. Malaysia Open 2009: Day 5 (Semi-Finals) Saturday January 10 To some, the excitement has just begun. To me, the qualifiers have done their best. I was hoping badMania would start this thread and to give the match analysis for us. .
^^I'm excited..^^ ..and looking fw to finally seeing the large, crazy & rowdy looking BC contingent on tv/webstream...
Men's Doubles Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan [1] vs Hendra A. Gunawan/Alvent Yulianto Chandra -- the top-seed to take this one to set up a clash with Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae in the Final. Women's Doubles Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen [5] vs Meiliana Jauhari/Shendy Puspa Irawati [8] -- Mel/Shendy's performance have exceeded expectation. It will be a major bonus if they can beat the Chinese pair. Mixed Doubles Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir [1] vs Joachim Fischer-Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen -- the Danish pair is on roll since late last year and it will be difficult for Nova/Butet to beat them. I hope the INA pair can prove me wrong.
Malaysia Open 2009: Top seeds on Day 5 (Semi-Finals) . Malaysia Open 2009: Top seeds on Day 5 (Semi-Finals) Listing the top seeds in each discipline who have made it (the excitement has begun): Mens Singles: ......... Lee Chong Wei (1) [MAS] Womens Singles: .... Zhou Mi (1) [HKG] Mens Doubles: ........ Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan (1) [INA] Womens Doubles: ... Cheng Wen Hsing / Chien Yu Chin (2) [TPE] Mixed Doubles: ....... Nova Widianto / Liliyana Natsir (1) [INA] .
Allrite Mel/Shendy & Nova/Butet, the die has been cast. Please prove how wrong badmania's prediction are. Seriously, I thought you'll cast MK/HS as the loser this time. I know I would....Hendra/Alvent has been quite solid so far.
2009 Malaysia Open SS: N. Widianto/L. Natsir [1] vs J. Fischer-Nielsen/C. Pedersen . This match: Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir [1] vs Joachim Fischer-Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen will be played in 2.50 hours' time. .
So looks like our hope depends on Kido/Setiawan who likely will challenge Jae Sung/Young Dae in final tomorrow.
this is my bet... Mens Singles: ......... Lee Chong Wei (1) [MAS] Womens Singles: .... Zhou Mi (1) [HKG] Mens Doubles: ........ Jung jae sung / Lee young dae (2) [KOR] Womens Doubles: ... Cheng Wen Hsing / Chien Yu Chin (2) [TPE] Mixed Doubles: ....... lee yong dae/lee hyo jung
Li Mao is warming up his new star player, PSH. I am seated alone on the upper tier, on top of tv cams, reporters and commentators. Now for the predictions: XD: Fischer Nielsen/Pedersen over Nova/Lily - Danes are in better form but Hauge is confident Nova/Lily will pull through Lee/Lee over Sudket/Saralee - Oympic gold means something, you know WS: WC over TR - Wang Chen is better at getting out of trouble ZM over PHY - Pi will be much too exhausted to give a decent fight MS: PSH over HYH - probable 3 gamer with Park's superior fitness deciding the outcome LCW over Gade - 3rd meeting in less than a month, outcome will be the same WD: YW/ZJW over MJ/SPI - totally different class, these two pairs. LKW/LHJ over CYC/CWH - Koreans the better of the two dormant pairs MD: MK/HS over AYC/HG - Kido's injury won't stop them trying to defend their title LYD/JJS over NR/AC - Koreans to win but English pair might give them some trouble