My bet is Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan/Chen Hong. Taufik can rest and prepare for World Championship. What say you? Any of you playing tournaments in Pioneer, Sembawang and Boon Lay? See you there! rgds
You can refer to the Malaysaia Open 05 Draw thread http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24937
What do you guys mean by ''need some rest''? That he will lose purposely? Not go to MO at all? withdraw? From what I heard his plan was to win 1 of the SG open or MO in order to be ready for WC. After his won in Singapor, he claimed that he was only 70% of his expected form for WC. So I think he will try to be full form and win MO also.
unlikely for taufik not to give a fight for the title. his immediate task is to get a good ranking for the coming WC which will be determined after m'sia open. he mentioned in an interview he is to get to top 4 so he wd avoid meeting LD or PG before the semis stage. he is currently in no.8, after winning the s'pore open, he shd have ard -2700 points, which is very close with CH, BCL and those few in top 6 now. a good outing in m'sia open is what he needs. my 2 cts...
My sentiment exactly! I have calculated Taufik's latest WR points and it should go up either 2-3 positions from the current no 8. So, he should at least go all the way to semi in the MO to have a better seeding in the WC next month. However, I doubt that he will win a second concecutive title this week.
i predict a lin dan / taufik duel in the finals...unless of course they meet in the quarterfinals or semis....
to me the players tht stand a chance are Lee chong wei(im a msian), taufik(my fav), peter gade(he's nice to watch), lindan(he's too fast,not human) and chen hong kenneth but i dnt really like them, i'll b supporting the 1st 3 but too bad taufik has to play chong wei in quarters
4th round (quarter) *Is too bad Lin and CH will head to head in 4th round, I suppose Lin will beat CH, * Gade will pass through WONG Choong Hann then beat HASHIM Muhd Hafiz in 4th round, *HIDAYAT Taufik will passing through KALDAU Niels Christian and LEE Chong Wei in 4rd round *could be either BAO Chunlai or JONASSEN Kenneth but Jonassen have bigger chance. Semifinal * Lin vs Gade will be a good macth (I don't know the story of head to head of this two ) Lin could be go to Final *Taufik vs Jonassen also will be good macth too, but Taufik.. I suppose can defeat Jonassen Final Lin vs Taufik... Taufik will be the champion That's my thought prediction hahahaha....
i hope for the indonesian container!!! indonesia has been quite down lately... so i hope indonesia can make it better this year... as i suppose that the MO is the last field b4 the WC. SO was quite well... even i still a bit disappointed when sony couldn't make it into semi's and widyanto/natsir felt in semi's...