Picks for the day MS Lin Dan v Roslin - a tougher than expected opening test Simon v Lee TS - tough call, Simon's win over WCH proves that he is in good form, but he also played 3 matches yesterday Sato v Kendrick - 50:50 Bao CL v Ronald Other matches involving Malaysians Hafiz v John Moody - straight-forward Boonsak v Tan Chun Seang - Tan CS not at Boonsak's level yet Lee CW v Chetan Anand - must be alert Park SH v Yeoh KB - could be close Ng Wei v Sairul Amar - no match
Picks for the day WS Jiang YJ v Yao Jie - tough R32 encounter Julia Wong v Meemek Monthila Yippy v Schenk - could come close Hwang Hye Youn v Mori - close Other matches involving Malaysians Lu Lan v Wong MC - I have always underestimated Wong MC, hoping I am doing that again Saina v Anita Raj - a bit of disbelieve that Anita won over Hallam
Picks for the day MD Eng Hian/Sukmawan v Ong SH/Tan BS - undecided Koo KK/Tan BH v Sigit/Fran Paaske/Rasmussen v Kido/Setiawan - if you only watch one match today, this is it Choong TF/Lee WW v Blair/Clark - tough Other matches involving Malaysians Lin WF/Fairuz v Bach/Malaythong Zakry/Gan TC v Fuchs/Spitko
Picks for the day WD Du Jing/Yu Yang v Lee HJ/Lee KW - big R32 match Emms/Kellogg v Rani/Endang - Indons could be dangerous Matches involving Malaysians Jiang YM/Li YJ v Joanne Quay/Lim PS Chin EH/Wong PT v Hong SJ/Kim MJ Haw CH/Lim YL v McKee/Reid - kind R32 draw for both pairs Yang W/Zhang JW v Mooi HY/Ooi YH
Picks for the day XD Saputra/Li YJ v He HB/Yu Yang Paaske/Scholdager v Kindervater/Piotrowski Zhang J/Zhao TT v Rizal/Polii Matches involving Malaysians Robertson/Emms v Chan PS/Haw CH Shirley/Quay v Nikolaenko/Vislova Lee YD/Hwang YM v Gan TC/Fong CY
A busy day for the Indonesian continget, and here's my predictions for the matches today, with predicted winners in bold as usual and the schedule of the matches (in GMT): 11:40 MD R1 Rian Sukmawan/Eng Hian vs Tan Bin Shen/Ong Soon Hock 12:20 MS R1 Lee Tsuen Tseng vs Simon Santoso 12:20 MS R1 Bjoern Joppien vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro 13:00 WD R1 Vita Marissa/Greysia Polii vs Jwala Gutta/Shruti Kurian 13:20 WD R1 Gail Emms/Donna Kellogg vs Rani Mundiasti/Endang Nur Sugianti 14:20 MD R1 Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan 14:20 MD R1 Sigit Budiarto/Fran Kurniawan vs Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong 15:40 XD R1 Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir vs Hsieh Yu-Hsing/Chien Yu-Chin 17:00 MD R1 Michal Logosz/Robert Mateusiak vs Hendra A. Gunawan/Joko Riyadi 17:20 MD R1 Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya vs Kristof Hopp/Ingo Kindervater 19:00 XD R1 Muhammad Rizal/Greysia Polii vs Zhang Jun/Zhao Tingting 19:40 MD R1 Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto vs Albertus Susanto Njoto/Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama 21:00 XD R1 Jens Eriksen/Helle Nielsen vs Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa
Matches involving Singaporeans: Wang Lin vs Xing Aiying Hendri Kurniawan Saputra/Hendra Wijaya vs Jens Eriksen/Martin Lundgaard Hansen Kendrick Lee Yen Huivs Shoji Sato Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia vs Lim Pek Siah/Joanna Quay Swee Ling Hendra Kurniawan Saputra/Li Yujia vs He Hanbin/Yu Yang Xu Huaiwen vs Li Li Bao Chunlai vs Ronald Susilo
