2009 French Badminton Open - Thursday October 29 (Day 3)

[kharissmiley]

Go Greysia...Go Nitya...Ayo Indonesia...!

[badMania]

The WD match between Nitya/Grace and Suetsuna/Maeda is the longest of the tourney so far, with close to 80 mins being played. I bet this will last till 90 mins.

[huangkwokhau]

80 minutes so far...18-16 for INA WD..

[huangkwokhau]

YES!!! 19-16..come on another 2 points.....

[etudiant]

The WD match between Nitya/Grace and Suetsuna/Maeda is the longest of the tourney so far, with close to 80 mins being played. I bet this will last till 90 mins.

it happened before right....they always play long matches.....ina wd vs jpn...

[etudiant]

match point!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[abedeng]

This won't help either pair who wins in the q-finals. They would be too tired to play tomorrow.

[huangkwokhau]

Whoever wins in this match...no time for shopping...they will be all dead tonite....

[badMania]

OK...look's like the gals have proven me wrong :o Nitya Krishinda Maheswari/Greysia Polii have finally beaten Satoko Suetsuna/Miyuki Maeda in three gruelling sets that last almost 90 mins: 9-21, 21-19, 21-17.

[badadum]

Well i'll be dang....GENIT pair just won :)

[huangkwokhau]

This won't help either pair who wins in the q-finals. They would be too tired to play tomorrow.
Good news is the winner does not play Chinese tomorrow....:D

[etudiant]

yes..............they took it..............

[simonlovers]

Hiks..hiks..

Fantastic..
INA 1st WD never win againts them, but INA 2nd WD can..

go for a medal in Olympic 2012..

Hiks..hiks..

[huangkwokhau]

YES!!!....YES!!!! GENit won.....YES!!!!!!!!!!

[kharissmiley]

YEEEEEHHHHHHHHAAAAAAA...
Greysia/ Nitya Won 9-21, 21-19, 21-17
in 85 minutes........
Good Job GeNit...
Maju Terus sampe Final...

[etudiant]

Good news is the winner does not play Chinese tomorrow....:D

that's always good news....

[Dede_Pran]

This won't help either pair who wins in the q-finals. They would be too tired to play tomorrow.

yap...i agree with u...finally GeNit won the match for an hour and 25 minutes, unbelievable...

[huangkwokhau]

I hope India MD can beat Boe/Moe...smoothing way for BoSan.....

[etudiant]

Hiks..hiks..

Fantastic..
INA 1st WD never win againts them, but INA 2nd WD can..

go for a medal in Olympic 2012..

Hiks..hiks..

u mean Vita/Butet or Mel/Shendy

[badMania]

I remember another match in Europe 2 years ago between Jo Novita/Greysia Pollii against another Japanese pair Aki Akao/Tomomi Matsuda that lasted even longer....107 mins :eek:

[fathonezic]

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

wow, finally Genit won over this Japan pair.
and the game lasted almost 1.5 hour !! :eek::eek:
Must be very exhausted after the match

[etudiant]

wondering why Pan Pan now partnering w/ ZYW where's Tian Qing and Zhao TT

[bradja23]

OMG..you don't know that she beat Xie Xingfang in Uber Cup last year..
she win Dutch Open this year..and i don't know much about Ella..
Ella..Ella..Ella..e..e..e...Umbrella..

Xie Xinfang is just an old retired player. kidding :p
I know she's a good player.
But for example, the last meeting Jie Yao-Diehl, Diehl had taken victory, it was in 2007.
Ella is a great player. European players are not often recognized as very good players. Jie Yao is more Chinese than Dutch for me. :D
Just look at the surprise for everybody Nieminen beating Mutatkar, or a few weeks ago Grether beating Taruno.
There are very good players in Europe, even if they don't come from Denmark or England...
Well, 10 points for Yao PAWers, lucky you. :D

[etudiant]

I remember another match in Europe 2 years ago between Jo Novita/Greysia Pollii against another Japanese pair Aki Akao/Tomomi Matsuda that lasted even longer....107 mins :eek:

yeah I remembered that one too.....world record:p

[Dede_Pran]

Hiks..hiks..

