Draw for the Beijing Olympic Games Badminton events

[Morten]

hehe nah everything is possible, also for WMC. But her playstyle doesnt kinda indicate that she will make it. Technical the chinese players are superior in the womens single. Tine can match these chinese players or foreign players because of her offensive powerplay, but as I see it WMC doenst have these offensive weapons. However WMC has a fighting spirit like the fewest and is very agile on court, so if the pressure gets to high on the chinese ladies WMC might have a chance of crushing them. However if the chinese ladies are calm I predict them to be too good, even for Tine.

[madbad]

Bad draws for CTF/LWW & KKK/TBH...

Fishy...

Can't see anything from my end. Please update

[huangkwokhau]

No it is WD draw....

[sweetlover]

Bad draws for CTF/LWW & KKK/TBH...

Fishy...
whats are u means by thats???:confused:

[huangkwokhau]

KKK/TBH vs sakamoto/Ikeda

[madbad]

KKK/TBH vs sakamoto/Ikeda

Ooooooooo, that'll be a tasty one. The JPN duo is the last pair KKK/TBH want to see

[huangkwokhau]

Here is complete Draw of MD:

Kido/Hendra vs Guo/Xie
KKK/TBH vs Sakamoto/Ikeda
JJS/LYD vs Jonas/Paaske
Smith/Warfe vs Polish guy

[huangkwokhau]

Luluk/Alvent vs Tadashi/Keita
LWW/CTF vs Hwang Jiman /LJJ
South African vs Howard/bob
Jens/Martin vs Caiyun/FHF

[pauline]

wow,tough draw for LYD/JJS too...

[huangkwokhau]

in WD:

bad draw for INA WD

Vita/Lilyana vs Yang Wei/Zhang Ji Wen

[robin7]

MD

MK/HS [1] vs XZB/GZD - :eek:
KKK/TBH vs Sakamoto/Ikeda - :eek:
- 1st quarter is too crowded with all top 10 pairs?

JJS/LYD [3/4] vs JP/LR - :eek::eek::eek:
Logozs/Mateusiak vs Warfe/Smith

CTF/LWW [3/4] vs LJJ/HJM - :eek::eek:
Ohtsuka/Masuda vs Luluk/Alvent - :eek:

FHF/CY [2] vs JE/MLH - :eek:
Bach/Malaythong vs Dednam/Dednam
- Hmm, isn't it obvious? :rolleyes:

1st & 4th quarters are highly unbalanced. Very fishy... :rolleyes:

[efslin]

Robertson/Emms vs. Zheng Bo/Gao Ling R1 :eek:

He Hanbin/Yu Yang vs. Clark/Kellogg

CHN vs. ENG R1

[limsy]

Kido/Hendra vs Guo/Xie,ina will take it
KKK/TBH vs Sakamoto/Ikeda,oh...bye bye for mas???nah...rexy have someone to help him...:D
JJS/LYD vs Jonas/Paaske,will korea lose again???
Smith/Warfe vs Polish guy,poland win
Luluk/Alvent vs Tadashi/Keita,japanese pair
LWW/CTF vs Hwang Jiman /LJJ,erm...cant decide
South African vs Howard/bob,US win
Jens/Martin vs Caiyun/FHF,will chiina lose???

[Morten]

rofl bottom half of the mens double draw is an almost walk over for Fu/Cai.

[chemile]

Bad News! I read in Kompas.com that TH positive get Dengue fever. Usually if someone get dengue, they must bedrest around 2 weeks. Owww, SDK will be the one and only MS that Indonesia has. Eventough I don't predict TH will retain his title, but at least he will make other opponents bit afraid if meet him.

