Thanks, i wasn't aware of that. You'd think he would mention badminton on his twitter, but he just talks about golf!
I don't understand the intention of this tournament. was It started with South East Asian teams only ? no choose and pick with Asia all stars, Europe all stars mixed with country teams. Why not open to Team tournament ? Apart that the price money is good, the other just lack of vision and glamour. Look like having tournament just the sake of having one.
It'll be better if they can get other asian players like Koreans and Japanese to participate, especially the former greats! Think it'll make the contest more interesting/action-packed and perhaps to a small extent glamorous
I think only 3 teams are the likely winner, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand. Asian and European all stars lack depth while the other 3 are most likely unable to proceed to SF.
Our regular forumer here is now team manager Real one, not fantasy team http://www.badmintonindonesia.org/app/information/newsDetail.aspx?/1759
Sony and Firda will be not playing in here http://olahraga.kompas.com/read/2013/03/20/2018323/Masih.Cedera.Sony.dan.Firdasari.Batal.Tampil
Ricky Karanda/Bella Manuputty won 21-12 21-13 against Vietnam Singapore vs Europe starts with WS, Carolina Marin vs Xing Aiying
Ricky Karanda/Bella Manuputty won 21-12 21-13 against Vietnam Singapore vs Europe starts with WS, Carolina Marin vs Xing Aiying
Not sure if im going to like this new format. Thought last year was close to perfect. I liked the idea of singapore buying in talent like boe and zweibler (although ultimately they didnt help much). Hope they have improved the quality of filming think it had something to do with the lighting. sad not to see some of the top stars like Taufik beacuse i think this was his best event last year was like Taufik of old.
Chinese TV host, Bao Chun Lai, also a former single player, got an invitation to play doubles at Axiata cup with Zheng Bo. Bao CL is very interested in it, he said he has to lose 10 kilograms to play on the court, now he's back in the gym now.
Too late for Bao CL to start training and shedding the kilos, I guess he's there more for the fun of it. He and partner Zheng Bo actually played in the China National Team Championship recently but didn't fare well. If I'm not wrong Bao CL has said he would play in the coming China National Games, after which he will retire for good.
Yup, interesting to see him playing MD. Bao CL/Zheng B lost to Songphon/Boonsak in rubber games yesterday. Overall score, Asia all stars v Thailand => 1-3 Today's schedule : http://axiatacup.com/results/preliminary-round-201/prelim-day2-2013/ 1st session (12.30pm Surabaya time) Indonesia v Singapore Asia v Philippines 2nd session (18.30pm) Malaysia v Thailand Europe v Vietnam
MAS vs INA today - Yeah, INA would take this one. I hope CWF play today. Daren just uninspiring. At least Jing Yi gave a fight last night. I look at Daren and his attitude just screams LAZY... I dunno... or maybe because the guy has lazy eyes... Somehow I can't access Axiata cup page (maybe problem with my browser or whatnot) Is Simon in this tournament?
I agree with u on the part where DL is somewhat lazy. I dont know, I dont get to watch him play often, is he always like that? the way he walks n do everything, it gives signs that he doesnt bother at all. INA is so gonna own MAS today!
Easier to train a player physically, strategy wise, etc... but mentally, attitude wise, that's another question I guess. I'll watch if Jing Yi, CWF, CPS/GLY or other mixed pair play today, other than that I'll switch to F1.
