My pick on MS on day 2 Well, dirty job, somebody has to do it , so my pick on MS: LIN Dan vs Aamir GHAFFAR ------------------>Lin Dan; LEE Hyun-Il vs Sairul Amar AYOB ------------->Ayob; Shoji SATO vs Muhammad Hafiz -------------->Hafiz; LIAO Sheng-Shiun vs WONG Choong Hann ---->Wong; AHN Hyun-Suk vs BAO Chunlai --------------->Boa; SHON Seung-Mo vs CHEN Hong -------------->Close call; KUAN Beng Hong vs LEE Chong Wei ----------->Lee; Muhammad Roslin HASHIM vs Peter GADE ------>Peter; **The match of the day : SHON Seung-Mo vs CHEN Hong;
i see you haven't included the 'in depth analysis', Han .. but we'll leave that to hcyong shan't we ? quite predictable.. my prediction's pretty much the same except that i think lee hyun-il would win his match. i just hope they won't spring anymore surprises on me.. i don't think my heart will be able to take news like 'lindan lost to ghaffar' ..
The match of the day I think is Shoji Sato v Hafiz Hashim. I think Chen Hong will have a straightforward win over Shon. We should also keep an eye on Ahn Hyun-Suk. And I think your prediction of an Ayob win is gutsy but may just be right.
Interesting matches in the WS, Wong Mew Choo v Cheng Shao-Chieh Jun Jae-Youn v Tine Rasmussen (match of the day) Wang Rong v Xu Huaiwen Kaori Mori v Pi Hongyan Possible interesting last 16 matchups (also held today) Gong Ruina v Mia Audina Eriko Hirose v Tao Jie
Yes Shoji is in good form and may spring a surpise. Hafiz must not take the proceedings lightly and lose focus if he wants to revenge his German loss to Lin Dan. To defeat the pernicious and highly seasoned K Jonassen by Shoji is no mean task. Not so easy for Chen Hong though as he was beaten by Shon in Athens, albeit that Shon is still a little rusty. Well Anatolli, Lin Dan was blowing hot and cold and was drawn into a 3-gamer by the Dane, Kasper in Round 2. Remember he was also surprisingly ousted by Ronald Susilo at Athens in the first round. So, I have to train my heart not ot palpitate too much if Lin should disappoint again! So much has to depend on the player's form, mental and physical condition during the match itself. A distraction here and there, a loss of focus which was not checked in time, the inability to change strategy and tactics to overcome a losing streak, etc, may well cause the downfall of the best, at least on paper.
MD provide lots of exciting matches today Ong Soon Hock/Tan Bin Shen v Jeon Jun-Bum/Lee Yong-Dae Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng v Chew Choon Eng/Choong Tan Fook Han Sang-Hoon/Hwang Ji-Man v Chan Chong Ming/Koo Kien Keat Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo v Sang Yang/Zheng Bo Howard Bach/Tony Gunawan v Sigit/Chandra Jung Jae-Sung/Lee Jae-Jin v Luluk/Alven (match of the day) Prediction on quarterfinalists Eriksen/Lundgaard Ha Tae-Kwon/Yim Bang-Eun Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng Flandi/Eng Hian Chan Chong Ming/Koo Kien Keat (or Sang/Zheng) Paaske/Rasmussen Laybourn/Steffensen Chandra/Sigit
In the XD, Eriksen/Schjoldager v Laybourn/Rytter Zhang Jun/Gao Ling v Xie Zhongbo/Yu Yang Anggun/Yunita v Mogensen/Olsen Lee Jae-Jin/Lee Hyo-Jung v Robertson/Blair (match of the day) The rest should go according to seeding.
For the WD, I think the seeded players will get to the Qfinals except for 8th-seeded locals Tripp/Wright who are unlucky to have Du Jing/Yu Yang drawn into their portion Olsen/Schjoldager could face stiff resistance in both the first two rounds to be played today.
i know i know.. ..like my practical ex-chemistry teacher always said: "prepare for the worst, just hope for the best".. i guess the worst would be something like: none o chinese MS advanced to QF. .. if i can prepare myself for That, i'll be ready for anything. i should stop thinking such dark thoughts.
