XIA XUANZE just beat. WONG CHOONG HANN 6/8 8/6 7/5 8/6

the next match will be played by:

ZHANG JUN, WANG WEI vs. CHAN CHONG MING, CHEW CHOON ENG
BAO CHUNLAI vs. HASHIM MUHD HAFIZ B
ZHANG WEI, CHEN QIQIU vs. LEE WAN WAH, CHOONG TAN FOOK
LIN DAN vs. LEE TSUEN SENG

as have been predicted. Malaysia will be playing the youngsters, and so is China.

and LYB didnt' bluff afterall, the lineup for doubles changed again. Zhang Jun is back with Wang Wei. another gamble by the Chinese. but just as before, there is nothing to lose.

it will be youngsters vs. youngster, it will be a fast & furious games indeed.

Is anybody actually watching the match? (As in watching on TV, not just numbers on a screen... ;) )

china trailing 3-4...

china trailing 4-6.

Mag, I'm watching on TV now. It is such a great semi-final ...

Malaysia won the 3rd game, 7 vs 5.

What a semi final!

Malaysia edged out China 3-1. the final scoring was:

XIA XUANZE bt. WONG CHOONG HANN 6/8 8/6 7/5 8/6
ZHANG JUN, WANG WEI loss to CHAN CHONG MING, CHEW CHOON ENG 4/7 5/7 2/7
BAO CHUNLAI loss to HASHIM MUHD HAFIZ B 7/1 4/7 7/8 7/1 5/7
ZHANG WEI, CHEN QIQIU loss to LEE WAN WAH, CHOONG TAN FOOK 7/5 8/6 1/7 3/7 3/7

Condolences to China fans. What an exciting match.

First singles could have gone either way with Wong losing his temper over bad calls.2nd doubles whitewash.

2nd singles was a case of Bao burning himself out against the patient defensive and

countre-attacking Hafiz. Experience counts.

2nd doubles Choong/Lee clumsy but very skillful.Chinese fact/powerful but lacked strategy and creativity.

Maybe it pays to hire a foreign doubles coach with latest technology.

Not to worry folks this is just a rehearsal for the next T Cp final in 2 years.

interesting point about hiring doubles coach. with LYB arrogance, i doubt China will ever do that.

Since Li Yongbo/Tian Bingyi retired, Chinese's men double teams were always weak. It's surprising that Li Yongbo himself can't develop any strong double teams. It's time for China to find out when Park Joo Bong is available.

Rehearsal for the next TC final? True, so true. The way things are going, it seems like CHN and MAS are the only teams with enough spare reserve for next time.

Originally posted by Bbn
Condolences to China fans. What an exciting match.

First singles could have gone either way with Wong losing his temper over bad calls.2nd doubles whitewash.

2nd singles was a case of Bao burning himself out against the patient defensive and

countre-attacking Hafiz. Experience counts.

2nd doubles Choong/Lee clumsy but very skillful.Chinese fact/powerful but lacked strategy and creativity.

Maybe it pays to hire a foreign doubles coach with latest technology.

Not to worry folks this is just a rehearsal for the next T Cp final in 2 years.