i just known, they have secured one place for WD in OG, beijing... and on other hand , 2 other ina wds are still struggling hard to get one other ticket/place once again, congratulation to vita/butet... shake the beijing !!!!!
Vita/Lilyana rocks!! I'm afraid that Vita/Lilyana finally is the only INA WD pair to grab Olympic ticket. Before Beijing Games, there's Uber Cup where their contribution is very needed by team to get point.
These 2 tomboys were good enough to win the China Masters. They can win a bronze! Or... maybe Reiko shall win a bronze... Go Nippon too!
15 HA Jung Eun KIM Min Jung 39658 16 GRETHER Nicole SCHENK Juliane 38613 17 MUNDIASTI Rani NURSUGIANTI Endang 37450 18 FRIER KRISTIANSEN Lena RYTTER JUHL Kamilla 37401 19 ANANINA Ekaterina RUSSKIKH ~ Anastasia 36632 20 NOVITA Jo POLII Greysia 36220 21 SOROKINA Valeri VISLOVA Nina 36111 Before the Olympic deadline, we still have Indian Open GP Gold and the Asian Championship GP Gold. If Rani-Endang and Jo-Greysia do well enough, they can break into the top 16 thus ensuring Indonesia of another WD representative [max 2 Olympic tickets if pairs from that particular nation are in the top 16]... Just look at the ranking accumulation differential. Not too far from the current world number 15 and 16...
I would prefer Vita/Butet to concentrate in MX and secure gold there, rather than throwing themselves against China's great wall in WD.....
Ah, me too. Choose Greysia-Jo! Richard Mainaky, their coach, said: Rani-Endang plays very well in practice, but terrible in real tournaments...
In the latest rankings, Jo-Greys has overtaken Rani/Endang, 18th vs 19th respectively. If Jo-Greys do well enough in INdia Open and ABC, they should secure a second INA spot for WD...and yeah, I agree that Vita/Lilyana should concentrate on winning a gold medal in the XD event...
It would be great for them to win a gold in XD, Yana/Nova have better chance, if they don't mess about ...
In Indonesia, people call Liliyana: Lili... or her nickname Butet... If we call her Yana, she probably will not hear us...
Too bad, vita-butet is the only WD discipline in OG. wish they luck then. They are charged stamina for XD too. .