Not sure about that, if Chandra/Sigit meet Paaske/Rasmussen, the road is probably tougher than if they meet Cai/Fu. The Danes ex-World Champs need to prove a point before splitting up (I think this is their last tournament together). Would be interesting to gauge Cai/Fu though, all Chinese pairs have taken a step back since the Thomas Cup finals. On the other half, Luluk/Alven are not strong enough mentally. Koo/Chan are riding on a high, Xie/Guo are an unknown quantity and Wong/Chew have nothing to lose. Yet if the Indons play well, they have the best chance to progress. Kido/Setiawan are more promising, but they meet own countrymen in Flandy/Hian, everyone knows it's tricky to play your own colleagues. After that (assuming they win), they need to play smart to beat Lundgaard/Eriksen. Not that difficult, the Danes have slowed down since after Olympics last year.
both denmark's pairs have taken a step back, also. look at denmark open 2005, they're failure. i think the only hard contander are from malaysia, chan choo ming/koo kien keat , i don't know why chon tan fook/lee wan wah don't participate. and wong/chew is not promising.
They're an older pair and have just played in 2 tournaments in Europe, winning one. It's to keep them fresh for the SEA games.
Actually, I'm looking forward to see the SF, could be Candra/Sigit vs Cai/Fu... The final before final, I guess... It must be a really interesting match, whoever win will prove that they are the best in the present...
If it comes to that, I'd agree with Taufik-ist for Indon win, Cai/Fu are not able to impose their game against more experienced pairs. Or dare we say it, Li Yongbo/Tian Bingyi coaching partnership is just not as good as their playing partnership ... More interesting still is to see the progress of MAS and INDON younger pairs, at this point INDONs have the edge.