DENMARK SS Premier 2012 : Day 1 - Qualification & XD R/32 (16-Oct-12)

**etudiant** · 10-16-2012, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by Thom_bad

Just because there are only 4 courts in the venue so they feared the first round day (Wednesday) would have been really long, finishing at 12pm or so.... But no, the XD final will also be played on Sunday I think !

Ah I see. That's actually good idea, all bwf ss or pss should follow this

**etudiant** · 10-16-2012, 09:18 PM

Yay... Good results for Ina xd team, all of them advanced !!

Most shockingly the easy win Rijal/Debby over Tao/Tang...

I remember Tao Jiaming once is quite exquisite xd player, what happened to him

On other hand after Rijal/Debby won their 1st title their confidence is climbing exponentially

**etudiant** · 10-16-2012, 09:25 PM

Next round gonna be tricky for them

Rijal/Debby v Nielsen/Pedersen (45-55)
Kido/Pia v Sudket/Saralee (50-50)
Towi/Lily v Kolding/Juhl (53-47) where's Thomas Laybourn btw ?? Is he retired ??
Fran/Shendy v Songphon/Kunchala (50-50)

Good luck

**Pakito** · 10-16-2012, 11:16 PM

THOR let us down.

**j4ckie** · 10-17-2012, 05:37 PM

Having seen a bit of the match, I can't help but feel sorry for TBH. Always being partnered with lazy, out-of-shape players who try to play everything fancy and make lots of errors....can't be fun :S

Also, did anyone see the Rasmussen/xxx vs Tao JM/Tang JH XD match? Unbelievable. And to think that the Korean Open judges were accused of favoritism....in the deciding game, Tao gets a completely undeserved receiver fault, while Rasmussen serves with the biggest double motion I've ever seen (at 20-18, I believe). Service judge must've been fast asleep - or dreaming of days long gone where Rasmussen was actually good.
Having said that, you can see why the Chinese didn't make the next round - TJM moving very slow for a world class player. I think your days as a Chinese national team member are counted when you start to fall behind Rasmussen in speed

**Fidget** · 10-17-2012, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by j4ckie

Also, did anyone see the Rasmussen/xxx vs Tao JM/Tang JH XD match? ...

I saw a little bit of that. I was very impressed with Maria Helsbol. Seems very aggressive and strong.
That's sad if, as you say, the game was decided on some dicey serves. Cheers.

**j4ckie** · 10-17-2012, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by Fidget

I saw a little bit of that. I was very impressed with Maria Helsbol. Seems very aggressive and strong.
That's sad if, as you say, the game was decided on some dicey serves. Cheers.

Wasn't decided on it - the Chinese were able to pull through eventually. Still seemed very biased to me >:/

**Fidget** · 10-17-2012, 07:01 PM

Hmmm that's not good. But I wont' say anything bad about the Denmark Open .... I'm hoping to win one of those signed posters!

**demolidor** · 10-17-2012, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by j4ckie

Having seen a bit of the match, I can't help but feel sorry for TBH. Always being partnered with lazy, out-of-shape players who try to play everything fancy and make lots of errors....can't be fun :S

Also, did anyone see the Rasmussen/xxx vs Tao JM/Tang JH XD match? Unbelievable. And to think that the Korean Open judges were accused of favoritism....in the deciding game, Tao gets a completely undeserved receiver fault, while Rasmussen serves with the biggest double motion I've ever seen (at 20-18, I believe). Service judge must've been fast asleep - or dreaming of days long gone where Rasmussen was actually good.
Having said that, you can see why the Chinese didn't make the next round - TJM moving very slow for a world class player. I think your days as a Chinese national team member are counted when you start to fall behind Rasmussen in speed

Service judges are not locals ... usually

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**j4ckie** · 10-17-2012, 07:06 PM

Ya, I know. Still - look at 32:03 and tell me that was NOT a double motion.

**demolidor** · 10-17-2012, 07:14 PM

I can't tell if it is a backward motion from this shot but obviously there is some movement in his arm yeah.

Sidenote: Helsbol was supposed to become Roepke's new doubles partner but they have split already before even playing a tournament

. Line Kruse on the other hand had been partnered up with youngster Grebak at the Dutch but not here as a pairing either??
Helsbol's old partner teamed up with Roepke would be nice from a spectator point of view

[but not active anymore, internationally anyway]

... waiting for the new PAW's but now seeing matches don't start till noon

... nighty night

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