[huangkwokhau]

complete draw of XD

Nova/Natsir vs Han/Hwang
Sudket/Saralee vs Beres/valerie
Hehanbin/Yuyang vs clark/Kellog
Polsih pair vs ahwan/cupidon

Juhl/Layborn vs hendri/Liyujia
Vita/Flandy vs hopp/Brigit
Cooper/Flavell vs LYD/LJJ
ZB/GL vs Emms/Robetrson

[limsy]

Bad News! I read in Kompas.com that TH positive get Dengue fever. Usually if someone get dengue, they must bedrest around 2 weeks. Owww, SDK will be the one and only MS that Indonesia has. Eventough I don't predict TH will retain his title, but at least he will make other opponents bit afraid if meet him.

nope...1 week is enough...:D

[limsy]

complete draw of XD

Nova/Natsir vs Han/Hwang
Sudket/Saralee vs Beres/valerie
Hehanbin/Yuyang vs clark/Kellog
Polsih pair vs ahwan/cupidon

Juhl/Layborn vs hendri/Liyujia
Vita/Flandy vs hopp/Brigit
Cooper/Flavell vs LYD/LJJ
ZB/GL vs Emms/Robetrson

hmmm...exciting matches

[huangkwokhau]

Very tough draw for Zhengbo/Gaoling

Also HHB/Yuyang...Nova/Butet have to be aware with Sudket/Sara;ee

[robin7]

I have a feeling that the MD draw probably needs to be re-done...

[huangkwokhau]

I have a feeling that the MD draw probably needs to be re-done...
why?? I think it is fine.....no LWW/CTF vs KKK/TBH in 1st round

[Jagdpanther]

Zheng/Gao will meet the pair who beat them in Singapore SS?
That's cool!

Now, if only Nova/Lily and Flandy/Vita can stroll through...

[huangkwokhau]

Zheng/Gao will meet the pair who beat them in Singapore SS?
That's cool!

Now, if only Nova/Lily and Flandy/Vita can stroll through...
No..thats clark/Kellog who beat ZB/GL in Singapore....Emms/Robertson is tough too plus Korean....

HHB/YY is tough also with Clark/Kellog plus Polish pair always play them in tight matches....

Bye Bye INA in WD.....

[limsy]

erm...full wd draw please...

[huangkwokhau]

erm...full wd draw please...
it is empty........in excel sheet too:mad::mad:

[gitee]

in WD:

bad draw for INA WD

Vita/Lilyana vs Yang Wei/Zhang Ji Wen


What about posting the full WD draw ? Thank you.

[madbad]

I have a feeling that the MD draw probably needs to be re-done...

Why? Because MAS had "so called" unfavourable draws? All the names go into a hat, and get picked one by one. No different for others.

[chemile]

Zheng/Gao will meet the pair who beat them in Singapore SS?
That's cool!

Now, if only Nova/Lily and Flandy/Vita can stroll through...

Nova/Butet quite stable, but I little bit worry of Flandy/Vita. In last 2 tournaments, they lost from unseeded pair... I hope they will show the best performance they have in Beijing...This is the last Olympic for Flandy, and I hope that he can get the medal, bronze at least... :)

[chemile]

Bye Bye INA in WD.....

Why bye bye? Is it really tough draw, 1st round meet Chinese pair? I thought VM/LN is 8th seed, and they will meet Chinese in QF. I hope miracle will happen, as they have shown in IO when they beat WY/ZY. I know YW/ZZW is really good... but at least, they must try to the best...

[huangkwokhau]

Full Draw WD
Yang Wei/Zhang Ji wen vs Vita/Natsir
Luiz/Tanaka vs Maeda/Suetsuna
LKW/LHJ vs Wong/Chin
Li/Jiang vs Eva/Mesinee
Botts/Edwards vs Chien/Cheng
Emms/Kellog vs Wei Yili/Zhang Ya Wen
Juhl/Kristensen vs Shiota/Ogura
YY/Dujing vs Ha/Kim

[huangkwokhau]

Why bye bye? Is it really tough draw, 1st round meet Chinese pair? I thought VM/LN is 8th seed, and they will meet Chinese in QF. I hope miracle will happen, as they have shown in IO when they beat WY/ZY. I know YW/ZZW is really good... but at least, they must try to the best...
in double, only 4 seeded pairs

[limsy]

Full Draw WD
Yang Wei/Zhang Ji wen vs Vita/Natsir
Luiz/Tanaka vs Maeda/Suetsuna
LKW/LHJ vs Wong/Chin
Li/Jiang vs Eva/Mesinee
Botts/Edwards vs Chien/Cheng
Emms/Kellog vs Wei Yili/Zhang Ya Wen
Juhl/Kristensen vs Shiota/Ogura
YY/Dujing vs Ha/Kim

oh...bye bye for mas wd

[huangkwokhau]

I thought Ha.Kim did not qualify thats why they played in Singapore and INA Open....

