VIETNAM Open GP 2012 (20th-26th August) : Comment On Matches

**etudiant** · 08-23-2012, 10:32 AM

April v Porntip (45-55)
Bellaetrix v Sapsiree (50-50)
Linda v Eriko (50-50)

I hope at least one advance to next round

**badMania** · 08-23-2012, 10:37 AM

MS QF
Alamsyah Yunus [4] vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro [5] - the in-form Sony to take the SF spot.

Chou Tien Chou [8] vs Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka [2] - Hayom should progress.

WS QF
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk [1] vs Aprilia Yuswandari [8] - should be the end of the road for April.

Bellaetrix Manuputty [7] vs Sapsiree Taerattanachai [4] - the Thai girl to take this one.

Lindaweni Fanetri vs Eriko Hirose [2] - also a tough match for Linda and I believe the Japanese girl will win.

MD QF
Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto/Afiat Yuris Wirawan vs Markis Kido/Alvent Yulianto Chandra [5] - the senior pair to win.

Markus Fernaldi Gideon/Agripinna Prima Rahmanto Putra [7] vs Muhd Ulinnuha/Ricky Karanda Suwardi [4] - battle of the top 2 back-up pairs and Ulin/Ricky have the edge due to their previous victory.

WD QF
Vivian Hoo Kah Mun/Woon Khe Wei [3] vs Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth/Rizky Amelia Pradipta [6] - Pia/Rizky have fulfilled their seeding and it will be a small upset if they can beat the MAS pair, who's seeded higher.

XD QF
Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Irawati [3] vs Riky Widianto/Richi Dili Puspita [7] - although I would like Riky/Richi to progress, I guess Fran/Shendy have the edge.

Thitipong Lapoe/Peeraya Munkitamorn [5] vs Markis Kido/Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth - Kido/Pia can actually win the XD title this week.

**fathonezic** · 08-23-2012, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by etudiant

It goes to show that they improved a lot

agree....

Originally Posted by etudiant

That's not quite fair... Didnt they received instruction from coach from PBSI itself ??

i dont know.. hehe

**etudiant** · 08-23-2012, 10:38 AM

One player who is exponentially improve is : KENTO MOMOTA

**fathonezic** · 08-23-2012, 10:42 AM

kido/pia looks impressive...
kido's fighting spirit seems much better when he play with pia...

i want to see the improvement of riky/richie by beating fran/shendy...

too bad, markus/agri face ulin/ricky again... will be the end road for them...

**etudiant** · 08-23-2012, 10:45 AM

I expect something extreme from Ina coaches to mixing another lethal pairs whether in MD, wd, xd after OG

Maybe Hendra Setiawan/Gloria Widjaja

**pathan** · 08-23-2012, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by etudiant

I hope Sony can lift another title here

My instincts tell me that he will... and he's certainly on track to getting back into the world's top ten by the end of the year. He's a man with a mission and talent to back that up.

Go SDK! GO!

**etudiant** · 08-23-2012, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by pathan

My instincts tell me that he will... and he's certainly on track to getting back into the world's top ten by the end of the year. He's a man with a mission and talent to back that up.

Go SDK! GO!

Well if he is stay healthy and injury free, he's Ina best bet in Rio...at least LCW has "nice enemy"

But baby step starts from here...

**sen** · 08-23-2012, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by etudiant

That's not quite fair... Didnt they received instruction from coach from PBSI itself ??

It's not fair if only the players who got punished. I think everyone involved including the PBSI official made the decision. Although the coach was quoted as not in agreement with the strategy because he thinks the risk was too high but I am not sure whether that is true.

**sen** · 08-23-2012, 02:33 PM

Pelatnas WD, like the other department, has not produced outstanding pairs yet despite having many talented players. They have good pairs but nothing that can consistently play well.

The non-pelatnas, Pia/Rizky is more consistent. I think they can win against MAS pair

Suci/Della is either inconsistent or the Thai players have improved a lot.

**badMania** · 08-23-2012, 06:11 PM

WS and WD have been INA's weakest departments. I don't think that can be changed for the next few years either, despite the optimism by some on Suci/Della and Nitya/Feinya.

I believe Ulin/Ricky and Riky/Richi will be retained in the post Munas Pelatnas team and they will be promoted to the first-team. These two pairs are the two stand-out pairs among the back-up pairs, having won IC titles this year (2 for Ulin/Ricky and 1 for Riky/Richi).

As for Markus/Agri, there have been calls to split them as they lack power. Yes, they are consistent but not good enough to be a real world class pair.

Rendy/Afiat, Gebby/Tiara, and Jenna/Komala should be split. I see no future in these pairs. As for Suci/Della and Irfan/Weni, I would wait till the end of the year to evaluate their performance. At least for Irfan/Weni, they have shown improvements this year and from this alone, they deserve to be given 1 more year.

Fran/Shendy is good enough to be a mediocre pair, i.e. top 20 at most like Rijal/Debby. Unless they can show that they can challenge the top CHN pairs, I reckon they should also be split and Fran to be paired with a younger player.

I would also like to see Tiara and Jenna in XD instead, partnering senior players like Rijal or Fran. Ditto for Gloria.

**badMania** · 08-23-2012, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by fathonezic

hmm, lam/patchanut lost to melvira/khaeriah in vietnam challenge this year...

That's close to half a year ago. At that time, Narissapat Lam was a nobody. Now, she already has a GPG title.

**madbad** · 08-23-2012, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by pathan

My instincts tell me that he will... and he's certainly on track to getting back into the world's top ten by the end of the year. He's a man with a mission and talent to back that up.

Go SDK! GO!

Hey, don't forget NTM is the LCW of the Vietnam Open. I don't think he will allow SDK to leave his country with the title.

**madbad** · 08-23-2012, 07:19 PM

Look at the Thai girls who have emerged this year–Lam (WD) and Busanan (WS). What progress. I don't see this happening anytime soon with MAS or INA.

**badMania** · 08-23-2012, 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by madbad

Look at the Thai girls who have emerged this year–Lam (WD) and Busanan (WS). What progress. I don't see this happening anytime soon with MAS or INA.

Precisely! These are 16 yo kids who have already won a GPG title each.

**badMania** · 08-23-2012, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by madbad

Hey, don't forget NTM is the LCW of the Vietnam Open. I don't think he will allow SDK to leave his country with the title.

NTM is having a rough patch recently and I still believe the in-form Sony can beat him. The last time they met in the Malaysia GPG this year, Sony won in straight-sets 21-16, 21-16. Of course, that's provided Sony can get past Alamsyah because Alam also happened to beat Sony earlier this year

**madbad** · 08-23-2012, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by badMania

NTM is having a rough patch recently and I still believe the in-form Sony can beat him. The last time they met in the Malaysia GPG this year, Sony won in straight-sets 21-16, 21-16. Of course, that's provided Sony can get past Alamsyah because Alam also happened to beat Sony earlier this year

With Alam, you know he's going to drag you into 1 hour + long match. Big disadvantage for Sony to have to use his reserves before the final.