Very Competitive..
The draw is out today...

R1
MS
Sony vs Lin Dan :eek:
Simon vs Chetan
Taufik vs Eric

WS
Yulianti vs Salakjit
Maria Febe vs Xing Aiying
Firdasari vs Wang Xin

MD (not good for INA)
4 MD to get 1 place in SF
Kido/Setiawan vs Chieh Min Fang/Sheng Mu Lee
Flandy/Chandra vs Shin Baek Cheol/Cho Gun Woo
Alvent/Hendra vs Bona/Ahsan :(

in Bottom
Luluk/Joko vs Gan/Tan
Rian/Yonathan vs Chen Hung Lin/Lin Yun Lang

no WD

XD
Pia/Frans vs Q1
Vita/Hendra vs Q4
Devin/Lita vs Chen Hung Lin/Chou Chia Chi
Nova/Lilyana vs Chen Zhiben/Zhao Yunlei
Flandy/Chen Wen Hsing vs Nathan/Jenny

I love the part Lin Dan vs Sony. Wish you best of luck Sony!

I miss LCW.

Not too good for Malaysians as well.

In MD, Zakry/Fairuz has to play Singapore Super Series champs Clark/Robertson, and even if they pass that, they have to play one of the home pairs, who might just be inspired. JJS/LYD will be waiting at the quarters.

Koo/Tan will be hounded by ex-World Champs Tony Gunawan/Howard Bach. In their last match at the World Championship Q-Finals, the US pair outclassed them for most of the match and only lost due to Howard's impatience. If they pass the test, Rian/Yoke will surely be tempted for revenge after that narrow loss in Denmark.

In WS, it will be miraculous if WMC could extend Tine Rasmussen. The gap between them has gone too big.

In WD, despite still being seeded No 1, Wong Pei Tty/Chin Eei Hui would probably see their progress stopped at semifinals by the Chinese tomboys. Well, at least that's better than the q-final exits they normally have.

In MS, LCW has to tackle Nguyen TM in the q-finals to make up for his 2nd round exit in S'pore. But I thought he is supposed to lay off badminton till the end of the year ............

In WD, despite still being seeded No 1, Wong Pei Tty/Chin Eei Hui would probably see their progress stopped at semifinals by the Chinese tomboys. Well, at least that's better than the q-final exits they normally have.
............

... well, if seeded according to their current competence, WPT/CEH nowadays should be behind all active Chinese pairs (DJ/YY, CS/ZYL, MJ/WSL, ZYW/whoever...), therefore should say they are lucky to still be seeded top 4, otherwise they should reach QF at most....

nightmare for Chinese MS...
LD vs Sony at Rd 1,
CJ & BCL shall meet at Rd 2...

WoW a great match promised to b shown from earlier rounds then...all the best to INA players...i hope 'em to spring surprise n bring title(s) home....

... well, if seeded according to their current competence, WPT/CEH nowadays should be behind all active Chinese pairs (DJ/YY, CS/ZYL, MJ/WSL, ZYW/whoever...), therefore should say they are lucky to still be seeded top 4, otherwise they should reach QF at most....

This is where a revision of the BWF ranking system is due. Something that should be able to reflect better the actual ability of players.

R1
MS
Sony vs Lin Dan :eek:
Simon vs Chetan
Taufik vs Eric


Since SDK doesn't get any seeding position, possibly he will face any seeded player...And tough draw, he will take on Lin Dan at first round.

If Simon and Taufik can pass R/32, they will meet each other at R/16.

R/32, Andre K. Tedjono vs Nguyen Tien Minh
Hayom Rumbaka must play qualifying round, and will challenge Boonsak Ponsana at R/32 main draw if he can qualified.

the 1st round match between ld and lcw should be an interesting one.
meanwhile, im surprised that LCW is here too.:eek:

... well, if seeded according to their current competence, WPT/CEH nowadays should be behind all active Chinese pairs (DJ/YY, CS/ZYL, MJ/WSL, ZYW/whoever...), therefore should say they are lucky to still be seeded top 4, otherwise they should reach QF at most....
This is where a revision of the BWF ranking system is due. Something that should be able to reflect better the actual ability of players.
..check out this thread:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75692

INA has decided to withdraw the two WD pairs from the draw. So, the gals will not be going to HKG & CHN SS.

..check out this thread:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75692

relax ctjcad, just an instant response to someone's opinion...

thanks for the link anyway, though i was aware of it, as i was in the thread at one point...

for the draw, it just reflects the intention of BWF to create exciting games from round 1...

however, it is the players that suffer most...

Sony would therefore probably lose at round 1, gainning few WR points, whilst WPT's pair could proceed to at least semi-finals and get more points... although both were considered to be between the 5th to 10th best players / pairs in MS / WD respectively...

The quality of the players in Hongkong Open SS are top nocth compare to Denmark Open SS or even French Open.

In Denmark Open, Sony seeded there. But at Hongkong Open, he will play LD in first round.

For SS events, BWF should at least had 16 seeded MS and WS players.

relax ctjcad, just an instant response to someone's opinion...

thanks for the link anyway, though i was aware of it, as i was in the thread at one point...

for the draw, it just reflects the intention of BWF to create exciting games from round 1...

however, it is the players that suffer most...

