. Greetings, And so we have moved onto Day 5, Saturday June 14th. Over the last 4 days, upsets have been monitored by our BC members: No.1 : Thailand's Songphon/Kunchala defeated Indonesia's Limpele/Marissa (3rd seed) No.2 : Taiwan's Fang/Cheng defeated Denmark's Thomas/Kamilla (7th seed) No.3 : Singapore's Gu Juan defeated Hong Kong's Yip PY (6th seed) No.4 : Thailand's Songphon/Tesana defeated Denmark's Lars/Jonas (4th seed) No.5 : India's Arvind Bhat defeated Poland's Wacha (5th seed) No.6 : Korea's Ha/Kim defeated Malaysia's WPT/CEH (7th seed) No 7 : Malaysia's KBH defeated Thailand's Boonsak (8th seed). No 8 : Malaysia's CCM/CCE defeated Indonesia's Luluk/Alvent (5th seed) No 9 : Taiwan's Tsai/Chen defeated Japan'sSakamoto/Ikeda (7th seed) No 10 : Singapore's Xing Aiying defeated England's Tracey Hallem (7th seed) No 11 : Indonesia's Firdasari Adrianti defeated France's Pi Hongyan (1st seed) No 12 : Malaysia's KCC/TBS defeated Japan's Musuda/Ohtsuka (8th seed) No 13 : Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh defeated China's Chen Yu (7th seed) No 14 : Hong Kong's Zhou Mi (5th seed) defeated China's Wang Chen (3rd seed) No 15 : England's Clark/Kellogg (6th seed) defeated China's Zheng/Gao (2nd seed) No 16 : Malaysia's Razif/Wee Kiong defeated China's Guo/Xie (6th seed) No 17 : Indonesia's Vita/Liliyana (5th seed) defeated England's Emms/Kellogg (4th seed) Semi Finals will be played on DAY 5, Saturday 14-Jun-2008. For the Womens Doubles, we have the following matches: (1) Du Jing/Yu Yang (CHN) (1st seed) vs HA Jung Eun/KIM Min Jung (KOR) (2) Vita/Liliyana (INA) (5th seed) vs CHENG Wen Hsing/Chien Yu Chin (TPE) (2nd seed) Again, I will attempt to make my predictions (as highlighted). Cheers... chris@ccc .
SO 2008: Predictions for the Semi Finals . george@chongwei ... OK, since you've asked; MS 1 : Simon Santoso (INA) (6th seed) to defeat Andrew Smith (ENG) MS 2 : Lee Chong Wei (MAS) (1st seed) to defeat Peter Gade (DEN) (4th seed) WS 1 : Wong Mew Choo (MAS) (4th seed) to defeat Tine Rasmussen (DEN) (2nd seed) WS 2 : Saina Nehwal (IND) to defeat Zhou Mi (HKG) (5th seed) MD 1 : Zakry/Fairuzizuan (MAS) to defeat Cho Gun Woo/Yoo Yeon Seong (KOR) MD 2 : Razif/Tan Wee Kiong (MAS) to defeat Gan Teik Chai/Lin Woon Fui (MAS) WD 1 : Du Jing/Yu Yang (CHN) (1st seed) to defeat Ha Jung Eun/Kim Min Jung (KOR) WD 2 : Vita/Liliyana (INA) (5th seed) to defeat Cheng Wen Hsing/Chien Yu Chin (TPE) (2nd seed) XD 1 : Nova/Liliyana (INA) (1st seed) to defeat Songphon/Kunchala (THA) XD 2 : Clark/Kellogg (ENG) (6th seed) to defeat Bonde/Nielsen (DEN) .
its going to be very interesting to see lee chong wei vs peter gade in 2moro semi final clssic match hehe
Am now at Gelang Patah Rest Area, close to Singapore Tuas border. Will only cross over at daybreak. Italy just scraped a draw vs Romania. Romania missed penalty whereas a legitimate Italy goal was overruled ... Ok, back to predictions: MS: Andrew Smith to beat Simon Santoso. Still can't forget his heroics vs Sony in Thomas Cup. LCW to beat Gade in tough encounter. Should have been the final, will not be surprised if Gade turns the tables. WS: Powerful Tine Rasmussen to beat WS's top endurance player, Wong Mew Choo. But the longer the match, the better WMC's chances. Zhou Mi to have no problem against talented Saina. Interesting lineup, 3 of the 4 semifinalists are also 3 of only 4 Super Series WS winners not originating from China. MD: Fuzzy pair to beat Korean 3rd pair to ensure Malaysia takes MD title. Fuzzy pair's old partners to beat the juniors, and set an ex-partner showdown final. WD: CHN tomboys to beat up KOR girls. Remember the word, Beat Up. TPE pair to outlast INA girls in battle of endurance. XD: INA World Champs dismiss impressive Thais. ENG pair beat the Danes.
Looks like.. ..it has been a slow week for the S'pore Open SS as i'm looking at the threads and there haven't been many posts made in this sub-forum. But thank goodness our chris@ccc has been up and constantly following this tourney...Along with the local BC's paparazzis taking pics of the actions...Hmm, perhaps there aren't many top players participating, most likely in preparation for the upcoming Olympics, which is due to start in about 8 weeks; thus the unusually low no. of posts/followers for this tourney... Notice quite a few lower ranked players playing in this late round, too...
I hope that today will bring success to our Malaysia players. I will be in the stadium to support you with the rest of the Malaysian supporters. Common Malaysia,makes us proud of you. Jalur Gemilang fly high today.
wong mew choo... chong wei and the men doubles.. alll rocks.... hope malaysian play all their best today....
Am now deep in foreign territory, burning time at Singapore's 24 hour mall while waiting for other malls to open in about 90 minutes time. Matches today start at 2 pm, still more than 5 hours away.
glad to see INA going to the final again. MS= SIMON XD= NOVA/BUTET WD= BUTET/VITA and 2 golds medal for sure but SS could come up BIG also beat LCW
MS 1 : Simon Santoso (INA) over Andrew Smith (ENG) MS 2 : Lee Chong Wei (MAS) over defeat Peter Gade (DEN) WS 1 : Tine Rasmussen (DEN) over Wong Mew Choo (MAS) - tough call WS 2 : Zhou Mi (HKG) over Saina Nehwal (IND) MD 1 : Zakry/Fairuzizuan (MAS) over Cho Gun Woo/Yoo Yeon Seong (KOR) MD 2 : Razif/Tan Wee Kiong (MAS) over Gan Teik Chai/Lin Woon Fui (MAS) - potential upset #1 Expecting an all-Malaysian finals. WD 1 : Du Jing/Yu Yang (CHN) over Ha Jung Eun/Kim Min Jung (KOR) WD 2 : Vita/Liliyana (INA) over Cheng Wen Hsing/Chien Yu Chin (TPE) Expecting a battle of tomboys in the finals. XD 1 : Nova/Liliyana (INA) over Songphon/Kunchala (THA) XD 2 : Bonde/Nielsen (DEN) over Clark/Kellogg (ENG) - potential upset #2
History written...? I just hope Malaysia can make history for itself, IF they can capture 3 titles which they never done before... or did they? MS,WS,MD gold would be nice
wat time u going? come down to my "court" tonite coz some "guests" will be playing with us... lets see if it turns out well... P/S: bring along ur camera
WMC will be giving TR the ultimate fitness test. If TR wins, ZM will lift the title. If WMC wins,WMC more likely to be the champion. You should have seen how WMC drains her opponents.They will have nothing left for the next match.