German Open 2008: Day 3 (28/02)

[winzerer]

yes 21-17 for nitya/Lita and going to rubber set

[huangkwokhau]

YES!!! Nitya Lita won 2nd set...........

[huangkwokhau]

Now..Singapore WD looks beatable now..4-1 for INA

[badMania]

I think Lita/Nitya are better than Rani/Endang :cool:

[huangkwokhau]

I think Lita/Nitya are better than Rani/Endang :cool:
Nitya is more powerful but this pair is not tactical yet the way they play.....Nitya is too dependent on Lita....if Lita is not ON...thats it...

[huangkwokhau]

wow...6 all now.........

[badMania]

Rani/Endang have reached a bottle-neck basically. They can't progress....always lost to Ogura/Shiota or any Japanese pair for that matter :eek: Sometimes lost to European pairs too....frustrating. INA needs a better pair (Yuli/Lia perhaps?)

[badMania]

Rani/Endang now trail 9-11 in the second set :cool:

It's tight at 7-7 as Lita/Nitya reach the first 1/3 of the rubber-set.

[huangkwokhau]

Now..SIN WD leads 9-8.........

[huangkwokhau]

Haiya...SIN WD is ahead 11-8...............

[badMania]

Jiang/Li are leading 11-8 in the rubber-set. I think Lita/Nitya have a slim chance now.

Meanwhile, Rani/Endang are also looking at rubber-set right now, trailing 11-17 :mad:

[badMania]

Rani/Endang concede the second set 14-21 :o:mad:

Jiang/Li are cruising with a healthy 5 pts lead now...14-9.

[badMania]

Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia have won as expected: 21-18, 17-21, 21-13.

[winzerer]

Rani/Endang have reached a bottle-neck basically. They can't progress....always lost to Ogura/Shiota or any Japanese pair for that matter :eek: Sometimes lost to European pairs too....frustrating. INA needs a better pair (Yuli/Lia perhaps?)

i couldnt agree more....they dont make any progress.

[winzerer]

Congrats rani/endang...we'll see what will they do againts japanese pair tmw

[huangkwokhau]

Now..djarum MD..come on Frans/Rendra

[badMania]

Rani Mundiasti/Endang Nursugianti eventually progress to the QF, but no without some trouble as they were stretched into rubber-sets: 21-12, 14-21, 21-13 in 47 mins. Expect them to lose to another Japanese pair Satoko Suetsuna/Miyuki Maeda yet again tomorrow :cool:

[badMania]

The Chinese-Taipei pair shows why they are no pushovers as they lead 11-8 in the interval. In terms of experience against top pairs, Fang/Lee are superior to Fran/Rendra.

[badMania]

From 13-11, Fang/Lee suddenly lead 19-11. No match for Fran/Rendra I am afraid.

[badMania]

A quick job by Fang/Lee as they take the first set 21-13 comfortably.

[samuel882]

No one ever said the Chinese Taipei Pairs were pushover before:cool:
they are better than fran/rendra in terms of speed/experience/everything
hopes the INA pair will get their lesson today

[badMania]

From leading 7-1, its now level. Great.

[badMania]

Fang/Lee were on a roll....8 straight pts from 1-7 down and now they are leading 11-9 at the interval of the second set.

[winzerer]

well at least second set tighter than first

[badMania]

Smash winners: 15 vs 10
Clear wnners: 10 vs 5
for Fang/Lee

But, Fran/Rendra have the advantage in net winners: 12 vs 4

[huangkwokhau]

Pls..pls..win frans/Rendra 17-15

[badMania]

Rian/Yoke are on court right now!

[badMania]

Pls..pls..win frans/Rendra 17-15

Hmm....2 game pts for Fran/Rendra at 20-18.

Kido/Hendra better be careful...they are likely to face Fang/Lee twice...in the AE and Swiss Opens.

[huangkwokhau]

Yes...Yes!! Frans rendra won 2nd set

[winzerer]

Yes fran/rendra....honestly i am bit surprised Djarum pair force to rubber set

[badMania]

OK...on to the rubber-set now as Fran/Rendra take the second set 21-19. Can they win this one here?

Rian/Yoke are steam-rolling their Russian opponent, leading 12-5.

[huangkwokhau]

Very close game for Frans/Rendra...hope they dont slip again ....

[huangkwokhau]

Taiwan leads fast 3-0 now 3-2.............

