Don't forget ABC asian Championships in December in Bangkok. To be broadcast by Starsports from Dec 12.
Yes, back to drink Newater after years UsA spring water. In case u r nt aware people in Europe and MidEast have been consuming Newater fr decades!
Yup, I heard. Personally I hate the taste though. Indulging in my favorite national past-time: complaining.
According to IBF calendar, the JVC Asian Championship will be held in Bangkok Nov 12-17, 2002. Then another Asian Championship in April 20, 2003. Are these two the same ?
Results so far You can see results (not live scoring) at www.jvc-abc.com The results so far: MS Xia Xuanze (CHN) bt Shinya Ohtsuka (JPN) 15/5, 16/17, 15/1 Mohammad Hashim (MAS) bt Ronny Agustinus (INA) 17/16, 15/11 Taufik Hidayat (INA) bt Saman Ismail (MAS) 15/9, 15/3 Ronald Susilo (SIN) bt Chen Yu (CHN) 15/2, 10/15, 15/9 Ng Wei (HK) bt Coonsak Polsana (THA) 15/3, 15/12 Sony Kuncoro (INA) bt James Chua (MAS) 15/5, 15/8 Budi Santos (INA) bt Beng Hong Kuan (MAS) 15/0, 15/1 Cheng Hong (CHN) bt Lee Chong Wei (MAS) 13/15, 15/3, 15/6 WS Zhou Mi (CHN) bt Eriko Hirose (JPN) 11/3, 11/4 Ling Wan Ting (HK) bt Lee Yin Yin (MAS) 11/2, 13/11 Xiao Luzi (SIN) bt Kanako Yonekura (JPN) 11/3, 6/11, 11/2 Hu Ting (CHN) bt Wong Miew Kheng (MAS) 11/1, 11/0 Li Li (SIN) bt Salakjit Polsana (THA) 11/8, 13/11 Zhang Ning (CHN) bt Tanaka Miho (JPN) 11/3, 11/7 Yu Jin (CHN) bt Kaori MORI (JPN) 11/7, 11/5 Wang Chen (HK) bt Soratja CHANSRISUKOT (THA) 11/1, 11/4 MD Ha/Kim (KOR) bt Zeeshan/Rana (PAK) 15/3, 15/3 Suprianto/Hadiyanto (INA) bt GAN/GAN (MAS) 15/17, 15/3, 15/5 Haryanto/Kusharjanto (INA) bt Ohtsuka/Masuda (JPN) 15/11, 15/8 Zhang/Chen (CHN) bt Sudhisodhi/Ngernsrisuk (THA) 15/4, 15/13 Lau/Suputra (SIN) bt Lee/Lin (TPE) 15/8, 15/6 Teerawiwatana/Panvisvas (THA) bt Yau/Wong (HK) 15/7, 15/10 Wijaya/Budiarto (INA) bt Wang/Cai (CHN) 15/11, 15/10 Lee/Yoo (KOR) bt Lin/Hong (MAS) 13/15, 15/6, 15/8 WD Gao/Huang (CHN) bt Joshi/Shrestha (NPL) 11/0, 11/0 Ogura/Shiota (JPN) bt Amin/Fong (MAS) 11/6, 11/8 Chein/Cheng (TPE) bt Noviat/Nurlita (INA) 11/8, 11/6 Wei/Zhao (CHN) bt Arun/Worawic (THA) 11/9, 13/10 Zhang/Yang (CHN) bt Chin/Wong (MAS) 11/3, 11/7 Marissa/Ermawati (INA) bt Yamamoto/Yamada (JPN) 11/4, 5/11, 1/9 Chen/Cheng (TPE) bt Theinrajkil/Sansuang (THA) 11/6, 11/9 Thunghongkam/Chankrachangwong (THA) bt Le/Nguyen (VTN) 11/1, 11/3 XD Sudhisodhi/Thunthongkam (THA) bt Yang/Cheng (TPE) 11/4, 11/3 Kusharjanto/Ermawati (INA) bt Chen/Zhang (CHN) 11/6, 2/11, 11/4 Zhang/Gao (CHN) bt Ohtsuka/Yamamoto (JPN) 11/3, 11/1 Wang/Zhao (CHN) bt Wang/Njoto (HK) 1/11, 11/8, 11/6
Believe it or not, the ABC site actually says that Sonny Dwi bt Chen Hong and is to meet Taufik in final. If so Sonny Dwi has even overtaken Bao and Lin Dan. Yesterday the site stated that Zhou Mi lost to Xiao LuXi of Singapore bt today it says Zhou Mi won 0 and 1.
Yeah, that was surprising. I am hoping it is a typo. Yesterday when I saw Zhou Mi lost, I went "off the ceiling" and then today I check and it shows her winning 11-0, 11-1, LOL.
Oh........ Yeah. I went to see the JVC compitition at The National stadium today. Watch Taufik play with Xia. Really exciting and the best thing is I got the Taufik's signature.
Wow.. umm.. is the JVC asain thing broadcast in USA only?? like Starsports?? Do you know if it is availible in Canada??
Kuncoro I watched the final between Taufik and Kuncoro. It was kind of boring for the second half of the match. Taufik seemed to "give up" since the beginning of the second game (he was led 10-0!!!). The first game was ok to watch. Inspired Kuncoro tried everything he could do to trouble Taufik. Sideline smashes, drop-shots didn't work well, so he (Kuncoro) tried to smash right at Taufik's body and IT WORKED! And Kuncoro used that to raise the points in the second game til he won. Anyway, it's good to see that Taufik's backhand smash is as strong as his forehand smash! For Ladies' Doubles, both players (Zhang Ning and Zhou Mi) showed a brilliant match. There were not many unforced errors from both players. Zhang Ning had a lot of tricky shots and played more intelligently. However, it seemed Zhang Ning was tired and appararently not fit enough for the three-game match against the MIGHTY Zhou Mi. At the end, Zhou Mi raised her speed for the last points and finally won.
See Taufik's loss to Polsana in Asian Cup last year and to Lee TS in Thomas cup. Both matches had a lot of shots played to the centre line of the court. Maybe this is Taufik's weakness in his impressive armoury of skills.
WOMEN DOUBLE CHAMPION ? IBF REPORTS ZHANG JIEWEN/ YANG WEI IS THE CHAMPION WHILE JVC ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP WEBSITE INDICATES GAO LING/HUANG SUI OTHERWISE. WHO IS THE TRUE CHAMPION ?
ABC made a mistake (which they haven't corrected yet) but Zhang/Yang bt Goa/Huang 11-8, 11-6. Final results: MS Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ina) bt Taufik Hidayat (Ina) 15-12, 15-5 WS Zhou Mi (Chn)bt Zhang Ning (Chn) 6-11, 11-3, 11-8 WD Zhong Jiewen/Yang Wei (Chn) bt Gao Ling/Huang Sui (Chn) 11-8, 11-6 MD Ha Tae-kwon/Kim Dong-moon (Kor) bt Chandra Wijaya/Sigit Budiarto (Ina) 15-6, 15-8 XD Zhang Jun/Gao Ling (Chn) bt Khunakorn Suddhisodhi/Saralee Thungthongkham (Tha) 11-7, 11-8.
Who is this Sony Dwi Kuncoro? He beated Chen Hong and then Taufik Hidayat, and the score wasn't even close. Sound like a future star.
