2011 Singapore Open SS: Day 5 - Semi-Finals (Saturday June 18)

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2011 Singapore Open SS: Day 5 - Semi-Finals (Saturday June 18)


Schedule of matches is found located at;

http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...3B8420-BBC4-40F5-88CB-FBF34143C75B&d=20110618


Live streaming could be found at (hope that it would be like yesterday);

http://www.fromsportcom.com/


Good Luck to all players at this Semi-Finals.
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2011 Singapore Open SS: Watch out for TA/LN & Alvent/Hendra

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TA/LN were quite impressive at this tournament. Let's have a look at how they arrive at the Semi-Finals;

Round 1: Defeated Qiu Zihan/Bao Yixin 21-13,21-12 in 27 mins.
Round 2: Defeated Xu Chen/Ma Jin 21-14, 21-10 in 29 mins.
Quarter-Finals: Defeated Lee Yong Dae/Ha Jung Eun 21-14, 21-16 in 31 mins.

All matches were quick and short. They are in top form this week.


Alvent/Hendra were just as impressive, winning all their matches in rather quick time too;

Round 1: Defeated Fang Chieh Min/Lee Sheng Mu [5] 21-13, 21-16 in 28 mins.
Round 2: Defeated Chen Hung Ling/Lin Yu Lang 21-11,21-19 in 28 mins.
Quarter-Finals: Defeated Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata 21-17,21-18 in 36 mins.

IMHO, TA/LN and Alvent/Hendra should be hard to beat at the Semi-Finals.
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2011 Singapore Open SS: Favourites to make it into the Finals

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Just had a look at our BC PAW Game; From it, the favourites to make it into the Finals are;

Womens Singles:
* Wang Shixian [1]
* Wang Xin [3]

Mens Singles:
* Lin Dan [2]
* Chen Jin

Womens Doubles:
* Mizuki Fujii/Reika Kakiiwa [2]
* Shizuka Matsuo/Mami Naito [4] (equal with Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei [5])

Mens Doubles:
* Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae [2]
* Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan

Mixed Doubles:
* Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei [1]
* Chen Hung Ling/Cheng Wen Hsing (equal with Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork)
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BWF launch official live streaming badminton channel on Youtube

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Just found out that BWF has launched an official live streaming badminton channel on Youtube yesterday (Friday 17-June-2011).

Source: http://bwfbadminton.org/news_item.aspx?id=50130

Friday, June 17, 2011 - Badminton World Federation

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is pleased to announce the soft-launch of its official badminton live streaming and Video-on-Demand (VOD) channel.

The online channel, http://badmintonworld.tv, hosted on Youtube, the world’s largest video community and hosting platform, is the product of a partnership between the BWF and Google that was facilitated under the advisory of TotalSportsAsia.

The on-going 2011 Li-Ning Singapore Open will be the first event to be streamed live.

Beginning from the quarterfinals day (Friday) through to the finals on Sunday, 19 June, 2011, the official online channel will offer ardent badminton fans all over the world free online streaming of at least 5 matches a day (geo-blocking will apply to local viewers).

This unique cutting-edge initiative will be extended throughout the entire OSIM BWF World Superseries calendar, which runs annually from January to December.

Online streaming for the 5 Premier Superseries will begin from the round of 16 matches, while the remaining 7 legs of the Superseries will showcase TV-court matches from the quarterfinals day to the finals. At least 5 matches will be streamed on each day.

"This is another initiative from the BWF to reach out to more fans across all continents," said BWF president Dr Kang Young Joong. "This is also in line with the BWF's aim to use different media platforms to raise the profile of the sport and the players."

In its impending full launch, the official online channel will eventually offer badminton fans a greater variety of content and matches from tournaments across the globe.

"The BWF is excited with what the future holds for the sport and will continue to look into ways and means to enhance the visibility of the sport,” concluded Dr Kang.
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