Swiss Open 2006 QFs (Friday)

**hcyong** · 01-05-2006, 09:18 PM

Predictions

MS
Lee CW bt Kaldau (clear favourite)
Lee HI bt Wong CH (WCH has more than a fighting chance)
Xia XZ bt Shon SM (Shon struggled against Druzchenko)
Gade bt Kuan BH (clear favourite)

WS
Pi HY bt Schenk (clear favourite)
Zhu Lin bt Seo YH
Mia bt Lee Hyun Jin (clear favourite)
Xu HW bt Wang Lin (not so sure, Xu struggled yesterday)

MD
Boe/Mogensen bt Fairuz/Lin
Jung JS/Lee YD bt Rasmussen/Steffensen (both are new pairings, but I favour the Koreans slightly)
Sang/Zheng bt Logosz/Mateusiak
Laybourn/Paaske bt Chan/Koo (hard to tell, but I hope to be wrong)

WD
Lee KW/Lee HJ bt Schjoldager/Andersen (clear favourite)
Zhang Dan/Zhao TT bt Augustyn/Kostiuczyk (clear favourite)
Mia/Bruil bt Wong/Chin (in normal circumstances, I think the Dutch are supposed to be superior anyway, but at current situation, hard to tell, I hope I am wrong for this time)
Du/Yu bt Chien/Cheng

XD
Lee JJ/Lee HJ bt Clark/Kellogg (but may not be easy especially as the Koreans have another match to play)
Blair/Munt bt Roebuck/Wallwork (clear favourite)
Zheng Bo/Zhao TT bt Mateusiak/Kostiuczyk (clear favourite)
Robertson/Emms bt Lee Young Dae/Hwang Yu Mi (clear favourite)

**badMania** · 01-05-2006, 10:02 PM

MS
Lee Chong Wei bt Niels Christian Kaldau
Lee Hyun Il bt Wong Choong Hann
Shon Seung Mo bt Xia Xuanze (match of the day)
Peter Gade bt Kuan Beng Hong

WS
Pi Hongyan bt Juliane Schenk
Seo Yoon Hee bt Zhu Lin (match of the day)
Mia Audina bt Lee Hyun Jin
Xu Huaiwen bt Wang Lin

MD
Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen bt Mohd Fairuzuzian Mohd Tazari/Lin Woon Fui (match of the day)
Jonas Rasmussen/Peter Steffensen bt Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae
Sang Yang/Zheng Bo bt Michael Logosz/Robert Mateusiak
Chan Chong Ming/Koo Kien Keat bt Thomas Laybourn/Lars Paaske

WD
Lee Kyung Won/Lee Hyo Jung bt Mette Schjoldager/Britta Andersen
Zhang Dan/Zhao Tingting bt Kamila Augustyn/Nadiedza Kostiuczyk
Wong Pei Tty/Chin Ee Hui bt Mia Audina/Lotte Bruil-Jonathans bt
Du Jing/Yu Yang bt Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing (match of the day)

XD
Lee Jae Jin/Lee Hyo Jung bt Anthony Clark/Donna Kellogg (match of the day)
Robert Blair/Natalie Munt bt Kristian Roebuck/Jenny Wallwork
Zheng Bo/Zhao Tingting bt Robert Mateusiak/Nadiedza Kostiuczyk
Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms bt Lee Young Dae/Hwang Yu Mi

**KZ** · 01-06-2006, 03:00 AM

hey...does anyone of you knows why is the score of yesterdays late night matches not updated yet?

