2009 Bay Badminton Championships (One of the largest prize purse tournaments in US)

**mugdays** · 07-03-2009, 10:19 AM

Gumaro Diaz is very, VERY excited. :P

***kwun*** · 07-03-2009, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by mugdays

Gumaro Diaz is very, VERY excited. :P

too bad i won't be there to see him getting his ass whipped by Taufik. would be a perfect kodak moment. haha.

**Qidong** · 07-03-2009, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by kwun

too bad i won't be there to see him getting his ass whipped by Taufik. would be a perfect kodak moment. haha.

Looking at the rest of field, I don't see anyone other than Lee Hock Lai and Ardy whose ass can avoid being whipped.

I hope Bay Badminton Center will have someone taped some of the Taufik matches. That will really help promote the sport.

**CantSmashThis** · 07-03-2009, 04:35 PM

Gumaro's really excited of course from his post above. He is lucky to win the lottery in this case. I'd buy one of those shirts from THL before I'd play against Taufik haha.

**Joseph** · 07-03-2009, 06:22 PM

I'm rooting for Gumaro since I actually know the guy.

**jymbalaya** · 07-03-2009, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by kwun

too bad i won't be there to see him getting his ass whipped by Taufik. would be a perfect kodak moment. haha.

i concur. maybe i can actually go on saturday......

**CantSmashThis** · 07-04-2009, 12:08 AM

Looks like Quang Minh Nguyen, Bintang's new coach from Vietnam will be the 1st one to faceoff against Taufik Hidayat.

***kwun*** · 07-04-2009, 01:13 AM

yes. unfortunately, Gumaro was a tad bit nervous during the match. maybe too eager to play against Taufik.

Ardy also succumbed to youngster Howard Shu. he was close with the 3rd game but the younger and faster Shu was able to overcome Ardy's tricky and very deceptive shots.

**ctjcad** · 07-04-2009, 02:32 AM

Originally Posted by CantSmashThis

Looks like Quang Minh Nguyen, Bintang's new coach from Vietnam will be the 1st one to faceoff against Taufik Hidayat.

..looking at the scoreboard, i'd say Gumaro was indeed too eager to play..
Hmmm, next up on the list will be Serge Thomas Blanchet...I wonder what Serge must be dreaming of tonight...

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**ctjcad** · 07-04-2009, 12:40 PM

..alright, they're here.

Btw, is that Gumaro Diaz in post #46, pictures #4, #5?
And is that Quang Minh Nguyen in pictures #6, #7, same post??..

**jymbalaya** · 07-04-2009, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by ctjcad

..alright, they're here.

Btw, is that Gumaro Diaz in post #46, pictures #4, #5?
And is that Quang Minh Nguyen in pictures #6, #7, same post??..

yup, 4&5. looks quite pro there.

**magnumcyclonex** · 07-04-2009, 06:06 PM

Great pics! If the "Thanks" button was enabled on this forum, I'd click it for every post you made.

Did you get any shots of Taufik, Anna Rice, Eva Lee, and Howard Bach?