The draws are out! http://www.internationalbadminton.org/draws.asp Taufik vs peter first round! hahaah
I can sense Taufik looking for an excuse not to go. If Taufik boycotts All England in protest against PBSI it would be weird to see Taufik competing in the less prestigious Swiss Open.
I can't open the draws. Can anyone print screen them as for those AE draws and upload here as photos? (Ctjcad? )
^^Your wish is my command...MS & MSQ draws.^^ ..Alright, as requested, for those who can't see the draws, here are the MS & MSQ draws. I will separate each events in different posts:
In MS -- from top-half, LD and friends will 'accompany' LCW. Meanwhile at bottom-half still questioning for TH's participation, maybe this time PG will take chance to try '1st round surprising-match' in SuperSeries event. WS -- weird, XXF is absent. This is one of LYB's instruction?! MD -- No INA's main MD pair here. Must be sanction effect!
I'm 50-50 with TH vs PG. PG seems to be on good form this year. I've yet to see how TH is playing on the other hand >_>. Should be a good match, I suppose it won't be televised as it is in the first round ahhh. LD vs LCW should be interesting also (if they both get through of course). Another chance for LCW to prove himself. I hope he's able to do it this time.
Joko/Hendra and Rian/Eng Hian must show good results there since the top MD's of INA are banned from SO. Thank you Chris!!!
for xd zheng bo and gao l aren't playing...strange. also in wd yang wei and zhang jie wen aren't playing (as a pair at least).
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Why must Koo and Wong play XD again? I thought BAM is looking at establishing specialist players for XD. Koo and Wong should be left alone, not that I doubt their XD abilities. Wong especially is very adaptable with XD with World Championships and Asian Games bronze, playing with different partners. In the AE, Koo and Wong were able to concentrate with their main events, Koo won MD convincingly and Wong made WD semis despite playing with injured Chin Eei Hui. To put this in perspective, even Gao Ling and Zhang Yawen couldn't qualify in finals of both events in AE, it's just too much hard work.
Is Taufik playing in the Swiss Open this year or is he skipping it like he did with the All England Open?