Tomorrow the finals:

XD: Joachim Fisher Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (Denmark) vs.
Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Irawati (Indonesia)

WS: Yao Jie (Netherlands) vs. Linda Zechiri (Bulgaria)

MS: Andre K. Tedjono (Indonesia) vs. Chetan Anand (India)

WD: Lena Frier Kristiansen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Denmark) vs.
Shendy Puspa Irawati/Meiliana Jauhari (Indonesia)

MD: Fran Kurniawan/ Rendra Wijaya (Indonesia) vs.
Rupesh Kumar/Sanava Thomas

So what are the expectations?

Happy to be there tomorrow again :).

Fran Kurniawan / Rendra Wijaya Go go go .. .. ..

Again, Indonesia represented in 4 matches, but I doubt that they can bring the title home more than 2. The biggest opportunity come from Frans/Rendra, and probably Meiliana/Shendy. Andre will try to grab his first title this year, but Anand Chetan IMO is too strong for him.....Anyway, the results in Europe Tournaments are quite good. They can enter 3 consecutive final.
For Frans/Rendra and Meiliana/Shendy, I think they must participate in SS, not only GP Gold or below...

Anand is the forth Indian player that Andre has to play against in this tournament. He should be able to figure out the unique Indian style of play that stretched him in early rounds.

If the game goes to 3 sets, Andre has a good chance to win.

Starting at 12:00 PM

1. XD Joachim FISCHER NIELSEN / Christinna PEDERSEN http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/DEN.gif - http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/INA.gif Fran KURNIAWAN / Shendy Puspa IRAWATI [3]

2. WS Jie YAO [1] http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/NED.gif - http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/BUL.gif Linda ZECHIRI

3. MS Andre K. TEDJONO [3] http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/INA.gif - http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/IND.gif Chetan ANAND [6]

4. WD Lena FRIER KRISTIANSEN / Kamilla RYTTER JUHL [1] http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/DEN.gif - http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/INA.gif Shendy Puspa IRAWATI / Meiliana JAUHARI [2]

5. MD Fran KURNIAWAN / Rendra WIJAYA [1] http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/INA.gif - http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/IND.gif Rupesh KUMAR / Sanave THOMAS

astro will be showing dutch open live today at 6pm

Based on the time-table, starting from 12:00pm local time (6pm HKG time).

MIXED DOUBLES
Joachim Fischer-Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen vs Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Irawati [3] -- this will be Fran/Shendy's last tourney before they are officially back to Pelatnas yet again. A first GP title will surely increase Ko Aryono and Richard Mainaky's confidence on the pair. However, I think the Danes have a slight edge. Let's see....

WOMEN'S SINGLES
Yao Jie [1] vs Linda Zechiri -- Yao to win in her home tourney!

MEN'S SINGLES
Andre Kurniawan Tedjono [3] vs Chetan Anand [6] -- yup...the 4th Indian player that Andre faces this week and I think Andre has an edge!

WOMEN'S DOUBLES
Lena Frier-Kristensen/Kamilla Rytter-Juhl vs Meiliana Jauhari/Shendy Puspa Irawati [2] -- the third Finals for Mel/Shendy....will this be the third time unlucky? The last these 2 pairs met, Mel/Shendy lost in rubber-sets, after losing the second set 22-24.

MEN'S DOUBLES
Fran Kurniawan/Rendra Wijaya [1] vs Rupesh Kumar/Thomas Sanave -- a repeat of last week's SF and I think Fran/Rendra can end their partnership with a title today! Rendra will be paired with Alvent Yulianto after he returns to Pelatnas, while Fran will be focussing on XD with Shendy.

Tomorrow the finals:



WS: Yao Jie (Netherlands) vs. Linda Zechiri (Bulgaria)

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Cccant believe :eek:

As expected, its gonna be a tight match and the Danes lead 11-9 at the interval of the first set.

Danes 14-10............

Body smash by Fisher.....15-10............

Good low serve by Pederson.....17-11.............

3 smashes by Kurniawan to win a point......14-18............

The Danes are in control, but, Fran/Shendy are staging a late comeback perhaps as they trail 16-19?

Check out http://www.wob.tv they are broadcasting the finals live... great stuff..

now watching!!

/Twobeer

Game point to the Danes.....20-16................now 20-17...............

Joachim Fischer-Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen take the first set 21-17...hmm....:mad:

DEN XD secured the 1st game 21-17.

Bad judgement by Kurniawan.............shuttle drop in......2-5..............

