2012 London Olympics Day 4 (Tuesday 31st July)

**erpepaulus** · 07-31-2012, 05:22 AM

Originally Posted by kming

This means that the two chinese pairs will meet in the semi if yu/wang win today... so no silver medals for china. What will yu/wang do ????

So we only need the Japanese girls to lose! Then no all Chn final.

**Justin L** · 07-31-2012, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by kelana

as the runner-up of group D, TQ/ZYL will face the top of Group B (A1 vs C2 and B1 vs D2; A2 vs C1 and B2 vs D1), see no difference then....

OT: Feng Tianwei bt Kim Kyungah 4-2 to reach SF

That was riveting. Attackers fear such a great defender as Kim KA,the best female chopper in the world, who returns practically everything you throw at her and saps your energy;it's the only time table-tennis makes you sweat like hell, for the attacker esp.

**AlanY** · 07-31-2012, 05:24 AM

Originally Posted by abedeng

Yes they will. As will the Danes. Japanese girls will go out even if they win in straight games.

Originally Posted by repentedboy

How does it work AlanY ?

Both have two wins a piece who tops the group now ?

abedeng is absolutely correct

**mr.bulutangkis** · 07-31-2012, 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by kming

This means that the two chinese pairs will meet in the semi if yu/wang win today... so no silver medals for china. What will yu/wang do ????

Originally Posted by etudiant

So WXL/YY will lose to Kor no 2, so Mel/Greys can lose to Kor no 1 an the plot go on and on...

etudiant, you are thinking what I tried to mean

**erpepaulus** · 07-31-2012, 05:27 AM

Hmm, The Jpn vs Hkg WD will play before Chn vs Kor WD. Hmmm, Hmmm.

**repentedboy** · 07-31-2012, 05:29 AM

Lost but not out yet.

China WD is lucky this is a group stage. They can bounce back...

**SibugiChai** · 07-31-2012, 05:30 AM

It will be interesting to watch semi china vs china

**mr.bulutangkis** · 07-31-2012, 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by erpepaulus

Hmm, The Jpn vs Hkg WD will play before Chn vs Kor WD. Hmmm, Hmmm.

and INA vs KOR WD after that... hmm..

**repentedboy** · 07-31-2012, 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by SibugiChai

It will be interesting to watch semi china vs china

Errrrr......right......"interesting konon"

**xXazn_romeoXx** · 07-31-2012, 05:34 AM

Originally Posted by repentedboy

Lost but not out yet.

China WD is lucky this is a group stage. They can bounce back...

I don't think they're so much lucky, as the format allows them to be so lucky

Afterall, if we played original elimination, DEN pair would be out to JAP after the first day/round, no?

**Justin L** · 07-31-2012, 05:37 AM

OT: almost the same kind of upsets are happening in Table-Tennis, GER Timo Boll,tipped to win a medal, was bundled out by unfancied 15th seed ROM Adrian Crisan, JAP's best hope Jun Mizutani ousted by 13th seed Danish Michael Maze, and KOR's Oh Sang Eun downed by 12th seed Kishikawa of JAP.

Indeed,the Olympics make accidental heroes of some and sad flops of quite a few.

**erpepaulus** · 07-31-2012, 05:37 AM

Originally Posted by mr.bulutangkis

and INA vs KOR WD after that... hmm..

So the scenario are:

MM/SS win
WXL/YY winv(Not 100% sure, but it's unlikely the Kor cause an upset)
Ha/KMJ vs GP/MJ is interesting to watch.

MM/SS lose
Then there's two scenario:

WXL/YY lose
Ha/KMJ vs GP/MJ, both trying to lose in the match (Not interesting)

WXL/YY failed to lose
Ha/KMJ vs GP/MJ >> Depend on the Kor strategy. All Kor QF? Or let one trying to play the giant?
But even if they trying to win, GP/MJ not gonna let that easy.

**AlanY** · 07-31-2012, 05:38 AM

If China decided to risk and tried to sepoarate their 2 pairs and Korea try to foil it.
That would be fun for both teams tried to lose but not been disqualified

Originally Posted by erpepaulus

Hmm, The Jpn vs Hkg WD will play before Chn vs Kor WD. Hmmm, Hmmm.

**xXazn_romeoXx** · 07-31-2012, 05:38 AM

i think CHN would benefit from the seeds switching top and bottom, because now the bottom seems tougher than the top, which would make sense to have a stronger team against them on the bottom (#1) vs having to face each other (albeit easy semi). This cannot happen in MD because FHF/CY can't risk playing the danes and the koreans so early, and in a row, vs much better to take the easier quarterfinals.

That is... if you believe this match fixing to be the case =] That would be the most logical strategy.

The media would have a "field day" on the amount of "upsets"!