[limsy]

I thought Ha.Kim did not qualify thats why they played in Singapore and INA Open....

ya...me too...hmm...

[eaglehelang]

Bad draws for CTF/LWW & KKK/TBH...

Fishy...

Uncles vs Korea 2nd MD pair isnt that bad.

LYD/JSS are up against the Denmark younger uncles, hmmm

[Jagdpanther]

Alrite, after looking at the drawings, where is INA's best bet in getting gold?
Still MD and XD?

[hansonlouphers]

Oh too bad for INA WD. bad draw. . Really really bad draw. . :( they must play hardest. .

[huangkwokhau]

Alrite, after looking at the drawings, where is INA's best bet in getting gold?
Still MD and XD?
I think so...XD draw is not bad.....MS is tough draw..WD ..is really realy tough..and WS? not easy to beat Tine...Maria still needs to overcome Schenk first....

[eaglehelang]

Why? Because MAS had "so called" unfavourable draws? All the names go into a hat, and get picked one by one. No different for others.

Fu/Cai also have to meet the "old men of badminton" JE/ML, so, not that bad me thinks. Not for the Msia uncles at least.

[huangkwokhau]

Pretty even in MD...all get tough draw....

[Morten]

indeed its MD and XD. WS hasnt been since audina left INA and in MS Sony normally delivers at big tourneys but 3 strong MS players from China will be to big a mouthful I think. Taufik in my opinion hasnt been anywhere near his top for the last 2 years and seems on his way to retire.

[nicholas_05]

Overall Draw R16 match ups:

MS:
Lin Dan vs PSH
Peter Gate vs Shoji Sato / Sridhar Anup
Chen Jin vs Kehlhoffner
Taufik / Wong Choong Hann vs Nguyen Tien Minh
Jonassen / Lee Hyun il vs Andrew Smith
Bao Chun Lai vs Wacha
Sony / Boonsak vs Rai Raju
Lee Chong Wei vs Pablo Abian

WS:
Xie Xing Fang vs Xing AiYing
Xu HuaiWen vs Yip Pui Yin / Tracey
Lu Lan v Anna Rice
Wong Mew Choo vs Petya
Maria Kristin vs Tine
Saina vs Wang Chen
Eriko Hirose vs Pi HongYan
Jun Jae Youn vs Zhang Ning

MD:
Kido/Hendra vs Guo/Xie
KKK/TBH vs Sakamoto/Ikeda
JJS/LYD vs Jonas/Paaske
Logozs/Mateusiak vs Warfe/Smith
Luluk/Alvent vs Tadashi/Keita
LWW/CTF vs Hwang Jiman /LJJ
Bach/Malaythong vs Dednam/Dednam
Jens/Martin vs Caiyun/FHF

WD:
Yang Wei/Zhang Ji wen vs Vita/Natsir
Luiz/Tanaka vs Maeda/Suetsuna
LKW/LHJ vs Wong/Chin
Li/Jiang vs Eva/Mesinee
Botts/Edwards vs Chien/Cheng
Emms/Kellog vs Wei Yili/Zhang Ya Wen
Juhl/Kristensen vs Shiota/Ogura
YY/Dujing vs Ha/Kim

XD:
Nova/Natsir vs Han/Hwang
Sudket/Saralee vs Beres/valerie
Hehanbin/Yuyang vs clark/Kellog
Mateusiak/Nadiezda vs ahwan/cupidon
Juhl/Layborn vs hendri/Liyujia
Vita/Flandy vs hopp/Brigit
Cooper/Flavell vs LYD/LJJ
ZB/GL vs Emms/Robetrson

[Jagdpanther]

Hum... Drawing phase is over. And we all know the full list of who will go against who.
Now, let's pray hard for them everyday, starting from today, so that they can give their 200% in OG!:)

[robin7]

Pretty even in MD...all get tough draw....
...except FHY/CY... I guess that is the homeground advantage...

But they managed to separate two pairs from the same country into different halves.

[CLELY]

Alrite, after looking at the drawings, where is INA's best bet in getting gold?
Still MD and XD?

