Chinese Taipei Open 2005 Final Predictions in bold. MEN'S SINGLES Lee Hyun Il (1) vs Shon Seung Mo (4) -- no surprise there, an all-Korean final. I think Lee will win it WOMEN'S SINGLES Tracey Hallam (1) vs Seo Yoon Hee (3) -- a tragic day for the Taiwanese, with both Cheng and Chien eliminated. I predict the Korean girl will take the title after an impressive win over Cheng today. MEN'S DOUBLES Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (1) vs Tony Gunawan/Halim Heryanto (7) -- similarly, no surprise here. Tony/Halim to win their second title of the year. WOMEN'S DOUBLES Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing (1) vs Kate Wilson-Smith/Kellie Lucas (3) -- unless fatigue sets in, the Taiwanese pair should retain their title! MIXED DOUBLES Tony Gunawan/Cheng Wen-Hsing vs Devin Lahardi/Vita Marissa -- based on experience, Tony/Cheng will take it. BUT, I am going to root for the Indonesian pair here! I hope they can get their first title together! They should replace Anggun/Yunita and become Team Indonesia's no 2 mixed doubles pair next year. No matter what, their ranking will go up to the 20s by next week.
NOOO!! lol now both my coaches have dropped out!. wang chia ming from the mixed doubles, and zhang jeng shyung from mens singles! wang lost to gunawan in the semis.. and even worse! cheng shao chieh lost!! nooooo... arg im so pissed. oh well... still a taiwanese WD and a 1/2 taiwanese XD JIA YOU!! ADD OIL
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HAHA S4MadMan!!! oh well.. now im rooting for gunawan my coach is out anyways. gunawan is the only hope for taiwan now
Lee Hyun Il will definately beat Shon-Seung Mo. Mo has lost 2/3s of his vision in his right eye. If you know how to play against him how can he overcome that massive handicap?
is this an injury or a disease....sounds very serious...did he play his previous games with this problem
From what I heard, Shon was hit in the eye by a shuttle when he was younger, resulting in the partial blindness.
well... if they train together Lee will know about Mo's eye condition and use it for his advantage. * since they must play together a lot it should be a pretty big handicap
Final Results MEN'S SINGLES Lee Hyun Il (1) bt Shon Seung Mo (4) 15-13, 15-6 WOMEN'S SINGLES Tracey Hallam (1) bt Seo Yoon Hee (3) 11-9, 11-7 MEN'S DOUBLES Tony Gunawan/Halim Heryanto (7) bt Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (1) 15-13, 15-13 WOMEN'S DOUBLES Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing (1) bt Kate Wilson-Smith/Kellie Lucas (3) 15-8, 17-14 MIXED DOUBLES Tony Gunawan/Cheng Wen-Hsing bt Devin Lahardi/Vita Marissa 17-15, 15-6 Both Tony Gunawan and Cheng Wen-Hsing are the biggest winners, with 2 titles!