**coops241180** · 01-06-2006, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by hcyong

Predictions

XD
Lee JJ/Lee HJ bt Clark/Kellogg (but may not be easy especially as the Koreans have another match to play)
Blair/Munt bt Roebuck/Wallwork (clear favourite)
Zheng Bo/Zhao TT bt Mateusiak/Kostiuczyk (clear favourite)
Robertson/Emms bt Lee Young Dae/Hwang Yu Mi (clear favourite)

hmm.. think the Zheng Bo/Zhao TT vs Mateusiak/Kostiuczyk will be quite close.. the poles are dangerous...

bit of a drag that there aren't any matches on during the day today - nothing ot distract me from work

**seven** · 01-06-2006, 04:53 AM

Originally Posted by coops241180

hmm.. think the Zheng Bo/Zhao TT vs Mateusiak/Kostiuczyk will be quite close.. the poles are dangerous...

Agree here !!! The Poles are very good!

**yuval_ba** · 01-06-2006, 05:06 AM

Originally Posted by seven

Agree here !!! The Poles are very good!

ye, I like this Polish pair, I watched thier match against Gao/Xie in ChinaMasters and they were impressive even though they lost
hope they can advance

**hcyong** · 01-06-2006, 05:49 AM

Originally Posted by yuval_ba

ye, I like this Polish pair, I watched thier match against Gao/Xie in ChinaMasters and they were impressive even though they lost
hope they can advance

That explains it then. I haven't seen them play before, while some of you guys have. This is the first time I take notice of a Polish XD pairing.

**KZ** · 01-06-2006, 05:54 AM

wow...french player gave beng hong some trouble before losing..
badminton is really catching up in europe..

**coops241180** · 01-06-2006, 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by hcyong

That explains it then. I haven't seen them play before, while some of you guys have. This is the first time I take notice of a Polish XD pairing.

aye - mateusiak is an experienced, strong and talented player, he and logosz are a strong MD pair also.. their match against Sang Yang and Zheng Bo should be quite interesting too.. Mateusiak and Bo will be sick of the sight of each other by the end of the day

hehe - and it seems the same goes for TingTing and Kosticyzk.

what a fluke that is - for all four players in a XD game to end up against each other in the level double.. bizarre!

Coops

**KZ** · 01-06-2006, 06:54 AM

what's the difference between swiss time n m'sian time?

**seven** · 01-06-2006, 06:55 AM

Originally Posted by hcyong

That explains it then. I haven't seen them play before, while some of you guys have. This is the first time I take notice of a Polish XD pairing.

They have only been playing mixed doubles for one year and have already been very impressive.
Mateusiak is a top MD player with Logosz (currently world numer 10) and Kostiuczyk is a top WD player with Kamila Augustyn (currently world number 19 but worth better) and a quite decent WS player (used to be in top 50).

**seven** · 01-06-2006, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by **KZ**

wow...french player gave beng hong some trouble before losing..
badminton is really catching up in europe..

Yes, Kehlhoffner played great from what I heard, leading 14-13 in the second game. He is a young upcoming player...

**Dzgdz** · 01-06-2006, 07:06 AM

They are a really strong pair, capable to trouble the best pairs in the world.

They started playing together after the OG'2004. Their ranking is raising now and they should enter top 10 soon. I expect them to win a medal during the European Championships in few months.

Robert Mateusiak is very fast, talented and creative player. His accuracy and net play is really outstanding. Robert is very experienced - he is in the WGP tournaments for years. He also plays in the German league.

Nadieżda Kostiuczik is originally from Belarus. She is playing in Poland for many years. She is very consistent and reliable player and she has great defensive skills and vision of the court.

If they are able to pass the Chinese pair, it would be really great.

Regards,

dzgdz

**KZ** · 01-06-2006, 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by seven

Yes, Kehlhoffner played great from what I heard, leading 14-13 in the second game. He is a young upcoming player...

how old is he anyway?

**seven** · 01-06-2006, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by **KZ**

how old is he anyway?

He is 22 (relatively young in a European's career), born on 06/12/1983.

**KZ** · 01-06-2006, 09:10 AM

matches has started already..
chong wei almost running away the 1st game against kaldau..
polish MX pair performing quite well too..

2nd game kaldau leading 3-1
polish pair n chinese pair 10-11