DENMARK open 2008 DRAW!

[george@chongwei]

looks like a great draw for lee chong wei:D:)
but its quite a tough draw for mew choo :rolleyes::o
btw, lets see how far kkk/tbh can go in this tournament..their half has the new chinese combination pair cai yun.shen ye..
here`s the draw.

[george@chongwei]

i hope malaysia press wont gave chong wei so much pressure on winning this tournament though.:rolleyes:

Badminton: Easier for Chong Wei in Odense after Lin Dan withdrawal

By LIM TEIK HUAT

PETALING JAYA: Olympic champion Lin Dan of China is skipping the Denmark Open as well. And it is yet another opportunity for Lee Chong Wei to win his first title as the reigning world number one.
In the absence of Lin Dan, the Malaysian ace has failed to live up to his top billing in tournaments thus far.
Lin Dan has been out of competition since his rout of Chong Wei in the Olympic men’s singles final in August and flying the flag for China in the tournament in Odense from Oct 21-26 will be Bao Chunlai and Chen Jin.
Lin Dan’s decision not to defend the title presents Chong Wei the chance to extend his lead at the top of the rankings and also made amends for his losses in the Japan and Macau Opens.
The top seeded Chong Wei should have no trouble beating fellow Malaysians Sairol Amar Ayob and Mohd Hafiz Hashim in the first and second round respectively. And he is expected to play against Indonesia’s Simon Santoso in the quarter-finals.
If Chong Wei advances, there is a possible rematch of the Macau Open final against Indonesian Taufik Hidayat, who starts against Malaysian veteran Wong Choong Hann and has the third seeded Chunlai in his quarter of the draw.
In the women’s singles, Wong Mew Choo will find it tough from the second round as she is likely to face World Championships runner-up Wang Chen of Hong Kong.
Mew Choo, who is in the same half of the draw as world number one Xie Xingfang of China, will likely play against third seed Tine Rasmussen of Denmark if she advances to the quarter-finals.
The Malaysian men’s pair of Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong will have to secure their first semi-finals appearance in the Super Series this season to get back among the top four in the world rankings.
The world number five, who retained the Macau Open title last Sunday, should clear the early rounds but can expect a tricky challenge in the form of Chinese scratch pair Cai Yun-Chen Xu in the quarter-finals.
It is tougher for Mohd Fai*ru*zizuan Mohd Tazari-Mohd Zakry Latif, who are seeking to regain their confidence after early round setbacks in their last two Super Series tournaments €” the Japan Open and China Masters.
They are in the same half as top seeds and world champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia and also have in their path another Chinese scratch pair, Guo Zhendong-He Hanbin, in the second round.
Women’s pair Chin Eei Hui-Wong Pei Tty are the fourth seeds and stand a good chance to reach the quarter-finals where they will probably play against China’s Pang Pang-Qing Tian.

[robin7]

Very bad draw for MAS in XD.

1st round
Razif/ChongSC will face 2nd seeds HHB/YY while LimKW/WongPT will meet KooKK/NgHL and the winner will play 2nd seeds in the 2nd round.

2nd round
Poor TanWK/WoonKW will meet top seeds Nova/Liliyana in the 2nd round.

[robin7]

Bad draw for MAS in MS as 5 players are drawn at the same half despite LCW having a favorable draw.

Sairul and Hafiz will face LCW in the 1st and 2nd round respectively.

WCH will meet TH in the 1st round and if he advances (or TH withdraws), BCL will await in the QF.

LTS will face Simon in the 2nd round.

[etudiant]

unfavourable draw for Ina XD as Rijal/Vita vs Flandy/Greysia in 1st...but the rest of discipline looking quite good....MKY should have a chance to revenge against LL in 2nd....and also for GeNit as they should face C Shu/Z Yunlei again in 2nd....Vita-Butet shouldn't have a problem breeze into final as they've been drawn apart from all Chinese....interesting match ups in Ina's MS and MD as well.....best of luck for Ina shuttlers....

[abesadi]

Great, i want to see MKY revenge LL in 2nd round.
I hope MKY can win and meet Zhu Lin and take revenge againts her..

But poor to bona and ahsan, they should meet the 2nd seed in the 2nd round.. But i think, bona/ahsan have some lesson to beat the dane's pair from their last match in japan open ss..

