Singapore Strait times (23 may 2006, PP H13 | sport) announced that Taufik, Sony and Simmon will play in Man single while Nova / Natsir will be in XD. Same news carried the announcement of Peter Gate (MS) and Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard (MD). So far no news about Malaysian and Korean Team. Anyway not too bad for the spectators despite no top guns from Chinese Team.
Player List(from organiser) As a courtesy to the media which are spreading out the releases, we do not release as yet. The key players are : CHN (Bao C L, Chen Hong, Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen, Wei Yili / Zhang Yawen, Zhang Dan / Zhao Tingting, Zhu Lin, Lu Lan, Chen Li, Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen, Zheng Bo / Zhao Tingting) INA (Taufilk, Sony, Simon, Alven/Luluk, Markhis Khido / Hendra Setiawan, Flandy / Sigit, Nova / Natsri, Jo Novita / Polli Greysia) DEN (Peter Gade, Kenneth Jonassen, Jens Eriken / Martin Lundgaard, Jonas Rasmussen/ Peter Steffensen, Thomas Laybourn / Lars Paask, Jens Eriksen / Mette, Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter, Lars Paask / Helle Nielsen, Tine Rasmussen etc) KOR (Lee Hyun Il, Lee Hyo Jung / Lee Kyung Won, Jun Jae Young, Hwang Hye Youn, Jang Soo Young, Lee Jae Jin / Lee Hyo Jung, etc) NED (Mia Audina, Yao Jie, Dicky Palyma) FRA (Pi Hong Yan) MAS (Hafiz, Kuan Beng Hong, Lee Wan Wah / Choong Tan Fook, Koo Kien Keat/Chan Chong Ming, Hoon Tien How / Tan Boon Heong, Ong Soon Hock / Tan Bin Shen, Wong Pei Ty / Chin Ee Hui, Koo Kien Keat / Wong Pei Ty etc) JPN (Sato Shoji, Kaori Mori, Eriko Hirose, Kanako Yonekura, Ogura / Reiko Shiota, Keita Matsuda / Tadashi Ohtsuka etc) ENG (Nathan Robertson / Gail Emms, Anthony Clark / Donna Kellogg, Robert Blair / Natalie Munt, Tracey Hallam, Gail Emms / Donna Kellogg, etc) GER (Bjorn Joppien, Juliane Schenk, Nicole Grether etc) TEP ( Cheng Shao Chieh, Cheng Wen Hsing / Chien Yu-chin etc) The draw will come out on next Mon ie. if no problems at IBF side.
I happy to see Taufik's name on the list as I thought he may not be available to defend his title. I'm sure badMania, kemana and our other Indonesian friends are too. But am also sad not to see Zhang Ning's name, last year's women champion and a favourite with Singaporeans. Also will be missing are Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei particularly. Even if they need to concentrate on the World Championships in Madrid this September, it is still many months away. Therefore it is good to see Peter Gade in action again. Anyway, the competiton remains tough and we should be able to witness some very exciting matches.
haha,yes,i am happy. just hope we can watch this game on CCTV5 btw ,i am not Indonesian, remember? seems there will be no MD from China?
haha...those of you who are going to the aviva open, please please please do me a favour by taking lots n lots of shots of them. esp nova/buntet!!! thanks a lot. =)) hahaha
