. 2009 India Open: Day 6 (Finals) Sunday March 29 For match results as they are progressing live: click here For current time in India: click here The first match will start at 2:00pm. Here is the order of play: (1) Mixed Doubles: Flandy LIMPELE / Vita MARISSA (3) [INA] -vs- Diju VALIYAVEETIL / Jwala GUTTA (2) [IND] (2) Mens Doubles: Tan Fook CHOONG / Wan Wah LEE (1) [MAS] -vs Hendri Kurniawan SAPUTRA / Hendra WIJAYA [SIN] (3) Womens Doubles: Vita MARISSA / Nadya MELATI [INA] -vs- Jin MA / Xiaoli WANG [CHN] (4) Mens Singles: Muhammad Hafiz HASHIM (10) [MAS] -vs- [INA] Taufik HIDAYAT (2) (5) Womens Singles: Hongyan PI (1) [FRA] -vs- [MAS] Julia Pei Xian WONG (5) I quickly create this thread because I'm sure many BCers are wanting to make comments and to tell us their predictions. chris-ccc .
Mixed Doubles FINAL Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa [3] vs V. Diju/Jwalla Gutta [2] -- the ideal Final and I hope Flandy/Vita can avenge the losses of the INA pairs to the IND pair lately. Men's Doubles FINAL Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah [1] vs Hendri Kurniawan Saputra/Hendra Wijaya -- the MAS pair should lift a second title since they left BAM last year. Women's Doubles FINAL Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati vs Ma Jin/Wang Xiaoli -- the CHN pair should be too strong, but, all the best to Vita/Nadya! Men's Singles FINAL Mohd Hafiz Hashim [10] vs Taufik Hidayat [2] -- Taufik to lift his first title in 2009! Women's Singles FINAL Pi Hongyan [1] vs Julia Wong Pei Xian [5] -- Lady Pi to take the title!
Unless there's strict rule on order of play, why do the organisers not schedule WD first before XD?That would have used up half of Marissa's fuel tank and given IND XD some advantage. I'm looking forward to Spore taking the MD title.MAS uncles' skills won't be enough to cover for their doubtful stamina.Hendra/Hendri's pretty good but lack competitive opportunities to showcase.
Taufik will prove everything in this final.. For INA XD is a really tight match & also to play IND pair at their home.
That MS Final.. ..the MS winner will essentially come down to whoever has the best fitness; strange isn't it, to see both players are actually in the Finals round, considering both players are well known for their stamina..err..lack of it..
Just a reminder that our Singapore MD pair has beaten the uncles before! And they reached this far by eliminating 3 other MAS pairs!
I think INA XD will have no problems with the IND pair, despite the latter's home ground advantage. Maybe what I heard from the TV is muted but I could hardly hear any cheers of robustness from the Indian crowd! But TH will find HH a pain in the neck, since HH has lost his yoyo.
I agree with S'pore taking the title, but I don't agree about MAS uncles' stamina. Staying power is still good, mental power is perhaps just average. S'poreans on the other hand really showed class in the semis today.
Prediction: MS :Taufik will get his first title in 2009. WS: Pi HY will win . MD : Choong/Lee will win WD: Ma/Wang will win. If only Vita pair with Jo, they will have a chance. XD: Flandi/Vita will surely win.
abedeng and self shared some thoughts on this very point. according to us the 1st match cud have been XD and the last game WD or as abedeng pointed out keep the XD as the last match as it has Indian interest so that the crowd stays till the end and does not filter away.
MS....Dare not to expect anything from HH, not worth it if have to call ambulance...! WS......Lady PI takes it, but still hope Julia to prove me wrong again. MD......The uncles has past their prime time, Sin pair will have to prove their SF convincing win is no luck... WD......Chn pair looks strong, and Vita will be tired after XD match... XD....... Limpele the sifu....will takes it. But Ind's game has impressed me a lot !
I find that Hashim very calm when he play and its difficult for Taufick to defeat him! I always cheer all!