Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries Asia Zone 2008: Day 1 (20 Feb)

**badMania** · 02-18-2008, 09:51 AM

It's gonna be a breeze for most seeded teams, with only 1 interesting tie in the Men's Team (Group B) encounter between Singapore and Vietnam.

Predictions:
Men's Team
Japan bt Pakistan
Singapore bt Vietnam
Hong Kong bt Sri Lanka
Thailand bt Macau

Women's Team
Japan bt Sri Lanka
Chinese-Taipei bt Vietnam
Korea bt Cambodia

**Dreamzz** · 02-18-2008, 09:58 AM

looks like it's all going to be 5-0 encounters.

the women's event is definitely going to be more interesting than the men's, for me.

**huangkwokhau** · 02-18-2008, 08:16 PM

It is tough for HK women to qualify without Zhou Mi...especiall against Taiwan...can be 3-2 for Taiwan.....

**ants** · 02-18-2008, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by huangkwokhau

It is tough for HK women to qualify without Zhou Mi...especiall against Taiwan...can be 3-2 for Taiwan.....

I agree.. Taiwan is getting stronger.

**hcyong** · 02-18-2008, 09:48 PM

Only the SIN-VIE tie can throw some unpreditability. A lot depends on the first singles match.

**PlayaFromMalaya** · 02-19-2008, 02:29 AM

aww..no live scores..?

**aextraone** · 02-19-2008, 02:49 AM

any idea if the matches later will be broadcast at which channel?

**PlayaFromMalaya** · 02-19-2008, 04:15 AM

dont think this qualifying tournament will be broadcasted

**Jessica** · 02-19-2008, 04:18 AM

Originally Posted by PlayaFromMalaya

dont think this qualifying tournament will be broadcasted

The rtm website state that rtm 1 will broadcast this event on 23 Feb which is Saturday for the semi final matches.Hopefully this is true.

**Tjun Tjun** · 02-19-2008, 05:04 AM

Originally Posted by Jessica

The rtm website state that rtm 1 will broadcast this event on 23 Feb which is Saturday for the semi final matches.Hopefully this is true.

Really? Very good news as this may be the first time RTM is showing live for Thomas/Uber qualifiers. Or is it daily highlights?

**PlayaFromMalaya** · 02-19-2008, 05:11 AM

OR'ly? cool!

**Jessica** · 02-19-2008, 05:30 AM

Originally Posted by Tjun Tjun

Really? Very good news as this may be the first time RTM is showing live for Thomas/Uber qualifiers. Or is it daily highlights?

Not daily highlight because it show from 2pm to 6pm.Hopefully rtm 1 really show.

**samuel882** · 02-19-2008, 09:16 AM

The host Vietnam just being outplayed by SIN team w/o Ronald Susilo ... 5-0

**badMania** · 02-19-2008, 07:11 PM

The matches between SIN and VIE were close as expected.
Kendrick Lee just managed to beat Nguyen Tien-Minh 22-20, 21-19.
Derek Wong also just beat Nguyen Quang-Minh 23-21, 21-18.

Strangely, Hendri Kurniawan Saputra was not playing...instead Kendrick Lee was also playing in the doubles, partnering Hendra Wijaya to beat Nguyen Hoang-Hai/Nguyen Huy-Giang 21-15, 24-22.

**badMania** · 02-19-2008, 07:12 PM

As expected, all the matches went to the seeded teams.

**hcyong** · 02-19-2008, 07:57 PM

VIE gave a tough fight to SIN. 3 of the 4 matches (don't know what happened to the MD2 match) were pretty close, but SIN did not drop a single set.

With Kendrick, Ashton and Derek spearheading the singles section, it's a truly Singaporean victory.

**Simp84** · 02-20-2008, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by hcyong

VIE gave a tough fight to SIN. 3 of the 4 matches (don't know what happened to the MD2 match) were pretty close, but SIN did not drop a single set.

With Kendrick, Ashton and Derek spearheading the singles section, it's a truly Singaporean victory.

are you implying that Ronald isn't part of the team?