Good luck to all ina players..

SEMANGAT YAH!!

AYO, INDONESIA BISA!

[Jagdpanther]

After 7 titles in 3 weeks for INA team, somehow I have a feeling that DEN Open is the beginning of dry season for us.
The top seeds have shown themselves. It won't be easy anymore.

I hope our shuttlers can prove me wrong.:)

And, yes, Indonesia Bisa! :D
(Gotta go with our own chant, I think... :p)

[nick.h]

Why didnt INA send Joko/Hendra?are the being isolated like luluk/alvent?sigh....
but yeah Indonesia Bisa!!

[etudiant]

i dont think Joko/Hendra are being isolated...its just probably the executive strategies of Ina's coaches to be selective to send our players that maybe not so transparent....or simply that Joko/Hendra are prepared for next SS outside Europe....last two SS : Chn and Hkg.....

[badders7]

Can anyone confirm Taufiks appearance or withdrawel at the Denmark Open? Would be really nice to see him in shape for the Denmark Open!

[huangkwokhau]

Can anyone confirm Taufiks appearance or withdrawel at the Denmark Open? Would be really nice to see him in shape for the Denmark Open!
as far as I know that His coach and TH told me he was not going due to visa processing time unless he gets special excemption from Danish Embassy in Jakarta....they will know by this week.

[huangkwokhau]

Why didnt INA send Joko/Hendra?are the being isolated like luluk/alvent?sigh....
but yeah Indonesia Bisa!!
Alvent/Luluk is no longer together.
Alvent with pair with Rendra and their first outing will be in NZ Open.

Joko/Hendra do not get along..there a a talk that Hendra AG will be specialized in XD...not sure yet...the problem is that they have not found any partner for Joko either...in practice, Joko paired with Devin and been told they were doing well...then Devin is in XD....we will know more by end of this year with new management...

[atmavidy]

Alvent/Luluk is no longer together.
Alvent with pair with Rendra and their first outing will be in NZ Open..
Any info about New Zealand open??
When will NZ Open be held??
I can't find any thread talking about it and INA players that take a part there..

[huangkwokhau]

Any info about New Zealand open??
When will NZ Open be held??
I can't find any thread talking about it and INA players that take a part there..
Okay..I will list some of them.

Most of them are going to NZ as they are not competing at Kejurnas

[atmavidy]

Ohw,, sorry, I just found the NZ's threads...
:-D :-D

[badMania]

After 7 titles in 3 weeks for INA team, somehow I have a feeling that DEN Open is the beginning of dry season for us.
The top seeds have shown themselves. It won't be easy anymore.


Well, we have not won any title in Denmark Open for ages....so, its not surprising if we didn't win any title at all :cool:

Our records in the European SS are pretty atrocious :mad: So, any (and I mean any one of them) will be welcomed :rolleyes:

[ctjcad]

...hmm, so quiet...I wonder where are our vocal local Denmark BCers??...namely yannie and akskytt??..:confused:..You guys should be covering all over this tourney...;)

Are you guys expecting any players in particular to come??..:confused:

[hansonlouphers]

unfavourable draw for Ina XD as Rijal/Vita vs Flandy/Greysia in 1st..

oh man.. :(:(:(

Vita/Flandy will win tis round 1

[zzz...]

Cai Yun is not pairing Fu Hai Feng, does this mean China is also trying out new pairing? Or Fu is drop, since he is pretty inconsistent.

[yannie]

...hmm, so quiet...I wonder where are our vocal local Denmark BCers??...namely yannie and akskytt??..:confused:..You guys should be covering all over this tourney...;)

Are you guys expecting any players in particular to come??..:confused:

we're here chris. :) now doing more reading than posting in bc.

we're expecting all players to come. ;) the more the merrier.

[ctjcad]

..good to see you reporting here, ms. yanyan. For a second i though you wouldn't be updating us anymore. And, is your partner in crime aka Ms. askytt going to update us with any happenings also?...http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/45.gif
Yeah, this yr should bring many more top players. Cos i remember the Denmark Open from last yr, you wanted to see many players & really went down to your knees and were doing a lot of this http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/63.gif, eh??..;)

[george@chongwei]

Chong Wei may/might skip the Denmark Open and compete in the French Open, the following week, instead.

remember the bold word..;)

[touya]

i read my newspaper today and saw a news...

they said that Rijal/vita, flandy/polii, Nova/Lily will not participate in Denmark for saving their energy for French open..
INA will only send INA XD juniors to Denmark...
Is this true??? because i think without them, this SS will less exciting...:crying::crying:
Is this mean also Vita/Lily wouldn't play for WD too??

