Tournament website : http://www.swissopen.com/index.php?id=1&L=1 Total prize-money : US$125,000 Order of play : http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...C4493C-12DC-4061-AC6C-0897DA892496&d=20130312 SUI time : http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_CH.aspx Live streaming : http://www.swissopen.com/index.php?id=8&L=1 2012 WINNERS => http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...11EE9B-0A12-487A-8EA2-71660C6C7BE6&d=20120318 MS : Chen Jin (CHN) WS : Saina Nehwal (IND) MD : Naoki Kawamae/Shoji Sato (JPN) WD : Tang Jinhua/Xia Huan (CHN) XD : Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir (INA) The tournament will started today with qualifying round (12.00pm local time) and MS R/64 will be played on evening (06.00pm). Only two defending champions once again taking part here, will Saina and Towi/Liliyana retain their title? WS is the most competitive one, some notable names beside Saina in the line-up are Juliane Schenk, Wang Shixian, Ratchanok Intanon, Sung Ji Hyun, Tai Tzu Ying, Jiang Yanjiao.
I think the MS is also quite competitive, that is quite open. A lot of players can pretend to get the title. My guess would be a Du - Jorgensen final.
look at last year Swiss open 2012 entries: http://tournamentsoftware.com/sport/seeds.aspx?id=D911EE9B-0A12-487A-8EA2-71660C6C7BE6 Lee Chong Wei; Chen Long; Chen Jin; Peter Gade,.... were all there last year.
But many of these stars have withdraw last year. For me this year seems even better. MD/WD is more interesting than last year!! At laest for me
My shout is Zhengming Wang. He looked pretty decent against LCW and think if he plays well he could do it this week.
I'm also hoping Wang Zhengming wins this tournament. He has really great talent, but just doesn't have the discipline and control that Chen Long has.
Wang Zengming, I'm not so sure with Wong Wing Ki and J O Jorgensen in his half of the draw?! It's true he had a creditable performance against LCW in the AE but so did Wong WK and Tanongsak. For a CHN player, I've to say he's an under-performer though, honestly, I'm hoping he proves me wrong this time. As for DuPY, he has to face a rising Tanongsak in R2 and there are a few others whom I consider have fighting chances against him, namely, HKV, Hu Yun, Axelsen, Darren Liew, Latif and Ueda - I'm listing so many thanks to what Chou TC did to him in AE R1 last week. The eventual winner might turn out to be JOJ who acquitted himself well against Chen Long in the AE SF.
I bet on Hong Wei / Chai Biao. In fact, the Mens doubles at Swiss open are very strong. Look at the entries: MD 1 Sung Hyun KO Yong Dae LEE 2 Ki Jung KIM Sa Rang KIM 3 Thien How HOON Wee Kiong TAN ~ 4 Angga PRATAMA Ryan Agung SAPUTRA 5 Mohammad AHSAN Hendra SETIAWAN even though, Hong Wei / Chai Biao still have the edge.
Hayom escapes by the skin of his teeth... It's amazing how the lines between the top 25-30 ranked players are getting blurred....
Finally Hayom can beat Sourabh in yet another thriller The road will be kinder for him after he get rid of this tricky one
Too bad Sony still has his back injury Hope it won't be serious, such a bad time in his peak atm The heavy snow in there won't help too much either
For a moment, I thought I read..... [TABLE="class: ruler matches"] [TR="bgcolor: #fdfdfd"] [TD="align: right"][TABLE="align: right"] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Tzu Ying TAI [/TD] [TD][TPE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD]- [/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][MAS] [/TD] [TD]Wei Feng CHONG [9] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
I found out that Sony always peaked after Olympics when others were celebrating or wound healing. Sony peaked right after 2008 Olympics, grabbed some titles, then faded away. Then he peaked again after 2012 Olympics, grabbed some other titles. Now it's time for him to fade away again.