The Danish pair is in great control as they lead 11-5.

As I predicted, the Danes should take home this title as they lead 11-5 at the interval of the second set. This will not the first time that Fran/Shendy lose to the Danes though :mad:

Joachim is superb @ the net, DEN 15-7.

Joachim is superb @ the net, DEN 15-7.

9 net winners vs 1. Net should be the lady's forte? INA top pairs also have problems against Kamilla Rytter-Juhl at the net.

Another kill @ the net by Joachim, 18-8.

Nice touch by Christinna, match pt 20-9.

DEN won 21-17 21-9...

The first title of the day goes to DEN as Joachim Fischer-Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen beat Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Irawati 21-17, 21-9.

Note: the Danes will face yet another INA pair Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita in the first round of Denmark Super Series next week. If they beat Devin/Lita, Flandy Limpele/Greysia Polii will await them in R16 :eek:

First title for Denmark, Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen eliminate Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa, 21-17 and 21-9 (looks like one sided match at second game).

The first title of the day goes to DEN as Joachim Fischer-Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen beat Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Irawati 21-17, 21-9.
The Danes were playing with more urgency and aggression. The Indonesians were never in the match. Joachim played very well while Fran made too many unforced errors today as Fran was shouting in frustration at one point in the 2nd game.

For Frans/Rendra and Meiliana/Shendy, I think they must participate in SS, not only GP Gold or below...

Meiliana Jauhari/Shendy Puspa Irawati and Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Irawati should be competing in the Hong Kong Super Series next month, after they rejoin Pelatnas. Meanwhile, Rendra Wijaya/Alvent Yulianto will be in the KLRC New Zealand Open GP with the other second-stringers like Fernando Kurniawan/Lingga Lie.

The Danes were playing with more urgency and aggression. The Indonesians were never in the match. Joachim very played well while Fran made too many unforced errors today.

Maybe Fran wants to reserve his energy for his MD match later on. The INA pair should win that one though. The XD match was always tough from the start and once the odds went to DEN, Fran and Shendy should be smart enough not to use all their energies :o

With 2 runner-ups from the European tourneys, Fran/Shendy will be in Pelatnas and hopefully get a different training perhaps from Ko Aryono and Richard Mainaky.

Linda has a chance if she cuts down the unforced errors as her deceptive shots are excellent. Yao Jie leads 11-8.

What a backhand by Linda. Oh boy, she plays like a man..

O-la-la...
Fran/Shendy lost!:crying:
That's one of four. Please guys, don't let Bulgaria Nightmare repeats!

It's third match already, and still at 2nd page?

cmon... ndre

win the title, andre leading 17:15

andre just won the 1st set with 21-15

Andre style is so physical!. Anand has problem coping with Andre athleticism. Solid court presence

Andre is s bit impatient now...

andre, be patient !!

Chetan suddenly ups his pace and Andre is throwing the game away... Chetan 16-8.

seems.. the match will go rubber

Another smash down the line by Chetan, 19-10.

Game pt. 20-10.

Lucky netcord gave Chetan the 2nd game 20-11.

What a turn-around. One game a piece...

Andre is rushing and going for winners too early... Chetan 5-0...

CC smash by Andre went wide. Chetan is 11-6 up in the decider.

If Andre can catch up now, he probably can take this one, otherwise, it's Anand's title right now.

Chetan is on fire now, 16-10.

Duh... 5 points to Anand's triumph.
Andre, com'on!

Another cc dropshot by Andre, 14-17.

2 pts deficit, 15-17 for Andre.

5 straight pts by Andre, 16-17.

Wide. 17-all.....

Andre levels it at 17-17! Come on....

Wide again. Andre 18-17. 7 straight pts.

Yes! 17 all! And 18-17!

Andre takes the lead....18-17. 3 more pts....can he do it?

Andre slipped. 18-all.....

18-18 now....tense finale....

Error @ the net by Chetan. Andre 19-18.

Yes....19-18....2 more....slowly Andre....don't rush!

Chetan netted. Match pt...

2 match pts for Andre at 20-18! Take it!

Wide. Chetan 19-20.

The Indian player saves 1 match pt...20-19 for Andre. Come on!

Andre takes it.....

YES!!! Andre Kurniawan Tedjono wins the Men's Singles title after a topsy-turvy match against Chetan Anand, esp in the third set. Anand was leading comfortably at 17-11, before Andre launched a late comeback that won him 8 pts in a row to overtake Anand at 18-17. It was a nerve-wrecking finale, but Andre took it 21-19 in the rubber-set! So, 1 title for Team Djarum today!