My picks of the other matches in the first round: MEN'S SINGLES Lin Dan vs Mohd Roslin Hashim Peter Gade vs Dicky Palyama Boonsak Ponsana vs Tan Chun Seang Chetan Anand vs Lee Chong Wei MEN'S DOUBLES Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun vs Keita Masuda/Tadashi Ohtsuka Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Lin Woon Fui vs Howard Bach/Bob Khan Malaythong Robert Blair/Anthony Clark vs Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah Gan Teik Chai/Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif vs Michael Fuchs/Roman Spitko WOMEN'S SINGLES Xie Xingfang vs Judith Meulendijks Yao Jie vs Jiang Yanjiao Saina Nehwal vs Anita Raj Kaur Wong Mew Choo vs Lu Lan WOMEN'S DOUBLES Hong Soo Jung/Kim Min Jung vs Wong Pei Tty/Chin Ee Hui Kamilla Rytter-Juhl/Lena Frier-Kristensen vs Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing Lee Kyung Won/Lee Hyo Jung vs Du Jing/Yu Yang MIXED DOUBLES Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk vs Zheng Bo/Gao Ling Ingo Kindervater/Kathrin Piotrowski vs Lars Paaske/Mette Schjoldager Lee Yong Dae/Hwang Yu Mi vs Gan Teik Chai/Fong Chew Yen David Lindley/Suzanne Rayappan vs Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen
my predictions........ MEN'S SINGLES Lin Dan vs Mohd Roslin Hashim - I think Roslin might be able to push to rubber set based on his performance in German Open Peter Gade vs Dicky Palyama - Ride in da park for Peter Boonsak Ponsana vs Tan Chun Seang - I'm putting my money on this little monkey here Chetan Anand vs Lee Chong Wei - Another free ride for LCW MEN'S DOUBLES Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun vs Keita Masuda/Tadashi Ohtsuka - No big deal Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Lin Woon Fui vs Howard Bach/Bob Khan Malaythong - MAS pair is much better Robert Blair/Anthony Clark vs Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah - 80-20 in favour of MAS Gan Teik Chai/Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif vs Michael Fuchs/Roman Spitko - No prob for Gan/Zakry WOMEN'S SINGLES Xie Xingfang vs Judith Meulendijks - duh..... Yao Jie vs Jiang Yanjiao - hope Jiang pulls off this one... Saina Nehwal vs Anita Raj Kaur - I think Anita can make this one unless she's too tired... Wong Mew Choo vs Lu Lan - Hopefully another turning point for Choo Choo WOMEN'S DOUBLES Hong Soo Jung/Kim Min Jung vs Wong Pei Tty/Chin Ee Hui - hopefully Eei Hui's knee doesn bother her... Kamilla Rytter-Juhl/Lena Frier-Kristensen vs Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing - no idea... Lee Kyung Won/Lee Hyo Jung vs Du Jing/Yu Yang - they'll make it... easy ride MIXED DOUBLES Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk vs Zheng Bo/Gao Ling - i'll be much more suprise if they lose... Ingo Kindervater/Kathrin Piotrowski vs Lars Paaske/Mette Schjoldager - danes to win!!! Lee Yong Dae/Hwang Yu Mi vs Gan Teik Chai/Fong Chew Yen - bad draw for MAS David Lindley/Suzanne Rayappan vs Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen - chn to win!!!!
Yup,13 matches for INA squad and no WS representative (poor). Starting from 06.40pm until (OMG) tomorrow morning 04.00 in Jakarta time, really unfriendly time from major Asian countries. Gonna be tricky for Markis/Hendra against DEN former World Champ also Luluk/Alvent to test the former Indonesian players. Best luck for INA!
Markis and Hendra wont face any trouble.... i think both Markis and Hendra are already on par or maybe a little better than the Danes already...
Ha Ha, you predicted a white wash for all Singapore shuttlers in Round 1! :crying: But come to think about it, you could be right, which is sad. The only chance we have is probably Kendrick over Sato.
I don't know wether this livescore is working or not but you guys can try to open it when the match begin soon Livescore for AE 2007: http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/livescore.aspx?id=13642
Go, Susilo, GO! Will wish for Susilo to beat BCL! Remote but why not? BCL's not in supreme form. Esp. when PG made him realise in MO07 that he's one class below when he couldn't handle PG's deceptive return -of-serve and hence was forced to do long serves, as bananaboy so perceptively pointed out in an earlier post.
guys, i think tournament software is livescoring: http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/livescore.aspx?id=13642 Victor