2012 London Olympics Day 3 (Monday 30th July)

**LD rules!** · 07-29-2012, 06:11 PM

Today we get a good idea of who will be progressing to the next round. With all chance of a British medal now effectively over, Adcock/Bankier shall be playing for pride against Z/Z

Top seeds in MS and WS get underway as well today

I have heard that Xie Xingfang is in London this week, Lin Dan starts today

**2cents** · 07-29-2012, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by LD rules!

Today we get a good idea of who will be progressing to the next round. With all chance of a British medal now effectively over, Adcock/Bankier shall be playing for pride against Z/Z

the match between Adcock/Bankier and Z/Z doesn't make any sense. A/B will definitely be the last one in the group now matter win or loss. ZZ will be the 1st to advance regardless this match either.

Will ZZ walk over tomorrow? to follow Chinese tradition?

**LD rules!** · 07-29-2012, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by 2cents

the match between Adcock/Bankier and Z/Z doesn't make any sense. A/B will definitely be the last one in the group now matter win or loss. ZZ will be the 1st to advance regardless this match either.

Will ZZ walk over tomorrow? to follow Chinese tradition?

ZZ can't give walkover it's my understanding that retiring from a group game counts as retiring from the tournament (according to Iain Wright)

**2cents** · 07-29-2012, 06:32 PM

the following matches are good to watch tomorrow:

SUNG Ji Hyun vs YIP Pui Yin: only the winner will survive.

XU C / MA J vs
PRAPAKAMOL S / THOUNGTHONGKAM S: both will advance, but winner will remain in the bottom draw bracket.

Only the winner can advance to the next round for the following 2 matches:

KO SH / YOO YS vs AHSAN M / SEPTANO B

CHAI B / GUO Z vs VANOV V / SOZONOV I

**2cents** · 07-29-2012, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by LD rules!

ZZ can't give walkover it's my understanding that retiring from a group game counts as retiring from the tournament (according to Iain Wright)

what if a player(s) got sick for 1 day? or injured during the match?

**LD rules!** · 07-29-2012, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by 2cents

what if a player(s) got sick for 1 day? or injured during the match?

Counts as retiring from tournament, Taufik 2010 Super Series final is a prime example...

**2cents** · 07-29-2012, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by LD rules!

Counts as retiring from tournament, Taufik 2010 Super Series final is a prime example...

so ZZ have to let A/B serve 42 times consecutively tomorrow, then advance to the next round. A/B can go home with a win.

**LD rules!** · 07-29-2012, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by 2cents

so ZZ have to let A/B serve 42 times consecutively tomorrow, then advance to the next round. A/B can go home with a win.

Or they could go out and try to win the match, it is the Olympics after all...

**2cents** · 07-29-2012, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by LD rules!

Or they could go out and try to win the match, it is the Olympics after all...

at least I don't care the results no matter it's Olympics or not. Even AB wins, that doesn't justify anything.

For ZZ, they might more care about their body conditions and protect from any potential injuries or tiredness.

At most, treat it like a warming up exercise.

**kelana** · 07-29-2012, 10:33 PM

After passing 2 days of the group match, the outcomes are mostly as predicted... orders remain installed

notice no big upset so far

Today will stage many interesting matches such as below:

WS
WANG Xin (CHN) vs (USA) WANG Rena
WANG Yihan (CHN) vs (CAN) Michele LI
SUNG Ji Hyun (KOR) vs (HKG) YIP Pui Yin

MD
KO Sung Hyun/YOO Yeon Seong (KOR) vs (INA) Mohammad AHSAN/Bona SEPTANO
CHAI Biao/GUO Zhendong (CHN) vs (RUS) Vladimir IVANOV/Ivan SOZONOV
Naoki KAWAMAE/Shoji SATO (JPN) VS (USA)Howard BACH/Tony GUNAWAN

WD
JUNG Kyung Eun/KIM Ha Na (KOR) vs (RUS) Valeri SOROKINA/Nina VISLOVA
TIAN Qing/ZHAO Yunlei (CHN) vs (JPN) Miyuki MAEDA/Satoko SUETSUNA
CHENG Wen Hsing/CHIEN Yu Chin (TPE) vs (IND) Jwala GUTTA/Ashwini PONNAPPA

XD
XU Chen/MA Jin (CHN) VS (THA) Sudket PRAPAKAMOL/Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM
Joachim FISCHER/Christinna PEDERSEN (DEN) vs (POL) Robert MATEUSIAK/Nadiezda ZIEBA
Thomas LAYBOURN/Kamilla RYTTER JUHL (DEN) vs (KOR) LEE Yong Dae/HA Jung Eun
Alexandr NIKOLAENKO/Valeri SOROKINA (RUS) VS (GER) Michael FUCHS/Birgit MICHELS

less than 4 HOURS to go....

**pjswift** · 07-29-2012, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by 2cents

so ZZ have to let A/B serve 42 times consecutively tomorrow, then advance to the next round. A/B can go home with a win.

Sure, ZZ can do that and risk losing respect from non-CHN fans , which does not matter anyway.

**CantSmashThis** · 07-29-2012, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by kelana

After passing 2 days of the group match, the outcomes are mostly as predicted... orders remain installed

notice no big upset so far

Today will stage many interesting matches such as below:

less than 4 HOURS to go....

I didn't expect THA to be on top of group B in MD. You did?!

**Jagdpanther** · 07-29-2012, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by 2cents

the match between Adcock/Bankier and Z/Z doesn't make any sense. A/B will definitely be the last one in the group now matter win or loss. ZZ will be the 1st to advance regardless this match either.

Will ZZ walk over tomorrow? to follow Chinese tradition?

Originally Posted by 2cents

so ZZ have to let A/B serve 42 times consecutively tomorrow, then advance to the next round. A/B can go home with a win.

Originally Posted by 2cents

at least I don't care the results no matter it's Olympics or not. Even AB wins, that doesn't justify anything.

For ZZ, they might more care about their body conditions and protect from any potential injuries or tiredness.

At most, treat it like a warming up exercise.

With this kind of mindset, one can be really sure that the spirit of Olympics is truly fading away.

Gold medal uber alles!!!

**kelana** · 07-29-2012, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by 2cents

at least I don't care the results no matter it's Olympics or not. Even AB wins, that doesn't justify anything.

For ZZ, they might more care about their body conditions and protect from any potential injuries or tiredness.

At most, treat it like a warming up exercise.

perhaps ZZ can utilize that rare nothing-to-lose opportunity to try out few tweaks or sharpen some particular new/riskier strokes/strategies... or whatever for some burden-free exercises

ZYL is playing two events, stamina preservation must be observed in this extraordinary 'no-gain' situation

just don't be duped!

**undeadshot** · 07-29-2012, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by CantSmashThis

I didn't expect THA to be on top of group B in MD. You did?!

Certainly unexpected but not something out of this world. KSH/YYS and BoSan have been struggling with form since the beginning of this year, especially the former who are no longer close to the formidable pair they once were. I actually think KKK/TBH would not mind facing any one of this two compared to the Thai pair as they have recently, after all won for the first time against KSH/YYS in 7 meetings.