Chetan played too passively when leading 17-11 in the decider. Unbelievable comeback by Andre but disappointment for Chetan.

YEAH.......
Andre K TEDJONO beat Chetan ANAND 21-15 , 11-21, 21-19.

Any prize presentation ceremony? As far as I know, no medals or trophies handed out during the past 2 years of Dutch Open. Only prize monies being given.

What a wonderful performance by Andre. Never say die attitude, intimidating presence.

Anand worry too much about his hair throughout the game. Want to make sure to look good on tv.

Any prize presentation ceremony? As far as I know, no medals or trophies handed out during the past 2 years of Dutch Open. Only prize monies being given.
Yeah, Andre got the "Old-fashioned" trophy. Chetan looked very disappointed during the prize presentation but Andre showed too much excitement and forgot to comfort Chetan.

@hhs1000

Yup, i agree, Andre really really intimidate his opponents.

Do you guys know, does it possible to watch these matches online? through streaming video for example.
please give me the website name..

With the 5000 pts earned this week, Andre Kurniawan Tedjono should leap to no 16 in the World Ranking by next week. The next big tourneys for him should be the Vietnam Open GP and the Hong Kong Super Series.

It's third match already, and still at 2nd page?

1) They miscalculated the time difference & thought it has finished or havent started. :p
2) No big names, so less interest ;)
3) FOr me, there was a thunderstorm earlier, if I didnt offline, would have whipped out my CPU :D:p

1) They miscalculated the time difference & thought it has finished or havent started. :p
2) No big names, so less interest ;)
3) FOr me, there was a thunderstorm earlier, if I didnt offline, would have whipped out my CPU :D:p
4. No MAS players?

As expected again, the more experienced Danish pair is punishing Mel/Shendy now. They take the first set 21-16.

4. No MAS players?

But there're 4 Indonesia players/pairs in the finals. In case you havent noticed, there have been an increase Indonesia BCers since 2008 Taiwan Open (or rather after OG);).
During Taiwan, Japan, CHina Masters, Macau, they all gathered around during the finals. Must be the time difference then, they waited & waited, didnt start, they gave up.:D:p

As expected again, the more experienced Danish pair is punishing Mel/Shendy now. They take the first set 21-16.
update plz..
i can't see the score now..

Mel/Shendy lost 23-25, despite saving 4 match pts at 16-20 and have 3 game pts at 21, 22, and 23 :eek: Lena Frier-Kristensen/Kamilla Rytter-Juhl win the second titles for DEN today.

It's an excellent start for Fran/Rendra as they lead 11-5 at the interval!

Fran/Rendra take the first set 21-18, despite a late surge from the Indian pair which nearly brought them level at 16-17.

It's a much tighter game in the second set as Fran/Rendra take a slender 11-10 lead at the interval. 10 more pts...come on guys!

3 More points for Fran/Rendra to take last title of dutch open this year

Unbelievable, late surge by Indian pair...but frans/rendra at matchpoint now 20-18

18 all frm 18-13 you got to be kidding me

phew finally INA pair can win it

Phew....the INA pair was leading 18-12 when the Indian pair staged yet another late comeback to level the scores at 18-18. Luckily, Fran Kurniawan/Rendra Wijaya kept their cool and won the last 3 pts of the match to seal the match 21-18, 21-18. They win their first (and perhaps last at the moment) GP title and will be going separate ways after this tourney.

So, Team Djarum wins 2 titles in the Yonex Dutch Open (traditionally a good hunting ground for INA players).

As predicted before, Fran Kurniawan / Rendra Wijaya has won the Mens Double match with straight set 21-18, 21-18

Today, Indonesia has 2 Champions.

Andre Kurniawan deserves a place in Pelatnas!!!!!!!!! Will he get the invitation?

As my prediction, INA finally get 2 titles from Andre and Frans/Rendra. Congratulation for both of them, and to all INA players who are doing good job in Europe tournaments. They world ranking I think boost up as well.
Next week is Pelatnas players's turn. I hope they also will doing good as Djarum's players.

Andre Kurniawan deserves a place in Pelatnas!!!!!!!!! Will he get the invitation?

I think better Andre is staying at Djarum than back to Pelatnas. He can get more experience since he sent to many international tournaments. In Pelatnas he must compete with Tommy, Alamsyah, and many young players who need more experience as well. Next week, his world ranking will become 14th or 15th, and become a champion at Dutch Open has proved that he also good to become top ten player.

