Taufik Hidayat lost to Tien Minh Nguyen!! 18-21 13-21 :crying: biggest upset of the tournament.. =( any comments?
i just wonder that when i saw the result just now.... a big big suprise to me how does he lose to the vietnam player... anyone from the scene can tell us what is the story....!?
ack! tooo bad i was hoping to see taufik in the semis/finals when i go and watch it live... i wasnt there when it happened so i guess he was playing an "attitude taufik style" just like in Japan Open last year where he lost to Lin Dan 21-3 =(
Nguyen Tien Minh is one of those who can upset the top players and I think it is not that surprising. Remember he already did it at the asian games where he had a good time especially beating Lee Hyun Il
Tien Minh Nguyen won the game straight set. OMG! This is amazing. He's going to play against Chen Hong tomorrow in the Quarter finals. Can't wait to see the result.
From unconfirmed sources, TH got phone call about his pregnant wife and wanted to go home...my be thats explained as Fastdrop informed me that TH did not look good and had bad attitude in the court....so whatever reasons, we have to give Minh Nguyen a credit to beat TH.....
Phil Open 2007 MS results (for the quarterfinals) today's MS results: Round 3 Quarterfinals Hong Chen [1] 21-14 21-18 Hong Chen [1] 21-17 21-11Kwong Beng Chan 15-21 21-12 21-18 Tien Minh Nguyen 21-18 21-13 Tien Minh Nguyen 21-16 21-18Cheol Ho Lee 21-14 25-27 21-13 Kenneth Jonassen [4] 21-11 21-14 Kenneth Jonassen [4] 21-8 21-13Wei Ng [16] 21-12 21-13 Stanislav Pukhov 13-21 23-21 21-13 Sung Hwan Park [9] 21-17 21-15Sung Hwan Park [9] 23-21 21-14 Tsuen Seng Lee [13] 13-21 21-19 21-9 Sony Dwi Kuncoro [6] 22-20 21-15Sony Dwi Kuncoro [6] 21-10 21-14 Ronald Susilo [10] 21-7 21-17 Ronald Susilo [10] 21-14 21-8Chunlai Bao [3] 21-19 21-14 Weijie Gong 21-17 21-14 Weijie Gong 21-14 23-21Shoji Sato [7] 21-19 21-23 22-20 Andrew Smith [11] 22-24 21-19 21-13 Chong Wei Lee [2] 21-12 21-16Chong Wei Lee [2] 13-21 21-15 21-16
I was shock as well to see Taufik lost! Congrats to Tien Minh Nguyen. Does Taufik not feel the urge to play and win anymore, since he's won basically every tournament there is now he's a family guy, he doesn't have the desire to win as much as before?
Nguyen Tien Minh is the best player in Viet nam, may be in that game, Tien Minh knew who is he and played no pressure and taufik might look down his competitor. go on Tien Minh!
you observe it right. TH does not have enough emotional challenge to win. the motivation is not as much. the 2008 olympics is what keeps him going now, then, he will call it quits.