Sony would therefore probably lose at round 1, gainning few WR points, whilst WPT's pair could proceed to at least semi-finals and get more points... although both were considered to be between the 5th to 10th best players / pairs in MS / WD respectively...
:p..have always been relaxed...
Yeah, i was pointing out that there was a discussion on it (BWF's draw system) recently. Sure, you might already be aware of the thread but others may not..:cool:

The quality of the players in Hongkong Open SS are top nocth compare to Denmark Open SS or even French Open.

In Denmark Open, Sony seeded there. But at Hongkong Open, he will play LD in first round.

For SS events, BWF should at least had 16 seeded MS and WS players.

quite agreed for the participants thingy...
but why wasn't sony seeded?
based on his ranking, it's impossible to meet another higher rank player in 1st round!?:confused::confused:

For SS events, BWF should at least had 16 seeded MS and WS players.

there is only 32 player in draw and u demand for 16 seed?:confused:
this is not gp gold or gp:(

A very heavy loaded 2nd half draw...........SDK. LD,CL,SS, PG PSH and TH all there..........Wow....

1st half....consist LCW, NTM,CJ,BCL and BP......

Just hope no withdrawal.....from this strong field of players.......

It will be a TOUGH DRAW for most of the INA players. No question about that.

Starting from MD:
Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan [1]
R32 vs Fang Chieh-Min/Lee Sheng-Mu -- they lost to the TPE pair this year
R16 vs (either) Cho Gun Woo/Shin Baek Cheol or Flandy Limpele/Candra Wijaya
QF vs (either) Hendra A. Gunawan/Alvent Yulianto Chandra [6] or Bona Septano/Mohd Ahsan
SF vs (possibly) Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae [3]
F vs (possibly) Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong [2] or Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun [4]

Hendra A. Gunawan/Alvent Yulianto Chandra [6]
R32 vs Bona Septano/Mohd Ahsan
R16 vs Rupesh Kumar/Thomas Sanave or Chow Pak Chu/Hong Chieng Hun
QF vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan [1]

Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki
R32 vs Chen Hung-Ling/Lin Yu-Lang
R16 vs Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong [2]

XD
Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir [3]
R32 vs Chen Zhiben/Zhao Yunlei [3]
R16 vs Ko Sung Hyun/Ha Jung Eun
QF vs He Hanbin/Yu Yang [5]
SF vs Lee Yong Dae/Lee Hyo Jung [1]

Hendra A. Gunawan/Vita Marissa [7]
R32 vs (possibly) Albertus Susanto Njoto/Chan Hung Yung
R16 vs Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita or Chen Hung-Ling/Chou Chia-Chi
QF vs Lee Yong Dae/Lee Hyo Jung [1]

Fran Kurniawan/Pia Zebadiah Bernadet
R32 vs (possibly) Lee Sheng-Mu/Chien Yu-Chin
R16 vs Lee Yong Dae/Lee Hyo Jung

MS
Taufik Hidayat [4]
R32 vs Eric Pang
R16 vs Simon Santoso
QF vs (possibly) Peter Gade [3]
SF vs Lin Dan [2]

Simon Santoso
R32 vs Chetan Anand
R16 vs Taufik Hidayat [4]

Sony Dwi Kuncoro
R32 vs Lin Dan [1]

Andre Kurniawan Tedjono
R32 vs Nguyen Tien-Minh [7]

MSQ
Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka -- a reasonable chance for Hayom to qualify
R1 vs Sairul Amar Ayob
R2 vs (either) Petr Koukal or Carl Baxter [2]
R32 vs Boonsak Ponsana [8]

WD
Maria Kristin Yulianti
R32 vs Salakjit Ponsana
R16 vs (either) Wang Chen or Jiang Yanjiao [6]

Maria Febe Kusumastuti
R32 vs Xing Aiying
R16 vs Lu Lan [7]

Adriyanti Firdasari
R32 vs Wang Xin

WSQ
Fransiska Ratnasari -- I believe she can qualify to the main draw!
R1 vs Kristina Ludikova [2]
R2 vs (either) Chan Hung Yung or Michelle Li
R32 vs Zhou Mi [2]

it will be miracle if Ina can get any title here........the best chance is still rely on Kido/Setiawan.....just fight u guys....

all the stars are here:cool:
cool.!

it will be miracle if Ina can get any title here........the best chance is still rely on Kido/Setiawan.....just fight u guys....
u got to know, the mainland of china is a lucky place for kido/setiawan:)

u got to know, the mainland of china is a lucky place for kido/setiawan:)
Indeed, they have very good chance of winning, especially they seem so good in the 2nd half of every year.

Indeed, they have very good chance of winning, especially they seem so good in the 2nd half of every year.

I think it was pointed out before (by ye333 IIRC) that Chinese MD perform well in their home turf....MK/HS matches well with Chinese MD.....hence the good result they've been having in HK and China Open.

The draw is simply murderous though.....they might not even make it past QF... :o

Better chance for INA might be in the XD...providing they can solve LYD/LHJ...and maybe hope someone will topple MJ/ZB. ;)

I think the Chinese XD squad is having doubts, after they floundered in the World Championships.

So the rest of the world especially DEN, INA, and KOR should take up this chance to gain further glory.

I think the Chinese XD squad is having doubts, after they floundered in the World Championships.

So the rest of the world especially DEN, INA, and KOR should take up this chance to gain further glory.

Den and INA pairs are getting stronger now............;);)