Obviously, XD is still INA best hope to bag gold. MD is hard to say since Kido/Setiawan have crazy draw. MS draw isn't good prospect for INA representative. TH's opponent are Wong Choong Han, likely Nguyen Tien Minh, and CJ (quarterfinal). Meanwhile SDK will challenge Boonsak at second round and one of strong-fave LCW at quarter.

Forget it about WS and WD, Maria has an uphill task to defeat Tine. Also a big obstacle for Vita/Lilyana to face Olympic Champion Yang/Zhang despite INA pair lost to them in tight match at Uber Cup Final last May.

[Jessica]

wow...seem like everybody have tough match in MD..Really exciting..

[ctjcad]

..once again, the draws are turning out to be quite interesting and unpredictable. But wished if there are even number of competitiors, in each event.

[chris-ccc]

.
Greetings,

Well, I have just looked at the draw. :):):)

How come Tracey Hallam seeded 8??

For me it seems the mistake in the WS draw is Tracy Hallam receiving a seeded spot. I dont exactly recall the rankings at may but Tine won like 3 super series in 6 months so I guess she is the one to receive a 5/8 seeding and not tracy hallam who for ages havent been going further than 2nd round.
Tracey Hallam is not seeded. Wong Mew Choo is seeded 8.

BY the way , where is tine???

"Draw completed. Click the back back button to view the next category draw"
and tine isnt in the draw:eek::eek::eek:

it is empty........in excel sheet too:mad::mad:
Tine Rasmussen is in the draw. :):):)

Don't know what happened to the Excel Spreadsheet earlier. :eek::eek::eek:

Below, you can find the latest Excel Spreadsheet that was sent to me.

Cheers... chris@ccc
:):):)
.

[ctjcad]

..(courtesy of internationalbadminton.org) for those interested, while they are preparing the official draws to be posted on tournamentsoftware.com website.

MS draw-

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/ctjcad/Misc/OG-MS1f.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/ctjcad/Misc/OG-MS2f.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/ctjcad/Misc/OG-MS3f.jpg

[yourbestfriend]

MD is crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
expect to see the most upsets there.
it seems like the odds are stacked up against china in most of the disciplines. it was kind of funny to see zhengbo/gaoling vs robertson/emms first round hahahaah

[ctjcad]

..(courtesy of internationalbadminton.org)..for those interested..

WS draw-

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/ctjcad/Misc/OG-WS1f.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/ctjcad/Misc/OG-WS2f.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/ctjcad/Misc/OG-WS3f.jpg

[ctjcad]

..(courtesy of internationalbadminton.org)..for those interested..

MD draw-

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/ctjcad/Misc/OG-MD1f.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/ctjcad/Misc/OG-MD2f.jpg

[ctjcad]

..(courtesy of internationalbadminton.org)..for those interested..

WD draw-

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/ctjcad/Misc/OG-WD1f.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/ctjcad/Misc/OG-WD2f.jpg

[ctjcad]

..(courtesy of internationalbadminton.org)..for those interested..

XD draw-

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/ctjcad/Misc/OG-XD1f.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r310/ctjcad/Misc/OG-XD2f.jpg

[madbad]

Random ramblings...
- With his contraction of Dengue Fever, I'm not sure TH will clear WCH.
- LD will be severely tested by PSH. Not something LD wanted so early.
- Fu/Cai are presented with an easy path to the SF.
- MD draw is chock full of exciting matches.
- Classic encounter between GL/ZB and GE/NR on the cards.
- ZN faces a stacked draw in her half, including JJY, PHY, WC and Tine

Time for people to reassess their predictions. I certainly will

[ctjcad]

...
- Fu/Cai are presented with an easy path to the SF.
- MD draw is chock full of exciting matches.
...
..to the Semis, yes...
..but not necessarily an easy path for Fu & Cai to the Finals, IMO (a few of BCers thought the same also). If CTF & LWW can survive through their rounds, CHN's top MD pair will most likely meet their arch-nemesis before the Finals (and we all know how their matches had been recently). Yeah, CTF & LWW's 1st round match is definitely going to be one heck of a battle; but i'm going with the vets in this one.
Even Luluk & Alvent have an outside chance of going quite far (they've been almost un-noticeable)..
But yeah, concur with the MD excitement.:cool:

[huangkwokhau]

Now some people can say....expect the UPSETS....hehe

[ybs0501]

Gosh!! What a incredible tough path for Koo/Tan in order to get into final! Anyway, hope they can manage to do well!
My dream match for men single suppose to be LCW vs. Bao.
Hope they wont take me down!:rolleyes:

[Wong8Egg]

There will be tons of exciting encounters on the first day already.