Fantastic..
INA 1st WD never win againts them, but INA 2nd WD can..

go for a medal in Olympic 2012..

Hiks..hiks..

yap....i put a bit expectation from GeNit....they're just outweighing ShenMei...

[fathonezic]

Whoever wins in this match...no time for shopping...they will be all dead tonite....

hahahaha :D:D:D
dead ????? LOL
agree !!!

[simonlovers]

Vita/Butet win in Uber Cup and Indonesian open super series 2008
INA 1st WD now are Mel/Shendy who always lose to Maeda/Suetsuna in Sudirman, Japan Open 2009, indonesia open 2008

u mean Vita/Butet or Mel/Shendy

[bradja23]

Choinet-Weny facing Du-Yu. To score more points than Petya would be a victory...
Weny is an excellent WD player but Choinet is very weak.

[badMania]

Boe/Mogensen lost the first-set 15-21. Hmm....

[abedeng]

I remember another match in Europe 2 years ago between Jo Novita/Greysia Pollii against another Japanese pair Aki Akao/Tomomi Matsuda that lasted even longer....107 mins :eek:

In a PPR system? That's too long.

In the 15 pts system, I remember a very long match (also WD) which lasted 125 minutes. Longer than soccer with extra time. :eek:

[simonlovers]

Choinet-Weny facing Du-Yu. To score more points than Petya would be a victory...
Weny is an excellent WD player but Choinet is very weak.
yeah..Weny born in Indonesia, doesn't she ?

[badMania]

In a PPR system? That's too long.

In the 15 pts system, I remember a very long match (also WD) which lasted 125 minutes. Longer than soccer with extra time. :eek:

Yes...the match also happened in French Super Series 2007, lasted 1:47 as shown in tournamentsoftware. That's the longest ever match I believe.

[nc_02]

Du/Yu cruising..16-7 atm

[bradja23]

yeah..Weny born in Indonesia, doesn't she ?

Yes exactly.
But there's no other WD french player to form a good pair with her.

[abedeng]

Boe/Mogensen lost the first-set 15-21. Hmm....

Boe/Mogensen are picking up steam now. Often top players are sometimes not too comfortable playing Indian players initially. Even Ma Jin/Wang Xiaoli struggled a bit with Jwala Gutta and her young partner Ashwini Ponnappa.

Quite a good looking girl, is Ashwini Ponnappa, talked to her and her parents during India Open GP Gold. :D

[nc_02]

Yes exactly.
But there's no other WD french player to form a good pair with her.


i was wondering isnt it required that u team up with someone from the same country??? or was that an exception?

[bradja23]

Ponnappa has a very powerful smash from what I've seen last week. Actually, she nearly plays mixed doubles with Jwala Gutta. Gutta is always at the net and Ponnappa smashing behind.
On the matchs I saw, Gutta was not really kind with her team-mate, even though Ponnappa was running all over the court...

[simonlovers]

i was wondering isnt it required that u team up with someone from the same country??? or was that an exception?
for Mixed Team Champhionship (Sudirman Cup, Uber Cup/Thomas Cup, World Championship (?))

[bradja23]

i was wondering isnt it required that u team up with someone from the same country??? or was that an exception?

I don't think it's required. Look at Russkikh, always playing with foreigner players.

[simonlovers]

Choinet-Weny facing Du-Yu. To score more points than Petya would be a victory...
Weny is an excellent WD player but Choinet is very weak.
Congratz..They get it..
10-21 1-5 now..
11 points..more than ten..

[nc_02]

oh i see thanks....

[bradja23]

Congratz..They get it..
10-21 1-5 now..
11 points..more than ten..

Well, they don't deserve to be ridiculous in front of french crowd.
Moreover, Laura Choinet is kinda cute. :D

[abedeng]

Ponnappa has a very powerful smash from what I've seen last week. Actually, she nearly plays mixed doubles with Jwala Gutta. Gutta is always at the net and Ponnappa smashing behind.
On the matchs I saw, Gutta was not really kind with her team-mate, even though Ponnappa was running all over the court...

