MEN'S SINGLES Lin Dan vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro -- Sony is my pick after his impressive win over Lee Chong Wei and Peter Gade.. MEN'S DOUBLES Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan vs Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae -- Watching Lee play reminds me of Park Joo Bong. Undoubtedly, the KOR will be the new MD Champions. WOMEN'S SINGLES Wang Chen vs Zhu Lin -- Wang is the clear favorite after her impressive straight sets win over Zhang Ning. WOMEN'S DOUBLES Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen vs Gao Ling/Huang Sui -- Yang/Zhang is the only CHN pair who can beat Gao/Huang, and they are just going to do it again. MIXED DOUBLES Zheng Bo/Gao Ling vs Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir -- Gao is exhausted and will not fully recover from her 6-game matches in WD and XD semi-finals. The INA pair will prevail this time.
WOMEN'S DOUBLES Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen vs Gao Ling/Huang Sui MIXED DOUBLES Zheng Bo/Gao Ling vs Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir Gao Ling to create new record...!!
If China can only win 1 gold as you predicted. LYB will be in trouble. MS: Sony - I wish Sony win too. He deserves it. WS: Wang - I watched them play last time. Zhu Lin's skill is not at Wang's level yet. MS: Jung/Lee WS: Gao/Huang - I agree Gao may be tired. But I like Gao Ling. XS: Gao/Zheng - same as above.
Men's singles : Lin Dan! ( hope he doesn't dissapoint me!) Men's doubles : Of cos the koreans will win it! they have the fighting spirit Women's singles : wang chen Women's doubles : i should say gao ling/ huang sui Mixed doubles : Zheng bo/ Gao ling!!!
my prediction MS: Lin dan, i'll support sony but i think Lin dan will win the match WS: Wang Chen. she wins over ZN in straight set? that's cool MD: Markis/Hendra WD: Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova/Butet
INA ...a return to powerhouse status? Yeah, 2 title for INA from Kido-Hendra and Lili-Nova... I wish Sony can play his maximum... er but Lin Dan is a bit too tough for him... but anyway, I have to shout: IN-DO-NE-SIA... boom-boom... boom... boom-boom-boom-BOOM! Sony Lili-Nova Kido-Hendra
My Prediction MS: Lin Dan WS: Wang Chen MD: JJS/LYD WD:YW/ZJ XD: ZB/GL My Support: MS: Sony WS: WC MD: LYD/JJS WD: GL/HS XD: ZB/GL
My support goes to : - MS - Sony DWI KUNCORO MD - Markis KIDO, Hendra SETIAWAN WS - Chen Wang WD - Bo ZHENG, Ling GAO XD - Sui, HUANG, Ling GAO
MS: Lin Dan, 2 straight sets MD: Very difficult, both pares seem to be in great form. My bet on the Koreans though, they only lost 1 set on their road to the final WS: Chen Wang in a close game. She performed so well against ZN today. WD: Gao Ling/ Sui Huang XD: Zheng Bo/ Gao Ling, two wins for GL, hmm, quite difficult, but she plays extremely well and can make it. So looks like we'll see many exciting games tomorrow, only match I'm quite sure about is MS. Can someone plz tell me when cctv5 is broadcasting tomorrow? I don't want to miss anything.^^
Semifinal notes: Indonesia did very well today by winning 3 SF matches and only lost one. China did not do very well when they had to fight against other countries player with 2-3 scores. But at least they still had chance to win 4 titles tomorrow. Choong/Lee despite of very large and noisy crowd supports again cannot goes all the way to final. Wang Chen play very well indeed. And Japan as well as many predicted, stop at SF. But 2 bronzes are very good from none last year. SF matches, I predict 8 right from 10 matches. Not bad.