KJ VS LHI - Very bad luck for the Danish veteran. I wished him to make it to the SF, but he is not likely to pass LHI.
SD vs PB - not easy for either of them.
TH vs WCH - Again, bad luck for the veteran.
LCW vs Ronald - Another first round miracle would fail BC's hope for reaching 1 million posts during OG.

RN/EG vs ZB/GL - wth, first round????

MD is craziest - every seeded pairs is facing a tougher first draw than the non-seeded.

WS - XXF has a better paths than ZN, but TR looks bright to enter the final too.

I think we can expect some major upset on first day. :cool:

[ctjcad]

You dang right!
Go JJY
..i think we probably can guess who she is....and esp. madbad... ;)
And guess when was this pic taken??.. ;)

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4546

[madbad]

..i think we probably can guess who she is....and esp. madbad... ;)
And guess when was this pic taken??.. ;)

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4546

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
I hope she can regain her pre-injury form quickly. I'm calling for her to upset the inconsistent ZN in R16

[madbad]

LCW vs Ronald - Another first round miracle would fail BC's hope for reaching 1 million posts during OG.

Hahaha, you hit the nail on the head. 1 million posts on BC will hang heavy on LCW's shoulders. Do you think we should pile the pressure on him by letting him know?? :D:D

[zqloy]

Could see another 1st round embarrassment from our MDs.........
Guys, man up plz! Esp KKK/TBH, i think Rexy will quit right away if they lose to the Japs again.........

[jermaine]

mens singles draw seem abit the-usual-draw we usually see.

IF, Lin dan beat PSH
IF, Chen jin beat taufik.H
IF, Bao CL beat Lee chong wei

it will be an all chinese final.

My prediction:
tough match for lin dan vs PSH>> lin dan will go through and most
probably take it there from chen jin.

I hope, Lee chong wei will be able to win Bao CL. this match will be
even exciting either.


Mens FINAL: LIN DAN VS LEE CHONG WEI (most desired match to watch) hope they play as if there wont be tomorrow :)

to me, i dont see which will be the eventual winner. it will depend on how they play on the day itself..

and finally,
both are already winners and top of badminton since both have reached the finals. :p

[narnia]

Just remember P, J, and L

Ms: P
Ws: J
Md: J-L
Wd: L-L
Xd: L-L

[madbad]

Just remember P, J, and L

Ms: P
Ws: J
Md: J-L
Wd: L-L
Xd: L-L

I endorse the single J one ;):D

[chemile]

Just remember P, J, and L

Ms: P
Ws: J
Md: J-L
Wd: L-L
Xd: L-L

Don't understand what is this? Do you mean all Korean will grab gold medals? Ok, you can dream on....

[madbad]

Don't understand what is this? Do you mean all Korean will grab gold medals? Ok, you can dream on....

That's what many have been saying to your countryman Indra :D:D:D

[eaglehelang]

Random ramblings...

- Fu/Cai are presented with an easy path to the SF.
- MD draw is chock full of exciting matches.
-
Time for people to reassess their predictions. I certainly will

He he, Fu/Cai lost to JE/ML in 2004 OG (since ppl are comparing Susilo's win over LD in 2004). Although they're the oldest pair, the Denmark uncles will still be fresh in 1st round, so we never know.;) But yes, MD has the most exiciting matches coming up.

[ctjcad]

That's what many have been saying to your countryman Indra :D:D:D
..we're still awaiting his prognostication on who the winners will be...:cool:
(gosh, i hope he won't jinx them)...:rolleyes:

[victory]

The draw for 3 chinese single players and Fu/Chai are good. They are lucky. For other players are all about the same. Malaysian players draws are not very good but not very bad. At least they do not have to meet each others in early rounds.

KKK/TBH draws are not so good indeed. However if their goal is to win gold medal they must aim to beat every pairs. In fact they should take this opportunity to prove to the world they can eliminate the japanese pair which they lost twice. Their win against the Japanese will boost up their confident sky high. GO GO GO Malaysian players!