[yan_brot]

Ohw,, sorry, I just found the NZ's threads...
:-D :-D

pliz post the link
NZL OPEN should be starting this week
any result plizz???

[yan_brot]

i read my newspaper today and saw a news...

they said that Rijal/vita, flandy/polii, Nova/Lily will not participate in Denmark for saving their energy for French open..
INA will only send INA XD juniors to Denmark...
Is this true??? because i think without them, this SS will less exciting...:crying::crying:
Is this mean also Vita/Lily wouldn't play for WD too??

WHAAATTT..!!!!!!!!!!!
Why dont they join DenSS then skip FraSS, to get more rest to face Chin and HK SS...........
hiks...hiks.... i would b very disappointed if they dont join

[huangkwokhau]

i read my newspaper today and saw a news...

they said that Rijal/vita, flandy/polii, Nova/Lily will not participate in Denmark for saving their energy for French open..
INA will only send INA XD juniors to Denmark...
Is this true??? because i think without them, this SS will less exciting...:crying::crying:
Is this mean also Vita/Lily wouldn't play for WD too??
Just checked with Butet...she confirmed that she and Nova, Rizal/Vita are not going...she is not sure about Flandy/Grace...

[robin7]

Just checked with Butet...she confirmed that she and Nova, Rizal/Vita are not going...she is not sure about Flandy/Grace...
Then, good news to TanWK/WoonKW... :D Hope they can advance at least QF.

[leonardklh]

yaya... twk/wkw rocks....

[leonardklh]

razif and sabrina had a bad draw... they versus the chinese in the first round....

[Yong_Hui]

pliz post the link
NZL OPEN should be starting this week
any result plizz???

NZ open is postponed until next month if i'm not mistaken....

[huangkwokhau]

i read my newspaper today and saw a news...

they said that Rijal/vita, flandy/polii, Nova/Lily will not participate in Denmark for saving their energy for French open..
INA will only send INA XD juniors to Denmark...
Is this true??? because i think without them, this SS will less exciting...:crying::crying:
Is this mean also Vita/Lily wouldn't play for WD too??
Flandy confirmed that he and Grace are going to DEN Open but not Taufik..Vita/Rijal and Nova/Natsir........

For Simon, he is still nurturing his back injury...2 weeks ago, he still had a bit pain..lets see if he can recover in time to go...if not, he will drop out too...

[robin7]

Flandy confirmed that he and Grace are going to DEN Open but not Taufik..Vita/Rijal and Nova/Natsir........
Good news to WCH too and QF is very likely for him.

[yannie]

..good to see you reporting here, ms. yanyan. For a second i though you wouldn't be updating us anymore. And, is your partner in crime aka Ms. askytt going to update us with any happenings also?...http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/45.gif
Yeah, this yr should bring many more top players. Cos i remember the Denmark Open from last yr, you wanted to see many players & really went down to your knees and were doing a lot of this http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/63.gif, eh??..;)

partner in crime. :confused: what have we done? hahaha.
missing out hau ge and francis this year :crying: and of course all the other bc'ers.

[Han]

Seems like Olympics is the killer to the success of the remaining 2008 tournaments, so many withdrawal and non-participating :crying:

[ctjcad]

Seems like Olympics is the killer to the success of the remaining 2008 tournaments, so many withdrawal and non-participating :crying:
..somewhat alluded about this scenario in another thread, that this yr's OG has left somekind of a lingering effect to the subsequent tourneys. Partly, it's the timing issue. Not only are we missing CHN's top players, but also those from KOR and DEN.:p
I don't recall how long did the residual OG effect take place after the 2004 OG (Athens). I know i was a pure BC newbie in 2004, so any BCer, in that era, still remembers??..:confused:

[event]