[winzerer]

Yoke/rian lead comfortably for first set 17-10

Fran/rendra showing their good form since last week

[badMania]

Rian/Yoke take the first set 21-10 in just 8 mins :eek:
What a start!

[winzerer]

Yoke/Rian took first set 21-10

how old are fran/rendra ?

[badMania]

Yoke/Rian took first set 21-10

how old are fran/rendra ?

Fran/Rendra = 22/23
Rian/Yoke = 23/23

[badMania]

I think the CT pair is gonna be triumphant as they lead 11-5 at the interval of the rubber-set. Rian/Yoke also lead 11-4.

[winzerer]

Fran/Rendra = 22/23
Rian/Yoke = 23/23

thanks;)

they're still young enough

come on fran/rendra

[ctjcad]

Andre is a great teammate to have in a team... He is respectful of all his teammates... Win or loose his body gestures and attitude is like a bull [no fear of fighting against anything] and never loose hope of winning. They call him 'Andre Banteng' [Andre the bull] in the badminton circle here... :D
..so, the next time if i do meet him, i won't be wearing my red, white and blue shirt....:rolleyes: ;)

[winzerer]

congrats yoke/rian......

Fran/rendra claw back....yay

[badMania]

Piece of cake for Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki as they thrashed the Russian pair 21-10, 21-11 in just 17 mins :eek: They are likely to face Han Sang Hoon/Cho Gun Woo in the QF tomorrow.

[winzerer]

pls...dont choke....not this time 14-17

[winzerer]

fran/rendra....so close but yet so far. I do believe they do make a lot of progress during europe tourneys.

[badMania]

Despite a brave comeback at 7-14 to level it at 14-14, Fran Kurniawan/Rendra Wijaya still lost to the more experienced Fang Chieh-Min/Lee Sheng-Mu 13-21, 21-19, 16-21. Fang/Lee will test the first-seed Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae tomorrow.

[extremenanopowe]

Wah.... Tommy did well against Kendrick. Wonder when will he hit big time like his dad. I like Icuk's back-hand smash. Can you do it?

[d65up2]

Come on Maria...

[kevinboy]

Eriko won the second game 26-24

[madbad]

Still close between Eriko and Maria. JPN 6-6 INA

[madbad]

Li has opened up a 12-9 lead on Hwang :(

[madbad]

Need XAY to even up against Petya. XAY 13-8 Petya
Li 15-12 Hwang. Come on Hwang!

[leungwai18]

hwang jia you! hanguo dui jia you!

[Krisna]

badMania, your prediction on Maria will go wrong! She is leading 18-16 in the last game!!!! Yeeeehaaaa....

[Krisna]

C'mon Maria!!!! 20-19, finish the game! YESSSS!!!!! 21-19!!!!! I feel so orgasmic now...

[Sandy]

Maybe only me who PAWed Maria :)

[huangkwokhau]

good for Maria....especially for Uber cup..so sleepy

[Krisna]

Maria Kristin just don't want her ex-boyfriend [Andre "Banteng" K. Tedjono] to get more glory than her this week... :)

[huangkwokhau]

now tantowi/Yuli are on court

[huangkwokhau]

5 all now...INA XD and CHN XD

[Krisna]

9-7 for the CHN XD... Yulianti is usually stable... It is Tantowi who is questionable most of the time... :)

[badMania]

C'mon Maria!!!! 20-19, finish the game! YESSSS!!!!! 21-19!!!!! I feel so orgasmic now...

Hahaha....that's so X-rated man :p

[Krisna]

Xing Aiying is in a death match versus Petya...

[badMania]

9-7 for the CHN XD... Yulianti is usually stable... It is Tantowi who is questionable most of the time... :)

Give them time and more exposure. They still lack those :o
They better get used to playing He Hanbin/Yu Yang if they really want to be INA no 1 XD pair in the near future!

[apontoh]

Maria Kristin just don't want her ex-boyfriend [Andre "Banteng" K. Tedjono] to get more glory than her this week... :)

wow, congrats to Maria Kristin. didn't expect her to win. Maybe the long break did her some good.

[badMania]

Towi/Yuli are still a class below He/Yu.....no match for this one as I predicted :p

[badMania]

So, its gonna be Maria Kristin Yulianti vs Li Wenyan tomorrow. Another winnable match perhaps?

[badMania]

He/Yu take the first set 21-10 easily.....