[ybs0501]

i totally agree with you! if they win then they really capable to eiminate everyone

[FuWang]

The draw for 3 chinese single players and Fu/Chai are good. They are lucky. For other players are all about the same. Malaysian players draws are not very good but not very bad. At least they do not have to meet each others in early rounds.

KKK/TBH draws are not so good indeed. However if their goal is to win gold medal they must aim to beat every pairs. In fact they should take this opportunity to prove to the world they can eliminate the japanese pair which they lost twice. Their win against the Japanese will boost up their confident sky high. GO GO GO Malaysian players!

Actually I don't really understand about Badminton..... I've just like this game few months ago..... Do u mean (the bold), Chinese players have the chances to win the game (according to the draw)?!

[victory]

Well when I say they have good draws means their opponents/potential opponents that stand in their way are perceived as weaker than them. So they have a higher chance to win. However, in badminton especially in big tournament like Oplympic. Up set is very common. So in my humble opinion they only have marginally higher chance.

[donvito]

complete draw of XD

Nova/Natsir vs Han/Hwang
Sudket/Saralee vs Beres/valerie
Hehanbin/Yuyang vs clark/Kellog
Polsih pair vs ahwan/cupidon

Juhl/Layborn vs hendri/Liyujia
Vita/Flandy vs hopp/Brigit
Cooper/Flavell vs LYD/LJJ
ZB/GL vs Emms/Robetrson

Thanks for the update! ZB/GL vs emms/robertson is a tough one...

[cooler]

BADMINTON/Olympic Watch: Tough draw for Malaysians
By K.M. Boopathy

2008/07/27

BRAVE words followed the Beijing Olympics badminton draw yesterday but privately, the Malaysian shuttlers must know that if they are to end the long wait for gold, it will require superhuman effort. Of the lot, only men's singles Lee Chong Wei seemed to have luck on his side as he avoided bogeyman Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia but the same didn't happen to Wong Choong Hann and the men's doubles.

In fact, Wong Choon Hann, Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah and Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong were left contemplating potential first round exits as they drew players who have held the upperhand against them in recent times.

Chong Wei, seeded second, received a first round bye but faces a potentially tricky second round match against Ronald Susilo of Singapore.

Ronald sent China's Lin Dan packing in the first round in Athens 2004 but if Chong Wei's recent form and confidence are anything to go by, he will not suffer the same fate.

Victory will likely pit Chong Wei against Stanislav Pukhov of Russia with a possible quarter-final against either Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia or Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana.

That should be followed by a semi-final meeting with third seed Bao Chunlai of China, with the Malaysian 8-4 up in the head-to-head.

Further good news for Chong Wei is that while he avoided darkhorse Lee Hyun Il in the early rounds, Chunlai has to negotiate past the South Korean in the quarter-finals.

A win for Chong Wei will mean a final showdown with Lin Dan but for Wong Choong Hann, it could be over after just the first match.

The veteran plays Taufik in the second round, with both having drawn a first round bye, and it will be the second meeting between them at the Olympics. In Athens, Taufik swept past Choong Hann in the third round.

Tan Fook-Wan Wah open against All England runners-up Lee Jae Jin-Hwang Ji Man of South Korea in the first round.

Jae Jin-Ji Man beat Tan Fook-Wan Wah in their only meeting, in the quarter-finals of the Asian Badminton Championships this year.

If the veterans survive, their chances of making it to the semi-finals look good as they will meet either Indonesia's Luluk Hadiyanto-Alven Yulianto or Japan's Keita Masuda-Tadashi Ohtsuka in the quarter-finals. The Malaysians have a better track record against both pairs.

Their semi-final opponents are expected to be second seeds Fu Haifeng-Cai Yun of China and Tan Fook-Wan Wah lead 6-4 in the head-to-head.

It is even trickier for Kien Keat-Boon Heong as they will be playing bogeymen Shuichi Sakamoto-Shintaro Ikeda of Japan in the first round.

Japan's No 1 pair beat Kien Keat-Boon Heong in their last two meetings.

A win will most likely pit the Malaysians against top seeds Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan in the quarter-finals, provided the Indonesians overcome China's Guo Zhendong-Xie Zhongbo in the first round.

