. 2011 Malaysia Open GP Gold: Day 5 (Semi-Finals) Saturday 07-May The schedule of matches can be found located at; http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...382EBA-4B51-4391-B38F-49D9FD058B5A&d=20110507 Except for the Mixed Doubles, all the No.1 seeds are remaining with good chances to make it into the Finals. And they are; Womens Singles......Saina Nehwal Mens Singles...........Lee Chong Wei Womens Doubles.....Miyuki Maeda/Satoko Suetsuna Mens Doubles..........Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong .
It's nice to see INA has the most representatives from others.haha.hope INA can bring more title in this tournament.^^
It is indeed quite rare that Ina represent most of participants in SF The questions are : Can Mel/Greys got their revenge over Maeda/Suetsuna from last week ? Could it be a repeat of last week xd final between Ahmad/Tantowi and Fran/Pia ? From what I know, Tantowi confidence seems growing, but Songphon/Kuncahala definitely no easy meat. Fran/Pia are playing very solid over the last 2 weeks, but CPS/GLY must be itching to break the zero win over their h-h. This SF xd line up could also be the reflection of upcoming SEA GAMES. Alvent/Hendra continue to defy the odds by beating particularly difficult MD from Jpn, but Korean CGW/KYG should be ready for this.
LCW seemed a little fatigued from what I saw yesterday, although he still managed to close out the match easily, in the second game it was mainly Brice's errors that contributed to that lop-sided scoreline. In the first game, when LCW was 16-17 down, he showed that he can still step up the pace to win 5 points in a row.
I'll be watching grey and mel, hopefully, this time they can beat jap's pair in XD, I do feel, it will be another all INA final
Predictions: MS - LCW over Sasaki Sho - Might go to 3 games. LCW might get caught off guard by Sho Sasaki's offensive style but recovers in time to finish him. However, I wouldn't put it past Sho to cause a huge upset. WS - Bae Youn Joo over Wang Xin - WX's form might not be hot lately, but she is in the SF here after all.. and BYJ is very inconsistent, but I think BYJ has a chance today. MD - KKK/TBH over Bosch/Ridder - Bosch/Ridder are known as the giant killers in the first round of the Swiss Open where they defeated the WR#1. KKK/TBH should be wise not to underestimate them and with fighting spirit, I have no doubts that they will win. WD -Matsuo Shizuka/Naito Mami over Ying Luo/Yu Luo - CHN pair lacks experience. XD - Fran/Pia over CPS/GLY - INA pair has been very, very solid and honestly, I see almost zero chance that CPS/GLY will pull the rug from under the Indonesians unless they up their game to another level from last week.....
Tantowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir are through to yet another Final appearance. 2 Finals and perhaps 2 titles in 2 weeks?