[d65up2]

The only pair who can sort of challenge them is Rijal n Grace...well in terms of INA team

[madbad]

Come on Jae Yun. Avenge Hwang's defeat :D:D

[madbad]

XAY finally puts away Petya 21-15 in the rubber

[Krisna]

Towi/Yuli are still a class below He/Yu.....no match for this one as I predicted :p

You were right on the mark so far [including Fran-Rendra], except Maria Kristin... :p But I know you enjoy the Maria Kristin win, eh? ;)


So, its gonna be Maria Kristin Yulianti vs Li Wenyan tomorrow. Another winnable match perhaps?

I think so... :D :D :D

[Krisna]

The only pair who can sort of challenge them is Rijal n Grace...well in terms of INA team

Yup... Rijal-Greysia were the 2007 Swiss Open Superseries Runner Up... But got troubled when Greysia injured herself for a few months... :(

[badMania]

You were right on the mark so far [including Fran-Rendra], except Maria Kristin... :p But I know you enjoy the Maria Kristin win, eh? ;)


Well, a win is of course taken as a bonus as always :D She has proven that she can beat a top-ranked player.

Now...Rijal/Grace....can they at least win any title this year :cool:? They still have (kosong) title in their trophy cabinet :o

[badMania]

11-6 for He/Yu in the second set....

[Krisna]

What?!? 15 smash winners so far by He-Yu and only 5 by Tantowi-Yulianti?!? They are being so outgunned! Ouch.

[badMania]

What?!? 15 smash winners so far by He-Yu and only 5 by Tantowi-Yulianti?!? They are being so outgunned! Ouch.

Unavoidable....esp facing one of the tomboys :D

[madbad]

Come on Jun, prove everyone wrong :D. Jun 17-16 Jiang

[Krisna]

At this rate, I would rather see Huangkwokhau-Yulianti play! ;)

[badMania]

OK...at least the young guns score more pts than in the first set :o That's encouraging....

[badMania]

At this rate, I would rather see Huangkwokhau-Yulianti play! ;)

What :eek::eek::eek::eek:

But he did told me that u guys were having fun back in Jkt with Yulianti and co :o How nice.....

[badMania]

Chop chop for the top-seed He Hanbin/Yu Yang as they send our future XD hope Tantowi Ahmad/Yulianti packing home 21-10, 21-12 in 20 mins.

A lesson well-learnt, like Bona/Ahsan yesterday.

[madbad]

Chop chop for the top-seed He Hanbin/Yu Yang as they send our future XD hope Tantowi Ahmad/Yulianti packing home 21-10, 21-12 in 20 mins.

A lesson well-learnt, like Bona/Ahsan yesterday.

Well, that was inevitable

[badMania]

Ok...Rijal/Grace playing now...let's hope they can win and offer more resistance to He/Yu tomorrow.

[Krisna]

What :eek::eek::eek::eek:

But he did told me that u guys were having fun back in Jkt with Yulianti and co :o How nice.....

He he he... :D For the amateurs, Yulianti's smashes felt so powerful... :eek:

[badMania]

A shaky start for Rijal/Grace.....not so good omen :o

[madbad]

YES! Jun edges the 1st game 21-19 :):)

[Loh]

XAY finally puts away Petya 21-15 in the rubber

Good for Aiying! Pleasant surprise! :)

[madbad]

XD ENG 11-3 INA :eek: WHOA, too easy!

[madbad]

Good for Aiying! Pleasant surprise! :)

Yes, she's been riding a pretty good streak, which continued with this win. Petya's no mug, esp in Europe too. Good for her, good for my PAW too

[madbad]

What the... Jiang pulls out to a 7-4 lead :(. Come on Jun, show that Korean fighting spirit

[badMania]

I foresee Rijal/Grace throwing this set....trailing too much...but then...anything can happen :cool:

[badMania]

The INA pair just can't get any momentum in the first set :o:mad: Time to regroup themselves.

[madbad]

Hirayama responds with a lop sided 2nd game win 21-12
Jun edges ahead 9-8 :):):):):)

[badMania]

Hirayama responds with a lop sided 2nd game win 21-12
Jun edges ahead 9-8 :):):):):)

Go Jiang....go Kanako (for the sake of my 2 PAWs) :D

[Krisna]

Yeah maaannn, c'mon regroup regroup! Win one before I go to sleep... :)

[badMania]

OK...at least the INA pair finds some rhytm back....from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 consecutive pts now.

[Krisna]

hey... 14-18 now... C'mon Greysia! 15-18!