Kien Keat-Boon Heong have not lost in four meetings with Markis-Hendra.

Kien Keat-Boon Heong are expected to face South Koreans Jung Jae Sung-Lee Yong Dae, who have a difficult first round encounter against Denmark's Lars Paaske-Jonas Rasmussen, in the last four.

In the women's singles, eighth seed Wong Mew Choo should reach the last eight where she is expected to take on third seed Lu Lan of China.

Mew Choo has an outside chance of reaching the semi-finals as she has beaten Lu Lan twice in five previous meetings.

In the women's doubles, Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui are in for a rough ride as they take on fourth seeds Lee Kyung Wong-Lee Hyo Jung of South Korea in the first round.


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[Tommy Susanto]

XingAiYing over XXF in round sweet 16;)

[samuel882]

Based on the draw, Korean LJJ/HJM could go all the way to the finals....
They stand more chances then their compatriots, the hot favourites JJS/LYD

[george@chongwei]

Based on the draw, Korean LJJ/HJM could go all the way to the finals....
They stand more chances then their compatriots, the hot favourites JJS/LYD
ah fook and ah wah surely will gave them a hard and revenging time in the 1st round 1st..:rolleyes::)
dont underestimate our uncles..
i believe they can do it!:cool:

[george@chongwei]

hmm..1st round lee chong wei vs ronald..
hmmmmmmmmmm:p

[indra]

Hm...hm...hm...I sense that LD's journey will end at the hand of PSH

I am not sure if LCW can pass SDK this time. SDK is now a monster ready to "swallow" LCW

XD...dissaster for Gao Ling/ Zheng Bo....

Again ...another disaster for No. 1 WS who have to meet Lyliana / Vita.....

Overall, it's a good draw for Ina

[madbad]

Hm...hm...hm...I sense that LD's journey will end at the hand of PSH

I am not sure if LCW can pass SDK this time. SDK is now a monster ready to "swallow" LCW

XD...dissaster for Gao Ling/ Zheng Bo....

Again ...another disaster for No. 1 WS who have to meet Lyliana / Vita.....

Overall, it's a good draw for Ina

Gotta love indra. I sure hope the upsets roll

[george@chongwei]

hmm, sandy is surely a very busy man now!:D

[volcom]

Hm...hm...hm...I sense that LD's journey will end at the hand of PSH

I am not sure if LCW can pass SDK this time. SDK is now a monster ready to "swallow" LCW

XD...dissaster for Gao Ling/ Zheng Bo....

Again ...another disaster for No. 1 WS who have to meet Lyliana / Vita.....

Overall, it's a good draw for Ina
Only agree with one prediction and it ain't the alpha or omega :D

[Joyous]

Hm...hm...hm...I sense that LD's journey will end at the hand of PSH

I am not sure if LCW can pass SDK this time. SDK is now a monster ready to "swallow" LCW

XD...dissaster for Gao Ling/ Zheng Bo....

Again ...another disaster for No. 1 WS who have to meet Lyliana / Vita.....

Overall, it's a good draw for Ina


Ha..ha.. Indra, the soothsayer cum psychic is back!!! Looks like B'cers are more anxious than the players for the end results. I shall hope and wait patiently and see.....the results

cheers

[Loh]

XingAiYing over XXF in round sweet 16;)

Wah, our Tommy has turned over a new leaf! No more Singapore bashing? :eek:

It will be a good omen for all our Singaporean shuttlers! ;):):D

[apontoh]

If the news about TH's dengue fever is true, then it sounds like karma to me for TH's arrogance against PBSI etc. I still hope that he will recover though, but he'll need to dig deep to get pass WCH and then Vietnamese dark horse Nguyen in R2.

Sony has an outside chance but I would be happy with another bronze from him. MK/HS will have to be in their absolute top best to progress to the finals as they got a very tough draw indeed.
Maria Kristin should get good playing experinece against Tine in round 1/16.
VM/LN should forget about WD and concentrate on XD, where INA's biggest chance for a gold lies.

[chris-ccc]

VM/LN should forget about WD and concentrate on XD, where INA's biggest chance for a gold lies.



