Thank god....cmon Tpe beat Denmark !! Ina must win in xd, md and ms... Because ws and wd are hard to beat Jpn...
Firda has a chance since she usually plays better in Team Events. Yes, those are the 3 pts that INA must secure to qualify for the SF. My preferred team: XD - Tantowi Ahmad/Greysia Polii (Fran/Pia lost to TPE's XD before) MS - Simon Santoso WS - Adriyanti Firdasari MD - Bona Septano/Mohd Ahsan WD - Nitya Krishinda Maheswari/Anneke Feinya Agustine (fielding Mel/Grace will be suicide)
Japan vs Indonesia is probably the only pretty even matchup. The rest are overwhelmingly in favour of China, Korea and Denmark.
You prefer Tantowi/Grace than Fran/Pia? I don't think Tantowi's nerve will hold at all Fran/Pia in XD and Grace/Nitya in WD would be my choice. Hopefully it'll be mood point if INA can take 3pts from MS, WS and MD.
I think DEN is quite lucky..hehehe... Became runner-up in group,but 'only' meet Taipei in QF and 'only' meet INA in SF..
CHN (as expected) and KOR will play tomorrow night. INA and DEN will play on Friday. The coaches need to think of a strategy to conserve the energies of some players as the SF will be held on Saturday. I do think that Tantowi/Grace is a better bet as I recall Tantowi has yet to lose to a Japanese XD pair
I like this draw !! There will be great SF games !! Chi Ind 5-0 (maybe saina can take the ws) Kor Mal 3-2 Den Tai 4-1 Jap Ina 3-2, just my prediction...
Yes, I agree with you... Since wd is gone case field Nitya/Anneke will be wise choice... But Simon lost last time vs Sho Sasaki (they coincidentally have same initial SS) Firda should be field again And quite puzzling in md who's better to field...
Hard for me to see that happening. 2 pts max from MS and MD, don't see MAS WD, WS or XD to topple the koreans.
Agree. MS, MD, third point from WS or WD. KOR s WS SJY is spent, BYJ s very beatable and wins by rote training. TJY is unknown and not in the syllabus so should have a good chance of upset. If SIN WD can defeat KOR WD, no reason for MAS WD to not be able to do the same. WptCeh are very skillful. Problem is they are always reacting! They have the skills to take the initiative and dictate play and that s what it takes for them to win. Do some video homework on KOR WD, discuss strategy and explore possible tactics. And they have so much experience, how come they never use it to read and anticipate opponents game and execute winning ending shots. Time to get started! MAS XD should just be asked to enjoy the game. Yes, we want a CHN vs MAS semi final! A LCW vs LD match. Lucky DEN. To lose , then win in the QF draw. Wow, no reason for them not to make it to the Final. Sorry, INA fans, JPN has many options to field their best opponents against INA s limited team.