I think better Andre is staying at Djarum than back to Pelatnas. He can get more experience since he sent to many international tournaments. In Pelatnas he must compete with Tommy, Alamsyah, and many young players who need more experience as well. Next week, his world ranking will become 14th or 15th, and become a champion at Dutch Open has proved that he also good to become top ten player.

Good analysis though. He is currently at place 5 or something like that in Indonisia, and when he is going back to the national traingscentre, 'big names' will get more attention. He should stay at Djarum and continue his practise like he has done the past year, where he greatly improved.

Andre Kurniawan deserves a place in Pelatnas!!!!!!!!! Will he get the invitation?

He was a member of Pelatnas twice already... :p got dropped from the National Team twice too... :p Somehow, the Pelatnas guys don't see the potential of Andre... :o They have a different judgement call... :o

When Andre was in Pelatnas, he was sent to VERY tough tournaments like the GP Gold and Super Series level type tournaments... but his skills were not ready to compete well in those tough tournaments... so... he got defeated in the qualifying rounds many times... :o That became the National Team's basis to drop him from the National Team... :o

Djarum choose to concentrate building the confidence and match-playing-experience of the young players by sending them to International Series, then International Challenge, then GP level championships first...

With the 5000 pts earned this week, Andre Kurniawan Tedjono should leap to no 16 in the World Ranking by next week. The next big tourneys for him should be the Vietnam Open GP and the Hong Kong Super Series.

You make sense, as always, badMania... :D the logical next step is to compete in the Vietnam Open GP and Hong Kong Super Series... true! :cool:

Oh, actually the next tournament is INA Kejurnas [National Championship]... :D Andre will get to test Taufik, Sony, and Simon... ;)

You make sense, as always, badMania... :D the logical next step is to compete in the Vietnam Open GP and Hong Kong Super Series... true! :cool:

Oh, actually the next tournament is INA Kejurnas [National Championship]... :D Andre will get to test Taufik, Sony, and Simon... ;)

Hahaha.....if u become PBSI Chairman, I can always come back to be the tournament planner :p

Andre had beaten Simon once in PON Team Event Final this year....but he lost in the Final of the Individual Event (if I am not mistaken) :o Technically, he's the no 4 MS in INA and should become no 3 if Taufik retires.

Djarum choose to concentrate building the confidence and match-playing-experience of the young players by sending them to International Series, then International Challenge, then GP level championships first...

Sadly, that's not how the Pelatnas coaches see things :o They prefer to throw their players into the shark pits immediately...sigh....what a waste of money really :o Their massive withdrawals (which could be avoided with proper thought and planning) from the Dutch Open and Denmark SS resulted in thousands of US$ of penalties.

I have to say that the Djarum coaches and managers are better in their tournament planning for their players. It's seldom that they will return back empty-handed if they send players to compete in Europe. In this 3 weeks European tour, Djarum players return home with 3 titles, 7 runner-up spots and a couple of bronze medals too last week.

Hahaha.....if u become PBSI Chairman, I can always come back to be the tournament planner :p

Andre had beaten Simon once in PON Team Event Final this year....but he lost in the Final of the Individual Event (if I am not mistaken) :o Technically, he's the no 4 MS in INA and should become no 3 if Taufik retires.

I believe you will be a better tournament planner than whomever is in charge at PBSI right now, badMania. I have no doubt you will be the best planner PBSI ever had!

Taufik was in my badminton court earlier this week, on Wednesday. I specifically asked him whether he plans to retire anytime soon. He said, "Nope." :D "I think I can still compete well against all INA players younger than me. I will retire when I know many can defeat me regularly in INA. Oh, however, one thing I want to avoid is: being dropped from the National Team like others in the past. When I see that they intend to do that, I will retire first." ;)

Taufik was in my badminton court earlier this week, on Wednesday. I specifically asked him whether he plans to retire anytime soon. He said, "Nope." :D "I think I can still compete well against all INA players younger than me. I will retire when I know many can defeat me regularly in INA. Oh, however, one thing I want to avoid is: being dropped from the National Team like others in the past. When I see that they intend to do that, I will retire first." ;)

Actually he can choose to retire with a bang now....after winning the Macau Open GP Gold 2 weeks ago :cool:

Based on the time-table, starting from 12:00pm local time (6pm HKG time).

