2013 Victor Korean Open PSS Finals (January 13)

[cobalt]

Finally! The Finals day!

First, the links...
LiveScore, and Order of Play and all that:
http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sp...729&d=20130113

Time In Korea:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=235

PAW game:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...-Open-PSS-2013

Quick takes:

There will be two all-China matches, the WD and the XD.I'd like to see if MJ/TJ can knock out that other pair this time around.

MoBo vs KoLee promises to be an intriguing battle. Mind-games and subtleties vs enthusiasm and testosterone.

The WS title match holds huge promise for the local girl to take her first PSS title. Only, a veteran brawler is standing in the way... D

The XD match is a replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay-of-a-replay...

The MS finals will allow DPY an opportunity to prove that his China Open win over LCW was not an aberration.

And finally, this observation: There hasn't been much bitching about the line calls this year!

[Borbor]

no because the bitching was focused on somewhere else

[limsy]

i with korean!
dae han ming guk!

[undeadshot]

Some tough predictions to be made:

Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang over Ma Jin/Tang Jinhua (under usual circumstances)
Mathias Boe/Cartsen Mogensen over Ko Sung Hyun/Lee Yong Dae
Wang Shixian over Sung Ji Hyun
Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei over Xu Chen/Ma Jin
Lee Chong Wei over Du Pengyu

[CLELY]

i with korean!
dae han ming guk!

Yup, KOR has chance to bag 2 titles here, hopefully no sad ending for them this time.
Sung JH v Wang SX, rematch of 2010 final which won by the Chinese. Let's see whether the in-form Sung could take revenge in front of her homeground fans
Wang Shixian always cruise to KOR Open final in 4 consecutive years since 2010, looks like KOR is lucky land for her
2010 : Wang SX v Sung JH, won
2011 : Wang SX v Wang YH, lost
2012 : Wang SX v Jiang YJ, won
2013 : Wang SX v Sung JH, ??

[visor]

Some tough predictions to be made:

Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang over Ma Jin/Tang Jinhua (under usual circumstances)
Mathias Boe/Cartsen Mogensen over Ko Sung Hyun/Lee Yong Dae
Wang Shixian over Sung Ji Hyun
Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei over Xu Chen/Ma Jin
Lee Chong Wei over Du Pengyu

those were not tough predictions... i would have predicted the same, i'd say 8 to 2 in favour of each winner for each discipline

[cobalt]

Yu Yang kicks off proceedings on the final day, and her first serve is a good one.

[Borbor]

are you kidding me with that rally?

[cobalt]

We used to call it "warming up"

[Tactim]

Tang almost took off Yu Yang's head with a shot that went out haha, good reflexes! 15-15

[Justin L]

The longest rally of the tournament.

[Tactim]

Yu Yang looking really tired. Wang Xiaoli adjusting by upping the quality of her placement and power on smashes, and they take the first game 21-17.

[Justin L]

WD of the highest quality, what a battle.

[Borbor]

Considering how new the Ma/Tang pairing is, they aren't doing bad against the WC.

[cobalt]

TJH is really a precious find - she'll be the WD mainstay in another 2-3 years, I'll bet. OG 2016 sure-shot.

[Justin L]

It's my first time seeing Ma Jin smashing three times in succession.

[cobalt]

MJ/TJH throwing the kitchen sink at their opponents, but thos 2 guys are not going away...