Hi Ayu, Yup, I met him a few times during badminton tournaments. Saw him play also. He's a great player. Really hope he'll do well in his senior career
To Erin Dear Erin, I also had meet him before. Actually I met him when he was 14.He played for the junior team. I am one of the Arif fan who will always be by his side in shine or rain. I hope that he will make the greater impact to our National Team. As Arif has said before that he will try to be in the National Squad in 3 years time. Let's pray that Arif will make us proud of him. From: Ayu
Heard from some BCers mentioned that Arif did injured during WJC in Auckland. Wonder how did he manage to recover so quick... Yan vs Erin.. I choose to stay away from the war .. Anyway, i do really hopes either one of them will win this tournament...
Yes Arif was injured. He said must take a month to recover. I believe its almost a month now. May be a month already? Glad he recovered and doing fine in this tournament.
1.CWF beat Ariff in three sets 2.TCS beat Yongendran in straight sets. 3.Allan Tai beat CHong Li Qun in three sets 4.Sairul Amar beat Tanongsak in straight sets. 5.Gan&Lin won in two sets. 6.Khoo Chun Chiet&Latif beat Hoon Thien How&Tan Wee Keong in two sets 7.Chan PEng Soon& Hun Ping beat Tanama&HUi WAi Ho in two sets 8.Chew Choon Eng&Hung Chien Hun beat the Thai pair 9. Julia and Norsyaliza enter the semi-final.Lydia and Anita lost
So, Yannie beats Erin !!! Feel sad for Arif , as he miss again the chances to enter his first semis (?) in an international tournament (Except for AJC) Will Allan repeat Roslin feat to become the MJs killer ? Lets see...
wow, arif lost....!! wat happen?? but looks like besides arif, chong wei feng is also a player who is capeble of taking lee chong wei place in the future..
Thank you for the results kokcheng Wahhh..to bad Yannie beats Erin. Nvm Arif. Lots more tournaments coming up. Must jiayou! Ahahahahahahahhahahah..i'm so LMAO! TCS beat Yogendran!!!
Yeah! This guys suddenly raised up his games standard He will be the main threat for MONKEY in future, i guess
Don't Wait To Be An Old Man Why three years? He's 18 now (according to Erin, whose crush is not Arif )... and that's a fine age to be winning at the senior international level. At 16, Taufik Hidayat won the Brunei Open. At 18, he won the Indonesian Open and also played in the Sudirman Cup. At 19, he won the Asian Badminton Championship, the Malaysian Open and the Indonesian Open (again). Of course, he also played in the Thomas Cup (which Indonesia won). At 18, Lin Dan won the Korea Open and reached the semifinals of the All England Open. At 19, he won the Denmark Open, the China Open and the Hong Kong Open, was the runner-up at the German Open and reached the semifinals of the Singapore Open. Closer home to Arif, Lee Chong Wei too started early. 4 days past his 21st birthday, he reached the semifinals of the India Satellite Championships. A month later, he won the Malaysia Satellite Championships - his first major crown. As a 21 year old, he also made it to the quarterfinals at the Thailand Open and Korea Open before winning the Malaysia Open in July. Unfortunately, he missed making a mark at the 2004 Olympics. So, what is Arif waiting for? If he can take a game off Taufik, he should be good enough to lock horns with the best out there. He shouldn't be aiming to make it to the Malaysian team in three years time... he should be aiming to make it to the top of the badminton world. Go, Arif, go.
Cos there's a seniority system, Arif knows that better than we do. His older brothers - Zakry(senior MD team with Fairuz) and Razif (back-up squad, MD with Khoo) are in the sport too. Razif/Khoo are older than Arif, still in back-up squad. Of course that cos our senior MD team has many good pairs. 6 in total, Hoon will get new partner after CCM retire,only one slot to be filled. Before Arif, there's Tan CS - aka Monkey who's already 21 but still in Back-up squad (under Rashid Sidek). Tan CS has won a few satellite tourneys. And Chan KB= 20 years old, improving but not quite there yet. Definitely, Tan CS would be the 1st to be considered in promotion to national/senior squad. Of course, if Arif is exteremely outstanding and there's no others more senior than him, like LCW's time.....
To Oldhand Dear Oldhand, I think Arif put the target for 3 years so that he will not pressure himself too much. I believe that he needs to be in the back-up squad to gain more experiences in dealing with pressure in higher level matches. I agreed with eaglehelang that he needs time in order to rise to occasion as he has many outstanding players to challenge him. From: Ayu