[badMania]

Yeah maaannn, c'mon regroup regroup! Win one before I go to sleep... :)

So early ah ;) U aren't planning to stay up for Andre?

[madbad]

Go Jiang....go Kanako (for the sake of my 2 PAWs) :D

Haha Badmania, completely opposite to my PAWs. Close games though.
Come on Jun :):):)

[badMania]

Ok...lost the first set 15-21 :o

[madbad]

hey... 14-18 now... C'mon Greysia! 15-18!

Suddenly it's over 21-15 :confused::confused:

[Krisna]

Ouch ouch.... But I still believe Rijal-Greysia can win this in 3 games!

[badMania]

Ouch ouch.... But I still believe Rijal-Greysia can win this in 3 games!

Yup...let's hope so....

[badMania]

Jun Jae Yun breaks Li Yongbo's heart again :D

[madbad]

Jun Jae Yun breaks Li Yongbo's heart again :D

And everyone's heart who PAWed against her. WOOOOOOOO :D:D:D:D:D

[badMania]

And everyone's heart who PAWed against her. WOOOOOOOO :D:D:D:D:D

Sad for my PAW...but not with the result :D

[madbad]

Kanako has a healthy 13-8 lead on Yu. Come on Yu, Fight like Jun

[badMania]

OK...Rijal/Grace are leading 11-8 in the second set.

[madbad]

Yu making a run 13-15 down now

[badMania]

Still a 3-pts gap at 17-14.

[madbad]

Games tightening
Yu 15-16 Kanako
INA 17-16 ENG

[badMania]

2 more pts to force a rubber now...19-16.

[madbad]

Yu now leads 17-16, Go go Yu!

[madbad]

ENG shaves the lead down to 20-19, and evens up at 20-20
Yu 18-17 Kanako
Close games

[badMania]

Oh dear...deuce :eek::mad:

[madbad]

INA takes it 22-20!
Yu at match point 20-18

[badMania]

Phew...Rijal/Grace eventually take it 22-20. Now on to the rubber set :cool:

[badMania]

Ah well...madbad gets 2 PAWs while I get none :crying:

[madbad]

Yu did it! Wins 21-18. :):):)

[Krisna]

So early ah ;) U aren't planning to stay up for Andre?

No lah... I'm dead tired now... Andre has to do while I'm zzzz zzzz ...:(

[madbad]

Ah well...madbad gets 2 PAWs while I get none :crying:

Don't feel bad, could happen to anyone. Hey at least INA are still in the XD match. I will cheer for them ;):):D

[Krisna]

Phew...Rijal/Grace eventually take it 22-20. Now on to the rubber set :cool:

See... INA will win it in rubber sets! :D

[madbad]

GO INA, win the rubber

[badMania]

Still tight in the early stages.....

[badMania]

The INA pair has a 4 pts lead at 11-7 in the decider set. Come on.....

[badMania]

A run of 7 straight pts from 13-11 to make it 20-11, before the ENG pair got 2 pts back. It's all over as Mohd Rijal/Greysia Polii take it home 16-21, 22-20, 21-13. They will now face He Hanbin/Yu Yang.

Krisna can sleep now.

[badMania]

A good start by Andre Kurniawan Tedjono as he takes the first set 21-14 in 14 mins.

[apontoh]

wow, PSH just scraped through Lu Yi with a 24-22 narrow win in the first game. Does anyone know how old are these players?

[apontoh]

And does anyone know who is Zhu Weilun?

[nugroho]

who?
wow...it's soo empty here... indonesian who lives in indo are all in bed i guess...

[apontoh]

Zhu Weilun, the guy who is playing Shoji Sato right now.

[badMania]

I am still following Andre's match...although half asleep now since its 3am in the morning :eek:

[badadum]

Not looking too good for Andre though. Don't think he'll have anything left (stamina-wise).

[badMania]

Not looking too good for Andre though. Don't think he'll have anything left (stamina-wise).

2 tough 3-sets encounter today...let's see....

[robin7]

Zhu just lost the 1st game narrowly 19-21 to Sato while Gong leads Tommy 11-7.

[robin7]

Sasaki has a huge lead 13-5 in the decider against Andre.

[apontoh]

Looks over for Andre, he's probably run out of steam...:o:mad:

[apontoh]

ahh, and I'm gonna lose one more PAW...:crying:

[badMania]

Sho Sasaki beat Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 14-21, 21-16, 21-9 :mad: Perhaps...stamina related.....:o

[robin7]

Zhu Weilun lost narrowly to Shoji Sato in straight sets 19-21 19-21. Many PAWers are heart-broken.:crying::crying:

[robin7]

Oh dear, Joachim took the lead for the first time in the decider at 18-16 from 11-15 down.

