the WS, beating Filipa Lamy easily 21-11, 21-6. Fransisca Ratnasari lost to Wang Yihan in two close sets 18-21, 21-23; while Aprilia Yuswandari also lost to Petya Nedeltcheva 21-23, 9-21.

Maria has a tough match against the third-seed Eriko Hirose today.