Too bad, Kenneth Jonasson lost. Now that he is gone, i see a quarterfinal matchup between WCH and Hafiz Hashim. I hope WCH does not delibarately lost to Hafiz Hashim, due to the latter's low ranking. Ok i could be wrong, we shall see
well, i agree, the match between shon seung mo and chen hong will be interesting, and as for md, its just wow! jung / lee vs alven/luluk, and chandra/sigit vs tony/howard matches are to die for! i wonder how it'll turn out watsup with lin dan? he doesnt usually have to play third set, is that guy good, whi?kasper? sorry, dont really know, but from what ive heard , hes not really a no-namer huh?
My predictions are not far away. The higher ranked players look good to advance on paper. Sairul Amar Ayub may give Lee Hyun Il a good fight before bowing down.The match between Chen Hong and Shon may go either way and Bao has to be wary of Ahn Hyun Suk, the Korean Open quater finalist. It's Li Mao vs Misbun in the match between Kuan BH and Lee CW . Malaysian players do well so far and should have not less than 3 players in the quaterfinals, quite an achievement after the appointment of KH Yap as the chiefcoach.
I think to 'deliberately lose to Hafiz' must not, and cannot, be the arrangement as WCH has much to lose himself. He is suffering from a loss of confidence for not being to win the majors for sometime now. His ranking has suffered from being WR No.1 at one time. Obviously his income has suffered too and now that he is in a 'different camp' from Hafiz, being trained by new Chinese coach Li Mao instead of Misbun, he has to prove that he has benefitted from Li's coaching. Remember, Lee Chong Wei, now also trained by Li, recently lost (for the first time) to Hafiz in the German Open and you can't afford to have another of Li's top trainees lose to Hafiz again. 'Face' and honour is very much a part of a man's reputation in this part of the world.
mmm....shon has done the double over chen hong in the wc03 and olympics 04....i hope chen can win here at the ae05
Yes, Shon has been rather successful against Chen Hong in the past years : [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PLAYER HEAD-TO-HEAD [/font]SHON Seung Mo 3 - 2 CHEN Hong KOR National Authority CHN 1 Jul 1980 Date of Birth 28 Nov 1979 Kyungnam-Province Place of Birth Fujian 181 Height 181 - Weight - Right Right/Left Handed Right Year Tournament & Nation Round Winner Score 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES 2004 GREECE Quarter-Finals SHON 10-15 15-4 15-10 2003 World Championships 2003 ENGLAND Quarter-Finals SHON 5-15 17-14 15-9 2000 Korea Open 2000 (I) KOREA 1/32 SHON 15-11 3-15 15-6 1999 Asia Badminton Champs 99 (I) MALAYSIA 1/16 CHEN 13-15 17-16 9-15 Team Tournaments Year Tournament & Nation Round Winner Score 2001 Sudirman Cup 2001 (T) SPAIN TEAM CHEN 8-15 6-15
Do you seriously think that Hafiz is not suffering from loss of confidence? And what about his income also? Misbun had in the past spoke to the press about his disciple, i hope you can reconsider what you have just say. Check that. I shall reserve my opinion about the match between LCW and Hafiz last week You are not in the Malaysian camp and how do you know what's going on inside. Are you an insider? This is good. Thanks you for your comment. I really enjoy it. Chong Wei's loss to Hafiz( is it 15:4 and 15:7? ) Jesus christ. In Loh we trust
when Chen Hong was the #1 for like the longest amount of time, he used to be a reliable and consistent player who is able to get to at least the semi-final stage of all tournament. lately however, he has been much less consistent and most of the time won't even advance beyond quarterfinal.
According to Loh's theory, chen hong is suffering from loss of confidence and income? what do you think? This AE is definitely memorable.