Since the draw is out, at the upper part, LCW and CY probably will meet at qf! later the possible men in semi maybe is Sony k, or KJ will meet LCW or CY. hopefully LCW will beat CY this time. At the lower part was quite clear, sf most probably are TH and BCL, 'cos PG was not in the competation... what do u all think????
TH and BCL.....hard to predict!!!....but i think TH will make it....since BCL is well known as Mr.Quarter-Finalist!!
bao will lose??? noooooo..... i'm not agree with u..... i think bao will win this time.... he will defeat taufik cause he lost from taufik in indonesia open......
You guys shouldnt kick LCW aside, he will either be in semifinal or final, depends mostly on luck, we may not know if a third defeat to Chen Yu is likely to be happpened
BCL is Mr. Runner-up while Lee HI is Mr. Quarter-Finalist I thought BCL is well known as Mr. Runner-up. Probably no body else has earned more runner-ups than he. Of course, BCL entered quarter final many times, but for each tournaments, there are 8 guys in quarter-final(4 of 8 quarter-finalists ended at quarter-final), but only 1 runner up. So BCL is NOT Mr.Quarter-Finalist, BCL is Mr. Runner-up. Who is Mr.Quarter-Finalist? Lee Hyun Il is the Mr.Quarter-Finalist for sure. No body else has earned more quarter-finalist than Lee YI in the past year. Lee Hyun Il has earned 6 quarter-finalists, including CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN 2006, DJARUM INDONESIA OPEN 2006, YONEX GERMAN OPEN 2006, WILSON BADMINTON SWISS OPEN 2006, PICC CHINA OPEN, and also last year's XIV WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS quarter finalist. At this Korea open, there is a very slim chance for Lee HI stays as a quarterfinalist. If he cannot beat Taufik, then he cannot enter quarter final, if he beat Taufik, then he will be in the semi-final without any problem. Because there is no any decent player in the other quarter with Gade's withdrawal.
SIMON?? i not seen this guy in TV yet,, dun know how he look. but he gain quite ok in few international touranment.. abt TH, dun hope too much, he always said want will save energy for WC...so, this time i think he will "save" energy again....hahahah,, so, he will lose to BCL..
The " hardest" hurdle for TH in this KO is LHI....[that's it]... Once TH can defeat LHI....no one can stop him from being the champion. Once TH reaches the Semi Final....you will see a Taufik-in-Action match!!
With PG's withdrawal, no serious obstacle for TH to secure his place in SF,only KOR's LeeHI probably is hard opponent in QF scenario.And TH will meet BCL in SF round,certainly TH can overcome BCL (CHN's best hope in this tourney to grab MS crown but BCL is still lack of motivation/determination although all BCL's fans never forget wishing him to win something -- OMG).From top-half draw, maybe CY has chance making hat-trick to beat LCW again, but doubtedly CY can arrive at QF spot because CY seems getting trouble if he must face lower-rank players such as Simon or ShojiSato. Then,LCW will against KJ is last four (surely open road for current world #2 to freeze Dane's veteran without underestimate him).Move on to final scene will happen between LCW vs TH! And the winner goes to...Both of them have equal opportunities 50:50 to take the title...really difficult to predict.
The "toughest" challenger for SImon is LCW.... LCW was defeated by SImon in the SEA GAMES last year...I guess SImon's confidence is increasing and his physical condition is getting better... SO I predict SImon will meet LCW in the SF and SImon will be able to "handle" LCW and TH vs BAO. When Simon meets TH in the final...I guess SImon will "defeat" TH. They have known each other...just like Chen Hong vs Lin Dan
Is that you, indra, claimed the most die hard TH fan, the number 1 supporter for TH here in this forum? Is there any other people betting on TH? or runner up is really the limit TH can reach, since it is from his number 1 supporter.