^^Come ooooonnn...^^ ...no cryin' in badminton....I don't think you'll see the Nigerian team crying with them being in the same group as CHN & Canada..
So much for KOR skipping out their singles player. Should be an interesting week, inline with the tradition of TC
hmm..... NO Zhang Ning for CHN Uber Team I just hope she is just being rested in preparation for the OLYMPICS
The name order of the MD players of the Korean TC squad like on the list, which means: MD1- Lee Jae Jin/Jung Jae Sung MD2- Hwang Ji Man/Lee Yong Dae ....???????
Korean only sending 8 players for TC finals? I wonder why they did not send Park Sung Min or Park Tae Sang(does he retired) in MS ?
And Poor New Zealand.. only manage to send 6 males/7 females shuttlers for this TC.. so did the Afican countries, Nigeria (6 in TC) & South Afica (6 in UC)
^^Ah...^^ ..good catch...so the question earlier, in a different thread, on how many NZ players are going & compete has been revealed.
Yeah, all Thomas Cup frontrunners bring 10 players (maximum quota) except KOR. Looks like KOR has high confidence with their materials and no surprise if KOR will produce a new scratch pair on TUC match. Let's see whether Park Sung Hwan or Lee Hyun Il will take part into men's doubles match... From China squad, it's time for Zhang Ning to prepare her retirement. Surprise, LYB named Gao Ling/Zhao Tingting not world number two Du Jing/Yu Yang.
I'm quite surprised that Bjorn Joppien isn't playing for Germany. Any info anyone? Sorry if I'm missing something.
Big names Missing Big names misssing CHN - Zhang Ning (understandable as she needs more rest ahead of Olympic), Du Jing/Yu Yang eek HKG - Zhou Mi (could not represent HKG?) INA - Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto Chandra KOR - 3rd MD (very confident and expecting MS players playing MD? ) ENG - Robert Blair/Anthony Clark GER - Bjorn Joppien
CHN can still win even without XXF and ZN. Zhang Ning has secured her place in Beijng Olympic. She needs more rest...
For me...its not surprise that KOR send only 8 players......they have proven they can just pair any of their players to form a strong double pair....even PSH ..is capable to play in double............. KOR is a team to watch in this TC........
if one of the Korean MD players get injured, they are in serious trouble. They can either get one of the singles players to play and sit out, letting Ji Hoon play MS3, or get one of their singles players play TWO matches...
