S'pore Open 2007 - May 5, 2007 - Semi Final Day It will be an interesting Semi Final, there may be more upsets coming up... Here is what I think (winners in bold) WS XIE Xingfang vs XU Huaiwen - XXF is in a very good form ZHANG Ning vs HIROSE Eriko - ZN will be showing who's the boss (yes, all chinese WS final) MS SUSILO Ronald vs PONSANA Boonsak - the power of local crowd GADE Peter vs CHEN Yu - Gade is determined to be in final (meaning no Chinese in MS final) WD ZHANG Y.W./WEI Y.L. vs LEE K.W./LEE H.J. - Chinese team is stronger ZHAO T.T./WEI Y vs GAO L./ZHANG J.W - Gao is injured, I think? (wow, another all Chinese final?) MD WIJAYA C./GUNAWAN T. vs CAI Y./FU H.F - Will be a tough revenge KIDO M./SETIAWAN H. vs CHOONG T.F./LEE W.W. - will be a toss (possibly all INA MD final?) XD WIDIANTO N./NATSIR L. over LIMPELE F./MARISSA V. - We shall see XIE Z.B./ZHANG Y.W. over PRAPAKAMOL/THOUNGTHONGKAM - another chinese domination
XD: Widianto/Natsir vs Limpele/Marissa - Senior pair is more stable Xie/Zhang vs Prapakamol/Thungthongkam - 50-50 WS: XX vs Xu Huaiwen - XX wins, but possibly another tough fight Zhang Ning vs Eriko Hirose - This time no buts, Eriko must really say sayonara MS: Gade vs Chen Yu - Gade to win as long as he keeps his cool Boonsak vs Ronald Susilo - Slight edge to Boonsak, but crowd could help Ronald tip the balance WD: Yang/Zhao vs Gao/Zhang - don't know and don't care Wei/Zhang vs Lee/Lee - of course CHN will win MD: Cai/Fu vs Tony/Candra - It's time for revenge Kido/Setiawan vs Choong/Lee - Veteran MAS pair to take it, possibly in 3 sets
WS XIE Xingfang vs XU Huaiwen ZHANG Ning vs HIROSE Eriko-I bet this will be another All-England style battle MS SUSILO Ronald vs PONSANA Boonsak - the power of local crowd GADE Peter vs CHEN Yu-Gade may not like how Asian's dominate badminton, but Chen Yu seems to be getting better with every tournament he plays... WD ZHANG Y.W./WEI Y.L. vs LEE K.W./LEE H.J. - Chinese team is stronger ZHAO T.T./WEI Yvs GAO L./ZHANG J.W-50/50 imo but I think Gao/Zhang will take it because 2 uber experienced players are better than 1. MD WIJAYA C./GUNAWAN T.vs CAI Y./FU H.F-Hopefully their consistent wins against them will remain consistent today. Should be an awesome match though KIDO M./SETIAWAN H. vs CHOONG T.F./LEE W.W. XD WIDIANTO N./NATSIR L. vs LIMPELE F./MARISSA V. - We shall see XIE Z.B./ZHANG Y.W. vs PRAPAKAMOL/THOUNGTHONGKAM - The last time I saw these two pairs meet, the Thai's got killed.
My hunch says... ...there will be less M'sian supporters joining the forum tonight..Well, they could show up for LWW&CTF's match, but if they lose, then most likely we'll be seeing much less M'sian fans for the Finals...So, prove me wrong guys.. Anyways, back to the upcoming matchups, with all the upsets and surprises so far in this tourney, i wouldn't be suprised to see a couple more upsets, just to continue the trend...Hopefully i'm wrong and all the favorites advance to the Finals though..
I hope Eriko wins, just to silence all the critics LOL, and that Boonsak makes it into the final. XD the Thai's appeared very confident in their match, I hope they beat their opponents to meet up with #1 seeds. (yes one can only hope...) I'm actually hoping the underdogs put up one heck of a fight against the higher ranked players, and give us some exciting badminton
Here is the scheduled.. ..order of play for the Semifinals day(courtesy of tournamentsoftware.com).. Webcast should start around 2 PM, local time..
Try to beat this one... (ok, hopefully i won't jinx him, so here goes)... Heia Danmark! Kom igjen Gade!! Kom Nu Gade! Seiern Er Deres! GADE RULES! KOM IGJEN!!! OG DET VAR GADE, OG DET VAR GADE, OLÉ - OLÉ - OLÉ !!! last but not least : Peter Gade BOLEH!!
Ctjcad, I have got nothing to beat that! BTW, what are those suppose to mean??? (Besides Gade Boleh) All I've got to say is once again "Let's GO Gade!!!!!!! Let's GO!!!!!!!!" It's sad that fans scream like crazy during a badminton tournament, which in a way does have an impact in the players whom are doing their best focusing in every given moment.(forget about the talk of mental toughness, that's just pure distraction) Whereas in a game of tennis, as soon as the player is getting ready to serve, the crowd stays quiet immediately.
although peter gade is the favourite to win the title, i actually hope for boonsak or ronald to win ahaha theres nothing like an underdog victory
My prediction : MS Final = Ronald Susilo vs. Peter MD Final = Tony / Cndra vs. Markis / Hendra WS Final = Xie X vs. Zhang N WD Final = Zhang Yawen / Wei Yili vs. Zhao T / Yang Wei. XD Final = Flandy / Vita vs. Xie / Zhang Y.
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