Finally! The Finals day! First, the links... LiveScore, and Order of Play and all that: http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...788D62-ABA6-4150-B826-14398518D729&d=20130113 Time In Korea: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=235 PAW game: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/for...1-Pick-A-Winner-(PAW)-180-Korea-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!
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
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, ??
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
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.
TJH is really a precious find - she'll be the WD mainstay in another 2-3 years, I'll bet. OG 2016 sure-shot.