That is very true, Gutta doesn't really take her fair share of the workload whether in WD or XD. That's probably one of the reasons why she had a falling out with her former WD partner Shruti. Ponnappa is still a junior but one day she too might not be able to withstand Gutta's behaviour.

[Dede_Pran]

wondering why Pan Pan now partnering w/ ZYW where's Tian Qing and Zhao TT

according to HKG SS next month, ZYW will be paired with Tian Qing....seems PP/ZYW only in Europe tours...

[nc_02]

Congratz..They get it..
10-21 1-5 now..
11 points..more than ten..

lol true ..now its 13 points....extending that margin :rolleyes:

[bradja23]

lol true ..now its 13 points....extending that margin :rolleyes:

total of 16 points finally.
Hongyan is last chance for french fans.
Konon's a better draw than Shixian Wang. She would have lost for sure against chinese junior. Still, I'm expecting a hard fight tomorrow. The last matches of Shixian Wang were victories faced to Chen Wang, Yihan Wang, Lan Lu and Lin Wang !

[whack_d_net]

Wow Vita/Cynthia give CHN pair a run for the money!
Good job so far
C'mon take the 2nd set and the decider as well
Semangat! :):)

[whack_d_net]

Oops, spoke too soon as CS/ZYL already claws back and retakes the leads :p :p
What a waste
Anyway, go! :)

[aulia]

i fall asleep, just checked some surprising news. almost choking with my late supper.

OLGA WON??? WOWWWW...............
http://mega.xtremenitro.org/bigonion/smiley/A_018.gif (http://xtremenitro.org)

GeNit won????
http://mega.xtremenitro.org/bigonion/smiley/A_034.gif (http://xtremenitro.org)

Shendy/Mel LOST??? ARGHHHHH..............
http://mega.xtremenitro.org/bigonion/smiley/A_011.gif (http://xtremenitro.org)

[ctjcad]

..surprised to see quite a few upsets.
- The biggest one is definitely Olga over WangSX, which could've gone either way.
- Then Persson upsetting Simon in straight games?? Perhaps Simon knew what was coming or who he'll face in the QF should he win..:p
- Firdasari's win over Tine is a bit of a surprise. Tine must've ran out of gas in the rubber game by looking @ the scoreboard.
- And the last one, the Brits gals beating the INA WD pair. Last game tells it all..:p

it happened before right....they always play long matches.....ina wd vs jpn...
..not only against INA WDs but against any pair. Rubber games and long rallies are the JPN WD's specialty..

it seems that this French open is at much, much higher level than the Denmark open.

All the Denmark open semi-finalists, including finalists, runerup, champion... have all gone in early rounds of the French open.

Taufik should have played the Denmark, which was his best chance to grab the first SS title.
..tell me about it. Concur on the 1st point. And yes, i've mentioned abt the 3rd point in one of the Denmark Open threads..

haha, a bit la. :p Never seen Lind's photo before, any pics of him? How about Hans-Kristian that beat Chen Long before?
..Lind's pic is in the badzine link, the one Raphy gave early in this thread. You can do a search & find his own website. Or you can go to this thread, below, to see a couple of his pics (from last yr's U.S. Open):
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57223&page=2 (post #28, 4th picture down)
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57223&page=5 (post #71, next to a broken racket pic)

As for HK Vittinghus, yes, you can find a few of his pics on the internet. He also has his own website..:cool:

[abedeng]

- And the last one, the Brits gals beating the INA WD pair. Last game tells it all..:p



That's the problem with the power game. If the game gets extended, the more powerful pair will run out of steam and lose. This is true for both MD and WD since the 80s, when defenses suddenly got a lot stronger than the era before 80s.

Thus, new winning tactics use manipulation and timing of the change of pace shots. And mobility too ......

[george@chongwei]

Actually im quite surprised that olga konon surprised my dear wang shi xian:D;)

:eek:
that is quite unexpected though.