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:D:D:D Don't you be surprised if VM can win both the WD and XD Gold medals. :D:D:D
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[limsy]

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:D:D:D Don't you be surprised if VM can win both the WD and XD Gold medals. :D:D:D
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haha...i wont be surprise...^^

[chris-ccc]

Hm...hm...hm...I sense that LD's journey will end at the hand of PSH.



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Fans of KOR will be very pleased if PSH and/or LHI could arrive at the MS Final (best if they are to meet each other there). KOR players have yet to win an Olympic MS Badminton Gold medal.

Many hope that the MS Badminton Gold would go to KOR or MAS this year, at Beijing 2008.

Up to now, the MS Badminton Gold medals have only been won by INA(twice), CHN(once) and DEN(once). So it could be 5th time lucky for KOR or MAS. :):):)
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[d65up2]

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Fans of KOR will be very pleased if PSH and/or LHI could arrive at the MS Final (best if they are to meet each other there). KOR players have yet to win an Olympic MS Badminton Gold medal.

Many hope that the MS Badminton Gold would go to KOR or MAS this year, at Beijing 2008.

Up to now, the MS Badminton Gold medals have only been won by INA(twice), CHN(once) and DEN(once). So it could be 5th time lucky for KOR or MAS. :):):)
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Korea ok but MAS no

[chris-ccc]

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Greetings,

It was reported that Li Yongbo considered the WD draw as the worst one among all the five events.

For link (Xinhua): click here (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/29/content_8838856.htm) .

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Defending champion Yang considers badminton draw not bad

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Olympic Champion Yang Wei on Tuesday expressed her confidence in defending the women's doubles' championship at the Beijing Olympics, saying the draw result is "not bad." The badminton draw for the coming Olympics pitted defending champions Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in the first round against fledging Indonesian pair Liliyana Natsir and Vita Marissa, currently ranked No.7 on women's doubles' list.

The draw result for Yang/Zhang was chorused as bad luck by media reports. Even Li Yongbo, head coach of the Chinese badminton team, took it as the worst one among all the five events.

Veteran Yang, however, chose to believe in faith and fate, which are the two pillars of beliefs stated by Amy Tan, a famous Chinese-American writer in her first non-fiction book The Opposite of Fate.

"I prefer to believe in faith," Yang wrote in her personal blog." If all the members of the Chinese squad have faith in victory, we will serve many fantastic games for sports fans all over the world."

The badminton draw ceremony was held last Saturday by the Badminton World Federation in Henan Plaza, and the competition will start from August 9 to 17 at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.

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Cheers... chris-ccc
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[indra]

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Greetings,

It was reported that Li Yongbo considered the WD draw as the worst one among all the five events.

For link (Xinhua): click here (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/29/content_8838856.htm) .

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Defending champion Yang considers badminton draw not bad

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Olympic Champion Yang Wei on Tuesday expressed her confidence in defending the women's doubles' championship at the Beijing Olympics, saying the draw result is "not bad." The badminton draw for the coming Olympics pitted defending champions Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in the first round against fledging Indonesian pair Liliyana Natsir and Vita Marissa, currently ranked No.7 on women's doubles' list.

The draw result for Yang/Zhang was chorused as bad luck by media reports. Even Li Yongbo, head coach of the Chinese badminton team, took it as the worst one among all the five events.

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Cheers... chris-ccc
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Absolutely agree....if a question is asked to the top seeded (rank 1 - 4) WD pair " who will they avoid to meet before the Final?"...the answer will surely be " Vita/Lyliana"....

[Loh]

Korea ok but MAS no

But why not MAS?
Any reason for not picking MAS? :confused:

[rizayosia]

It's not an easy draw for Indonesian players. TH, SDK, MK/HS, MKY, LN/VM have a tough draw for the first match. :(

[george@chongwei]

But why not MAS?
Any reason for not picking MAS? :confused:
judging from many of his posts, he is anti malaysia.:rolleyes::rolleyes::mad::o

[chris-ccc]

It's not an easy draw for Indonesian players. TH, SDK, MK/HS, MKY, LN/VM have a tough draw for the first match. :(



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Actually, all participants should play every match as though they are playing their final match.

:):):)
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[george@chongwei]

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Actually, all participants should play every match as though they are playing their final match.

:):):)
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yeah, and im sure that all shuttlers will be in 110% form when they play each match in the OG08.:)