Final prediction: (Again, my prediction based on if each opponents play their best in final) MS: Lin Dan VS Sonny After tons and tons of upset here, the dependable Lin Dan reach final and had a shot to defend his title last year. And I had to said this is probably one of the most smoothest tournament for him. So far he always win in straight sets and never threaten at all. Other part, Sonny play unbelievable well since R16. But despite all of that, I don’t think Sonny had enough weapon to win over Lin Dan. His only chance is to play his best and hoping Lin Dan had a nerve suddenly and play below his usual level. LD will win in 2 tight sets. WS: Wang Chen VS Zhu Lin Wang Chen did very well. She managed to play very effective now without too many useless attack but deadly. Zhu Lin as always is very dependable and improving. But I think with her experience, WC will win her first WC title in 2 sets. MD: Markis/Hendra VS Jung/Lee Both pairs do very well last year but struggling this year. Now both pairs return to their best form. Who will win? Depend on who play the less mistakes. If Markis made lots and lots of mistakes, Indonesia will lost. Other hand, if JJS try too much and end up made mistakes, Korea will lost. Markis/Hendra will win in 3 sets. WD: Gao/Huang VS Yang/Zhang We rarely see this pair meet this year cause of a moment break up where Gao play with Zhang JW and Yang wei pair with ZTT. Now they are back and back with style. Again for so many many times, they meet again in final showdown. Gao probably will try the hardest cause if she can win WD and MX titles, she will be write in history as the player with the most gold medals in World Championship. Currently, Park Joo Bong hold the record with 5 golds, (MD and MX) then Gao with 4 golds. (WD and MX) Gao/Huang will win in 3 sets. MX: Gao/Zheng VS Nova/Butet What a journey for Zheng Bo/Gao Ling. Paired up(again) in Asian Games and got gold. Since then they always win all the events they enter except Singapore Open if I am not wrong. Meanwhile Nova/Butet back at their usual form. I really want Nova/Butet to win. But the problem is Nova cause when he started to made mistakes usually it will be in a row and he will mentally collapsed. And he did not had a complete skill as Flandi had. I wish PBSI pair Butet with Flandi who I think is the best men mixed doubles Indonesia had right now and not Nova. The only silver lining is hoping Gao Ling a bit tired after today very long 2 matches and slow her movement in final. Otherwise, Gao/Zheng will win in 2 tight sets. Overall China will win 3 gold, Indonesia and Hong Kong 1 gold. But all still can happen. China maybe will go home with only 1 gold and Indonesia with 3 or maybe none. All depend on the players themselves. May the best win in final!
(real hcyong posting) All the matches will be interesting. Even the WD where I suppose Yang/Zhang is the sentimental favourite.
i'll prob watch sony vs lin dan and the MD. hope sony can pull off the biggest upset of the tournament and i'd also like to see lyd/jjs win the md
MEN'S SINGLES Lin Dan vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro -- unless there's a miracle, Lin Dan will claim his second World title. MEN'S DOUBLES Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan vs Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae -- a tough match is in store for both pairs. I hope Kido/Hendra can take the title here! WOMEN'S SINGLES Wang Chen vs Zhu Lin -- what a match yesterday as Wang Chen simply destroyed Zhang Ning. She knows that she's the favorite today and hopefully she can play like yesterday. WOMEN'S DOUBLES Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen vs Gao Ling/Huang Sui -- does anyone really care who wins this one? MIXED DOUBLES Zheng Bo/Gao Ling vs Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir -- again, unless Gao Ling is suffering from fatigue, otherwise, Nova/Butet will simply just lose again to them. As I mentioned before, I will be contented if Team INA goes home with only the MD title
I've switched allegience as to who i'm supporting MD: JJJ LYD forever! MS: LD - Irrespective to what people have been saying about him, I think he deserves to defend this title. WD: GL/HS - GL deserves it WS: WC forever! MX: ZB/GL - again, I'm supporting this team out of respect for GL.
Looks like there are many Gao Ling's fans here. Me too. However, I would like to see Sony beat Lin Dan. Hope to see him create yet another big upset in this tournament. Sony, jia you!
XD : ZB/GL .. 2 tight games MS : LD .. No Question ! WS : WC.. She must dethroned all th Chinese WS . This is her best chance! MD : JJS/LYD ... All Round skills is better than then INA.. which only depends too muxch on the MK smashes. WD : YW/ZJW : This gals is very agressive.. GL should feel enough with the Xd Crown ! And Sorry to ALL INA fans... Empty handed this time
