Ciputra Hanoi Vietnam International Challenge 2009, 21st to 26th April

[robin7]

Sigh...Fernando Kurniawan/Lingga Lie lost to the Japanese pair Takeshi Kamura/Takuma Euda 19-21 in the rubber-set

R u or ?

At least I'm not. In fact, the scorelines are quite respectable. We can never underestimate JPN players.

[lim'zzz]

INA players in Final:
XD : Fran/Pia Tantowi/Richi
MS : Hayom
WD :??
WS :??

for WS:maria elfira
for WDia &debby

[gerrard778]

what about the other INA MD?? are they progress to final to face JPN MD?

[limsy]

my theory only in one tournament,not to be continue,cause 1 player performance not always constant,in 1 tournament maybe she/he who had upper world rank can lose with lower rank player.
it depends on their performance and their health condition,in this tournament i think AS performance is not to good,so he can lose with HHY,and Hayom in this tournament he make a good performance so he can reach the final,but CKB can't reach the final in this game,so it means in this tournament Hayom is better than CKB!
in india LCW maybe have a poor performance so he can lose,and in india i can said that Hafiz better than LCW,cause he can reach more better result than LCW.but in next tournament,don't know.must see their performance.

ur concept is simple,but,reach a few round further in a tournament doesnt mean a better than b. many things need to take in count,luck of draw is one of them. anyway,case closed as u didnt get what i mean.

As for Febe's loss to Ratchanok:
"The Thai girl is very good for a 14-yo in terms of her power as well as having good control ability."

badmania,u think she can be another saina?

[Sandy]

watching how she played, remind me Mia Audina when 14 y.o.

[badMania]

badmania,u think she can be another saina?

Honestly, today was the first time I watched her play and I have to say I am very impressed with her as a 14yo badminton player.

Having said that, I am not surprised either if she can beat Maria Elfira Christina tomorrow, making it 4 out of 4 INA girls being eliminated.

[limsy]

watching how she played, remind me Mia Audina when 14 y.o.

Honestly, today was the first time I watched her play and I have to say I am very impressed with her as a 14yo badminton player.

Having said that, I am not surprised either if she can beat Maria Elfira Christina tomorrow, making it 4 out of 4 INA girls being eliminated.

and yet,she very humble
really hope she can enter 2012 og
her dream.

[lim'zzz]

btw,how md result?who is the winner ina or mas?

[badMania]

watching how she played, remind me Mia Audina when 14 y.o.

Agreed....she will be better than Salakjit or Febe or Fira in the future. IMHO, INA needs to blood the youngsters like Ana Rovita, Febby Angguni and Lindaweni Fanetri.

[limsy]

Agreed....she will be better than Salakjit or Febe or Fira in the future. IMHO, INA needs to blood the youngsters like Ana Rovita, Febby Angguni and Lindaweni Fanetri.

erm,she tell me that the gap between her and salakjit is closer and closer now.
expect to surpass salakjit this year

[george@chongwei]

wow, this 14 year old girl enter the final?
umm, congrats to her.
just woke up koz very tired after back from badminton

[badMania]

R u or ?

At least I'm not. In fact, the scorelines are quite respectable. We can never underestimate JPN players.

Edo/Lingga bear the target of having to win this tourney. So, I am sure Edo will be very disappointed with the result.

I personally expect Edo/Lingga to finish as runners-up behind Hendri/Hendra when the draw was made. That's why I commented in the earlier post before the tournament began that it will be hard for INA to win a title in MD. Hendri/Hendra's loss yesterday raised my expectation but to no avail

Japanese double pairs are certainly starting to rise up to the occassion with the emergence of young pairs like:
1. Kenta Kazuno/Kenichi Hayakawa -- I am sure nobody heard of this pair before this year, but they are now World No 16
2. Naoki Kawamae/Shoji Sato -- Sato has been remarkable in MD so far, winning 3 tourneys earlier this year and now WR40.
3. Yoshiteru Hirobe/Hajime Komiyama -- WR59 and Winner of the Osaka Int Challenge 2009, beating Kazuno/Hayakawa in the SF.
4. Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata -- WR72 and Runner-Up of the Osaka Int Challenge 2009.
...and now perhaps a no 5 with this new pairing of Takeshi Kamura/Takuma Euda?

Wifqi/Afiat also lost 19-21 in the rubber-set to Hong Chieng Hun/Chow Pak Chuu Well, no INA-Final for MD as well, in fact, both are eliminated much to the disappointment of INA fans

However, Wifqi/Afiat have exceeded my expectation of QF placement by surprisingly beating Hendri/Hendra yesterday.

[badMania]

Analysis on both INA MD's losses today by the team manager:
They lost not because of the burden of being the top 2 seeds. It's more due to the lack of judgement in terms of change of tactics (kurang perubahan taktik) in the middle of the game. Actually, the opponents were not that special after all (lawan dua2nya tidak istimewa sama sekali). (*before anyone shot me with "biased" words yet again, note that these were the words of the team manager, not me ).

[badMania]

So, no change from the status just now, 1 title in XD and 3 more Finals. No representatives in MD

1 more title will be welcomed...perhaps from WS or WD?

[limsy]

Wifqi/Afiat also lost 19-21 in the rubber-set to Hong Chieng Hun/Chow Pak Chuu Well, no INA-Final for MD as well, in fact, both are eliminated much to the disappointment of INA fans

cpc have quit bam last year end(december)
being one of a few talented player,i really hope he can do well in future

So, no change from the status just now, 1 title in XD and 3 more Finals. No representatives in MD

1 more title will be welcomed...perhaps from WS or WD?

wd i think

[robin7]

Analysis on both INA MD's losses today by the team manager:
They lost not because of the burden of being the top 2 seeds. It's more due to the lack of judgement in terms of change of tactics (kurang perubahan taktik) in the middle of the game. Actually, the opponents were not that special after all (lawan dua2nya tidak istimewa sama sekali). (*before anyone shot me with "biased" words yet again, note that these were the words of the team manager, not me ).

With the NSS, MD is the most competitive discipline at this moment. I'm not surprised with the losses of INA as any pair can win over any pair at anytime.

Disappointment from the top 2 seeds are undrestandable as MD is INA's most confident event in this tourney. From my observations in the previous tourneys, Edo/Lingga are not stable yet. I'm not sure about Wifqi/Afiat.

[gerrard778]

anyone know who's the other WD finalist??