[robin7]

Tied at 18-all. Unbelievable. Roslin, u'd better win this one.

[robin7]

Joachim ahead 19-18....

[robin7]

19-all.........

[robin7]

Match pt for Roslin 20-19. Can he finish it?

[robin7]

Duece at 20-all.....

[robin7]

2nd match pt for Roslin 21-20. Can he do it this time?

[aZn_Popcorn]

A more interesting match would be Tago vs SSM.
Very close battle in that match,

[robin7]

Yes, Roslin Hashim finally secured a place in the QF after beating Joachim Persson 21-8 16-21 22-20.

[robin7]

5 game pts saved by Shon. The young Japanese just can't finish the game as happened in the 1st game.

[aZn_Popcorn]

Wow, what a game!
SSM defeats Tago 24-22 29-27 in a very very tight hard fought battle.

[robin7]

The young Tago wasted 2 & 5 game pts in game 1 & 2 respectively. A good lesson for him though. Shon Seung Mo won the close match at 24-22 29-27.

[madbad]

The young Tago wasted 2 & 5 game pts in game 1 & 2 respectively. A good lesson for him though. Shon Seung Mo won the close match at 24-22 29-27.

Sounded like an awesome match. I guess experience won out on the crucial points. Shon is going to be bagged for the matches tomorrow

[abedeng]

Good to see Maria and Xing passing their first stern tests. :)

Time for SEA Women to make their mark.

[Krisna]

The Korean MS and Japanese MS have improved tournament after tournament... I am impressed... Especially the Korean trio-MS: Lee Hyun Il, Park Sung Hwang, and Shon Seung Mo... they are tough to beat and probably can win a 2-1 edge in MS over MAS if they clash in the Thomas Cup...

As for Andre loosing to Sho Sasaki... most likely, it is stamina related... The earlier match against Alamsyah was very tasking...

[george@chongwei]

yess!!
roslin hashim won his match 2day..
hope he can continue his winning streak when he vs lee huyn ill 2day..

[samuel882]

The Korean MS and Japanese MS have improved tournament after tournament... I am impressed... Especially the Korean trio-MS: Lee Hyun Il, Park Sung Hwang, and Shon Seung Mo... they are tough to beat and probably can win a 2-1 edge in MS over MAS if they clash in the Thomas Cup...

As for Andre loosing to Sho Sasaki... most likely, it is stamina related... The earlier match against Alamsyah was very tasking...
And they can beat INA too: from 2 of their MS and one from the doubles, wherelse it will be a 50-50 against DEN, but no match against the might CHN:cool:

[Wong8Egg]

The young Tago wasted 2 & 5 game pts in game 1 & 2 respectively. A good lesson for him though. Shon Seung Mo won the close match at 24-22 29-27.

Wow, sounds like a very exciting game. I guess those a the moments where experience came into place.

[huangkwokhau]

The young Tago wasted 2 & 5 game pts in game 1 & 2 respectively. A good lesson for him though. Shon Seung Mo won the close match at 24-22 29-27.
It was very painful to lose the match like that....:(:(

[Loh]

It was very painful to lose the match like that....:(:(

Mr Huang, are you on the plane yet? I'm supposed to lunch with you tomorrow but not on the plane! :D

[huangkwokhau]

Mr Huang, are you on the plane yet? I'm supposed to lunch with you tomorrow but not on the plane! :D
The plane will be delayed till 8.50 pm..I will land around 1 am.....:eek::eek::eek:

[robin7]

It was very painful to lose the match like that....:(:(
Very true.... I felt sorry for Tago also.:(

[Loh]

The plane will be delayed till 8.50 pm..I will land around 1 am.....:eek::eek::eek:

Then remain awake throughout the journey and sleep only when you touch down. But don't sleep walk on our brand new Changi Terminal 3, if you have the pleasure of using it! :D

[huangkwokhau]

Then remain awake throughout the journey and sleep only when you touch down. But don't sleep walk on our brand new Changi Terminal 3, if you have the pleasure of using it! :D
Haha..........have to meet my auntie who will leave early morning for another trip.........I may be zombie suring lunch time...:D:D:D at least I can sip beer and free vodka here at United Lounge...:p:p