Swiss Open 2008: Day 3 (13 Mar)

**badMania** · 03-12-2008, 10:00 PM

It was a near perfect day for Team INA, if not for Sony's unexpected defeat yesterday. The WS players will be going home as expected, joined by Hendra A. Gunawan/Joko Riyadi and Sony Dwi Kuncoro as flight mates.

Another long day beckons today.....
12:45pm XD R16 Robert Blair/Imogen Bankier vs Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa [3] -- another encounter with Blair/Bankier and I believe Flandy/Vita should be fired up by now.

1:30pm XD R16 Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter-Juhl vs Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir [2] -- another rematch against an old foe. They have met so many times in the past half a year, with records shared at 2-2. The Danish pair won in Chinese-Taipei and French Opens, while the INA pair triumphed in Hong Kong and All-England. Can Nova/Butet repeat last week's result?

3:45pm WD R16 Jo Novita/Greysia Polii vs Gao Ling/Zhao Tingting [5] -- can Jo/Grace beat the weakest Chinese pair?

3:45pm WD R16 Vita Marissa/Lilyana Natsir vs Du Jing/Yu Yang [3] -- a battle between the two tomboys...I think the Chinese pair should prevail here.

4:30pm WD R16 Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen [1] vs Rani Mundiasti/Endang Nursugianti -- another match vs the Chinese pair...surely the INA pair will go home tomorrow.

6:00pm MD R16 Shuichi Sakamoto/Shintaro Ikeda vs Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya [5] -- a good performance against the AE runner-up for Tony/Candra yesterday and they will face the AE semi-finalist today. They should take this one.

6:45pm MD R16 Tan Bin Shen/Ong Soon Hock vs Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto [8] -- a tough match for Luluk/Alvent, but, they should win!

8:15pm MS R16 Taufik Hidayat [7] vs Anup Sridhar -- Taufik was slain by the same opponent in the World Championships last year. Can history repeat itself yet again today?

9:45pm MD R16 Robert Blair/Richard Eidestedt vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan [2] -- the last match of the day as always for Kido/Hendra...they should take this one though!

**madbad** · 03-12-2008, 11:06 PM

Terrible start time for me 4 am... ZZZZZZZZZ...

**ctjcad** · 03-12-2008, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by madbad

Terrible start time for me 4 am... ZZZZZZZZZ...

..you can get an early start by sleeping.......................................now (i think that's what Hau-ge did y'day/last night)..

**Birdwood** · 03-13-2008, 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by ctjcad

..you can get an early start by sleeping.......................................now (i think that's what Hau-ge did y'day/last night)..

He is still in Asian time zone, but we are not

The singles will start a couple hours later, good for me. I think Anup Sridhar is a dark horse for anyone

**madbad** · 03-13-2008, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by Birdwood

He is still in Asian time zone, but we are not

The singles will start a couple hours later, good for me. I think Anup Sridhar is a dark horse for anyone

I don't think Taufik is going to let lightning strike twice.

**Xinguy** · 03-13-2008, 12:28 AM

most likely taufik is back looking for revenge

**robin7** · 03-13-2008, 01:06 AM

3:00PM WS WONG Mew Choo [8] v ZHOU Mi - A 51:49 game. Zhou Mi was struggling since winning the Korea Open, losing in the 1st round in Birmingham last week and was stretched to 3 games by Maria Kristin in the previous round. Based on the form, Wong should prevail in 3 thrilling games.

5:15PM MD CHOONG Tan Fook/LEE Wan Wah [4] v Lars PAASKE/Jonas RASMUSSEN - It should be a 50:50 game but based on the "trend", MAS uncles are supposed to lose in early round after entering SF in the previous tourney.

6:00PM MS Sairul Amar AYOB v WONG Choong Hann - Wong Sifu is so motivated to qualify for his 3rd OG.

6:00PM MD Zakry ABDUL LATIF/Fairuzizuan TAZARI v KOO Kien Keat/TAN Boon Heong [3] - A 45:55 game and Koo/Tan should win.

6:45PM WS XU Huaiwen [7] v WONG Pei Xian Julia - Xu has been consistent lately and she should win.

6:45PM MD ONG Soon Hock/TAN Bin Shen v Alvent Yulianto CHANDRA/Luluk HADIYANTO [8] - A 45:55 game with the INA pair having the slight edge.

8:15PM MS Dicky PALYAMA v LEE Chong Wei [2] - Lee should take it.

Note: Malaysia is 7 hours ahead of Basel, Switzerland.

**anfan2000** · 03-13-2008, 01:06 AM

How about predict for match dark horse NGUYEN (VN) vs Ronald Susilo(SIN) ?
please anyone analyze details for 2 these players.

**Xinguy** · 03-13-2008, 01:18 AM

I fel this match btw ronald vs nguyen might be 50 50 i also not sure cos i've not seen suslilo playing for awhile...

**PlayaFromMalaya** · 03-13-2008, 01:26 AM

i think nguyen tien minh will win it..

**vching** · 03-13-2008, 01:34 AM

my very very tedious and long post on today's predictions. First time in a long long time so many Malaysians made it to round 2. Hope you like it:

The Badminton Blog Swiss Open Round 2 Predictions

**pjswift** · 03-13-2008, 01:34 AM

Originally Posted by anfan2000

How about predict for match dark horse NGUYEN (VN) vs Ronald Susilo(SIN) ?
please anyone analyze details for 2 these players.

Nguyen to win. He's super dark horse now if you had seen how he took out LHI.LHI was quite lost.

**jimbo** · 03-13-2008, 02:22 AM

Taufik vs Anup: (55-45)
On paper, Taufik has the upper hand but Anup is another dark horse. If Taufik has an off day, Anup could steal this win.

Nguen vs Susilo: (51-49)
This is a well balanced match. The viet did very well to dispose LHI but Susilo is no easy meat. I predict a marathon match and hopefully Susilo will sustain his fitness (he has not been playing much lately).

**george@chongwei** · 03-13-2008, 02:44 AM

all the best to malaysia badminton team in the 2nd round 2day..!
MALAYSIA BOLEH!!!

**indra** · 03-13-2008, 02:48 AM

what time does the match begin ? (Jakarta's time)

**ctjcad** · 03-13-2008, 02:54 AM

Originally Posted by indra

what time does the match begin ? (Jakarta's time)

Today's matches should commence in abt 3 hrs..beginning @ 12 pm local time..
Taufik will be on @ around 2:15 am Jkt time..hope you can stay awake..

**Xinguy** · 03-13-2008, 03:01 AM

i think i've watch nguyen vs susilo in s'pore open b4 if i m nt wrong the match was so full of rallies walau i remember that match i watch like as if they r having normal training

faint men