..somewhat alluded about this scenario in another thread, that this yr's OG has left somekind of a lingering effect to the subsequent tourneys. Partly, it's the timing issue. Not only are we missing CHN's top players, but also those from KOR and DEN.
I don't recall how long did the residual OG effect take place after the 2004 OG (Athens). I know i was a pure BC newbie in 2004, so any BCer, in that era, still remembers?I don't think I had joined BC yet then either. I can tell you, though, that according to BC (http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=64), there were 3 European tournaments a month after the Olympics and that no Koreans played in any of them. Also, the schedule wasn't as packed back then. I think there were only seven 5 or 6 star tournaments that year and one, the HK Open, was cancelled. Remember that in 2004, the French and Swiss were much smaller and there was no China Masters and the Malaysian and All England were offering less than 5* prize money. That made it easy to pack more high-level tournaments into the last two months so there were four 5,6* events in November and December and although the HK Open was cancelled, the China, Singapore and Indonesia Opens were fairly well attended and we saw the new partnerships especially in XD like Nova/Lilyana, Xie/Zhang, and Lee/Lee and WD like Lee/Lee. Some new pairs had come in brand new right after the Olympics, of course. Bach/Gunawan, for example, were in the US Open and the 3 European tournaments starting in September and Xie/Zhang debuted in Denmark in October. We've seen that kind of thing this year, too, with the new Chinese entries playing in Japan,CM, and Macau.

Still, none of Korea's top singles players - Jun Jae Youn, Lee Hyun Il, or Shon Seung Mo - played internationally again until 2005.

I don't remember that many retirements, though, other than the obvious five Koreans (Kim,Ra,Lee,Yoo and Kim Yong-hyun with Ha Tae Kwun coming a little later) and Thailand's Teerawiwatana, whose departure left Tisana without a partner. Xia Xuanze had already been left off the Olympic team and Zhou Mi's hiatus had not yet begun as she played in the China Open in November.

[ctjcad]

..i kinda remember that, but boy, BC was still "quiet" at that time....
And yes, i do still remember that yr's U.S. Open and it was also the first time i made my first ever post in BC...:p;)..Time sure flies and i can't imagine we're already 4 yrs from that time...:eek:

[volcom]

Time waits for no one... sigh

[leeza_jia]

I've heard that Widianto/Natsir will not participate in Denmark Open 'cause PB PBSI want them to have a break before France Open. Is that true?

[baihaki_as]

..i kinda remember that, but boy, BC was still "quiet" at that time....
And yes, i do still remember that yr's U.S. Open and it was also the first time i made my first ever post in BC...:p;)..Time sure flies and i can't imagine we're already 4 yrs from that time...:eek:

yeah time goes by and you make 5000% post more than me eventhough we joint bc in the same year

[K14N2]

Flandy confirmed that he and Grace are going to DEN Open but not Taufik..Vita/Rijal and Nova/Natsir........

For Simon, he is still nurturing his back injury...2 weeks ago, he still had a bit pain..lets see if he can recover in time to go...if not, he will drop out too...

What about Vita/Liliyana in WD? Withdraw too..??:confused:

[etudiant]

I've heard that Widianto/Natsir will not participate in Denmark Open 'cause PB PBSI want them to have a break before France Open. Is that true?

yeah..its true they're not going...but isnt the reason is about the visa... Danish Embassy's litte bit strict this time.....and also welcome to the forum.......

[leeza_jia]

yeah..its true they're not going...but isnt the reason is about the visa... Danish Embassy's litte bit strict this time.....and also welcome to the forum.......

well, thanks that a nice of you.
yeah, I am not really sure though, but I read that info from Indonesian newspaper.
Anyway, they're still going to France open, right?
Hope,they can give the best of them

[huangkwokhau]

What about Vita/Liliyana in WD? Withdraw too..??:confused:
Of course..........

[Ethan_Brand0]

Cai Yun is not pairing Fu Hai Feng, does this mean China is also trying out new pairing? Or Fu is drop, since he is pretty inconsistent.

yeah!!! what has happened here? Is there any official news as to why the change was made!?
I'm more than a little disappointed. I really like this pair.

[huangkwokhau]

yeah!!! what has happened here? Is there any official news as to why the change was made!?
I'm more than a little disappointed. I really like this pair.
It is just try out....it is not final yet........