MIXED DOUBLES
Joachim Fischer-Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen vs Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Irawati [3]...
WOMEN'S SINGLES
Yao Jie [1] vs Linda Zechiri...
MEN'S SINGLES
Andre Kurniawan Tedjono [3] vs Chetan Anand [6]...
WOMEN'S DOUBLES
Lena Frier-Kristensen/Kamilla Rytter-Juhl vs Meiliana Jauhari/Shendy Puspa Irawati [2] -- the third Finals for Mel/Shendy...
MEN'S DOUBLES
Fran Kurniawan/Rendra Wijaya [1] vs Rupesh Kumar/Thomas Sanave...
..5 for 5!..is this your first ever perfect Finals prediction??:cool:..If so, i think this should add rapport to your resume in becoming PBSI's head/director of tournament planning (should Krisna decide to run for PBSI's Chairman)..;)

I have to say that the Djarum coaches and managers are better in their tournament planning for their players. It's seldom that they will return back empty-handed if they send players to compete in Europe. In this 3 weeks European tour, Djarum players return home with 3 titles, 7 runner-up spots and a couple of bronze medals too last week.

Yeah even though they didn't get as many titles as we wanted them to get... at least they get decent BWF ranking points... :p Oh, about the 7 runner-up spots... well... the results were sort of fair... Our INA players are mostly seeded 2 or 3 or 4 in these last three Euro-GPs... :p

..5 for 5!..is this your first ever perfect Finals prediction??:cool:..If so, i think this should add rapport to your resume in becoming PBSI's head/director of tournament planning (should Krisna decide to run for PBSI's Chairman)..;)

badMania is an awesome predictor... but somehow his PAW games are not great... :p

badMania is an awesome predictor... but somehow his PAW games are not great... :p

Hahaha....I like the high odds occassionally and doesn't trust my instinct :o:p Hey, I won 3 PAW tournaments (last time was Russian Open GP Gold last year) and finished 2nd or 3rd just a couple of weeks ago!

..esp. for the "Knock-Down" version, belongs to Hau-ge..gotta share the wealth, ya know..;)
badMania is an awesome predictor... but somehow his PAW games are not great... :p

Hahaha....I like the high odds occassionally and doesn't trust my instinct :o:p Hey, I won 3 PAW tournaments (last time was Russian Open GP Gold last year) and finished 2nd or 3rd just a couple of weeks ago!

Oh I didn't know that... :p He he he... My mistake then... :o

Yeah even though they didn't get as many titles as we wanted them to get... at least they get decent BWF ranking points... :p Oh, about the 7 runner-up spots... well... the results were sort of fair... Our INA players are mostly seeded 2 or 3 or 4 in these last three Euro-GPs... :p

Fran Kurniawan was the big winner, with 1 title and 1 Silver (with Rendra Wijaya) and 2 Silvers with Shendy Puspa Irawati. Andre Kurniawan Tedjono will jump to top 16-17 (which will do him good for the HK SS draw next mth) with his 1 title and 1 bronze. Fran/Shendy should also jump to the top 13-14 with 2 silvers. Meiliana Jauhari/Shendy Puspa Irawati will jump up a couple of spots as well, although they finished with 3 silvers overall :o Rendra/Mel also won a Bronze last week. Not sure if they did receive bronze medals for SF finishes in the Bitburger and Dutch Opens too....

The biggest jump in ranking probably comes from Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka and Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari. Hayom managed to finish at least R16 in 2 events, while I have to say I am very impressed with Pipin's achievements....finishing at least QF in all 3 events and even won a Silver! Ari Yuli Wahyu Hartanto was quite stable with 2 QF finishes in the past 2 weeks, losing to better oppositions on both occassions. On the other hand, Maria Elfira Christina was less shiny this time round....while Maria Febe Kusmastuti had her fair share by winning the title in the Bitburger Open.

badMania is an awesome predictor... but somehow his PAW games are not great... :p

hi Krisna, look here: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=885284&postcount=227

badMania was also topseeded in first PAW Knock-Down Competition...:)

INA won 2 titles yesterday through MS (Andre K.Tedjono) and MD (Fran/Rendra), much better outcome than Bulgarian Open GP. What a right strategy that Djarum players will miss next 2 SS tourneys in Europe where top-names will come to Odense and Paris, certainly chance to produce good result become slimmer than GP tournaments.

This is last tournament I can watch live on TV before ASTRO (Nusantara) RIP :crying:

This is last tournament I can watch live on TV before ASTRO (Nusantara) RIP :crying:
why? what happen to ASTRO INA (NUSANTARA)??

why? what happen to ASTRO INA (NUSANTARA)??

RIP. Ceased operations.