Aviva Singapore Open 2005 Grand Final Day

[weeyet]

Date: 3 July 2005
Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium

Status: 6 star World GP (correct)

Defending Champions 2004:
MS: Kenneth Jonassen (crash out to CH in QF)
WS: Zhang Ning (again face ZM in 2005 SO final)
MD: Luluk Hadiyanto/Yulianto Alven (crash out to Boe/Mogensen in QF)
WD:Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen (crash out to GL/HS in SF)
XD: Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (crash out to CQQ/ZTT in QF)


LINE UP FOR AVIVA SINGAPORE OPEN 2005:
XD:
[6]Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thungthongkam (THA)
vs [2]Zhang Jun/Gao Ling (CHN)
Head to Head:
SP/ST 1-4 ZJ/GL (Last one won by SP/ST, AE 2005 QF, 2-0)
Time: 1.00pm

WS:
[2]Zhang Ning (CHN)
vs [8]Zhou Mi (CHN)
Head to Head:
ZN 4-11 ZM (Last previous three won by ZN)
Time: approx 2.00pm following after XD
a repeat of last year Aviva's final


WD:
[3]Gao Ling/Huang Sui (CHN)
vs [7]Zhang Dan/Zhang Yawen (CHN)
Head to Head:
GL/HS 2-0 ZD/ZYW (Last previous two won by GL/HS)
Time: approx 3.00pm following after WS

MS:
[8]Taufik Hidayat (INA)
vs [7]Chen Hong (CHN)
Head to Head:
TH 6-1 CH (Last one won by CH, Japan Open 2005, 2-0)
Time: approx 4.00pm following after WD

MD:
[4]Chandra Wijaya/Sigit Budiarto (INA)
vs [6]Mathias Boe/Cartsen Mogensen (DEN)
Head to Head:
CW/SB 1-0 MB/CM (Swiss Open 2005, 2-1)
Time: approx 5.00pm following after MS


I suppose all matches will be held at a same court right?
Can Chen Hong make a hat-trick in Singapore? He won it in 2002 and 2003. Taufik is out to win his first trophy after OG. Chen Hong certainly won't have an easy game, Taufik sent lin dan packing in straight sets
Can the 1997 world champion Chandra/Sigit help Indonesia to defend the MD title won by Luluk/Alven last year? and show they are back to top form again? Or Boe/Mathias could be another rising fearful Danish pair after JE/ML and JR/LP in very soon future?
Can Prapakamol/Thungthongkam again defeat Gao/Zhang this year after they did it in All-England, to again prove themselves they are at a same level with NR/GM, ZJ/GL etc?
What about Zhou Mi? I can't wait to see her revenge over Zhang Ning for last year's SO final straight sets defeat. Aiya, Guangxi ma

[weeyet]

My opinion:

MS: Taufik 55:45
MD: Chandra/Sigit 60:40
WS: 50:50
WD: Gao/Huang 55:45
XD: 50:50

Note: Gao/Huang beat 5th seed Andersen/Schjoldager by 15-0, 15-0 in QF en route to final, but I dunno what happen???

[Woven]

My prediction:

MxD: Zhang/Gao
WS: Zhang Ning
WD: Gao/Huang
MS: Taufik
MD: Candra/sigit

also, if OG = olympic games, then i think this is not the first trophy that taufik is aiming to win (he won indonesia open 2004 remember )

[weeyet]

also, if OG = olympic games, then i think this is not the first trophy that taufik is aiming to win (he won indonesia open 2004 remember )

Ooops... Sorry I missed out the Djarum Indoensia open 2004... same opponent in the final...

[fd16n]

My Prediction
MS : TH vs CH 60:40 Taufik will likely follow IO 2004, defeat LD in SF then win from CH in final
WS: ZN vs ZM 55:45
MD: Candra/Sigit vs Boe/Mongensen 55:45 if only indos can finish in straight set
WD: Gao/Huang vs ZD/ZYW 55:45
XD: 50:50 though i prefer thai win, so chn don't win many titles

[weeyet]

I guess there will be a lot of off-court relaxed(?? I hope so) players during or not during match times, like fangfang, bao, cai/fu etc, all the players who are not going to play in the final, so don't forget to snap their photos when they are cheering for teammates la..!!

[kyiyu]

My prediction will be;

XD: Zhang/Gao
WS: Zhang Ning
MS: Taufik
WD: Gao/Huang
MD: Candra/sigit

[Clarkie]

Taufik's the MAn manz...if u saw hom against peter gade u know wat i mean..
hm zhou mi's nursing an injury rite? and zhang ning has more experience but older....tough fight i guess...as for men doubles...that candra/sigit pair to win..they're world class!!! i dunno bout rest tho...

[Qidong]

XD - Zhang Jun/Gao Ling
WS - Zhang Ning
WD - Gao Ling/Huang Sui
MS - Taufik Hidayat
MD - Chandra Wijaya/Sigit Budiarto


Once again, Gao Ling proves she's still the best women double player. And Chandra/Sigit prove a big mistake the Indonesian not play them together in TC last year.

[weeyet]

Zhang Ning, Singapore Open champions of 2001, 2003, 2004..
Can she win the fourth? And a 3-consecutive champion!!!

Another match much looking forward to: XD!!
Hehe.. don't know should support who, hope it will be 3-game decider

[cooler]

i'll buck the popular consensus and predict chen hong over taufik

[ants]

As much as i want chen Hong to win.. but i'm still rooting for Taufik to win this match-up.

[weeyet]

I think the problem Lin Dan lost is more on himself rather than Taufik's game..
Same goes to Xie Xingfang, she was "disinterested" on the court..
That's why tomorrow we can see a close match between Chen Hong and Taufik

[ants]

Well Lindan have to prove himself again this coming malaysian open. It is definately not going to be easy for him.

[weeyet]

Well Lindan have to prove himself again this coming malaysian open. It is definately not going to be easy for him.

Would this affect his confidence?? I don't know.. Or in contrary this will be a motivation for him?

[Trance]

Would this affect his confidence?? I don't know.. Or in contrary this will be a motivation for him?

LD has played Taufik quite a bit lately so if he had lost at any time his confidence would obviously have been lost.

So it's probably better that he loses now and finds his mistakes so that he can fix for Malaysian Open and be ready for the World Champs.

[madturtle]

I guess there will be a lot of off-court relaxed(?? I hope so) players during or not during match times, like fangfang, bao, cai/fu etc, all the players who are not going to play in the final, so don't forget to snap their photos when they are cheering for teammates la..!!

i dont think many will be here today. only xxf and baobao were here to cheer lindan during his match.