[Ethan_Brand0]

It is just try out....it is not final yet........

i saw that cai yun was paired with xu chen and fu with someone else... for the denmark tournament! Can they change that? I saw it posted on tournamentsoft.

[rhinovinda]

as far as I know that His coach and TH told me he was not going due to visa processing time unless he gets special excemption from Danish Embassy in Jakarta....they will know by this week.

If Taufik is present, it will all revenge matches from round 1 (vs WCH) to round 2 (vs JP) for him and perhaps until QF (vs BCL). Very interesting!.:D

[abesadi]

Taufik wont go to denmark. But he will join french open. I read in my newspaper..

[rhinovinda]

Taufik wont go to denmark. But he will join french open. I read in my newspaper..

Then, he cannot take revenge...:o

[badMania]

i saw that cai yun was paired with xu chen and fu with someone else... for the denmark tournament! Can they change that? I saw it posted on tournamentsoft.

The new partnerships are meant to bring the standards of the young players to the World Class level faster. More like what Team INA is doing with their XD pairs, mixing and matching the senior players (Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa) with the younger players (Mohd Rijal and Greysia Polii), with the hope that these young players can mature faster. It seems to be working as Mohd Rijal won his first title in the Japan Super Series last mth.

[Ethan_Brand0]

The new partnerships are meant to bring the standards of the young players to the World Class level faster. More like what Team INA is doing with their XD pairs, mixing and matching the senior players (Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa) with the younger players (Mohd Rijal and Greysia Polii), with the hope that these young players can mature faster. It seems to be working as Mohd Rijal won his first title in the Japan Super Series last mth.

mmm....yeah, i understand the reasoning, but i don't like it much. I really enjoy watching them play together. It's like seeing a cute couple break up and start then they turn to crack...kinda...

[scherzando]

mmm....yeah, i understand the reasoning, but i don't like it much. I really enjoy watching them play together. It's like seeing a cute couple break up and start then they turn to crack...kinda...

Yep.. Agree. Definitely like a cute couple broke up. *sigh*

[pjswift]

mmm....yeah, i understand the reasoning, but i don't like it much. I really enjoy watching them play together. It's like seeing a cute couple break up and start then they turn to crack...kinda...
It's likely to be temporary. LYB's Maths is very good.By scratch pairing,the separated young MDs get into the main draw instead of slogging together through Qualifying and maybe not making the main draw.Besides, scratch pairs have an advantage, judging by the many upsets so far. Once the 'new' ones chalk up enough ranking points on their own to get straight into main draw,cai and fu may double up again. Time will tell.

[etudiant]

so with tons of millions withdrawal....is there any chance to do redrawing......?

[hansonlouphers]

so with tons of millions withdrawal....is there any chance to do redrawing......?

i hope the same. but, is that possible?? :confused:

[yannie]

yeah, the redraw is on monday if i'm not wrong.

[hansonlouphers]

sounds good.. hope da best for all da team.. :)

[chris-ccc]

.
So many withdrawals of seeded players, namely;

MS
Lee Chong Wei [1]
Bao Chunlai [3]
Taufik Hidayat [8]

WS
Xie Xingfang [1]
Pi Hongyan [6]
Wong Mew Choo [8]

MD
Shintaro Ikeda/Shuichi Sakamoto [7]

WD
Du Jing/Yu Yang [1]
Vita Marissa/Liliyana Natsir [2]
Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota [3]
Aki Akao/Tomomi Matsuda [8]

XD
Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir [1]
He Hanbin/Yu Yang [2]

Perhaps the best thing to do now is to have a redraw as suggested: click here (http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54092)
.

[vching]

The Badminton Blog is back :-)

Danish Open 2008 Analysis (http://thebadmintonblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/danish-open-analysis.html)

[huangkwokhau]

yeah, the redraw is on monday if i'm not wrong.

Redraw will be done if there is 4 seeded players withdrawing on each category.

It seems that only 3 seeded players from WS,MS..so I do not think it will happen....

[Yong_Hui]

no redrawing........
if i'm not mistaken they put PFQ player to main draw

[huangkwokhau]

no redrawing........
if i'm not mistaken they put PFQ player to main draw
PFQ = Promoted from Qualifying

PFR = Promoted from Reserve