this ivanov fella is entered in 3 disciplines! for koo/tan, they should thank their lucky stars as fu/cai, bo/mo, ko/lee, ahsan/setiawan are all grouped in the top half due to either odd number ranked or newer pairings
nowadays Adcock/Ellis is getting stronger, facing Koo/Tan in 1st round may easy job, unless Koo/Tan know what to do if they want to keep in winning form unlike their previous disaster years...
[TABLE] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]7 [/TD] [TD="class: line_b drawrulercell drc_14, bgcolor: transparent"] Adrianti Firdasari [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD="class: line_b"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]18 [/TD] [TD="class: line_br drawrulercell drc_15, bgcolor: transparent"] Nichaon Jindapon [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD="class: line_b"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]19 [/TD] [TD="class: line_b drawrulercell drc_16, bgcolor: transparent"] Tzu Ying Tai [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD="class: line_br"] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]20 [/TD] [TD="class: line_br drawrulercell drc_17, bgcolor: transparent"] Ratchanok Intanon [8] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] if Firda play well she should be able to reach at least QF, she had a good record againts Itanon, and she should be able to handle both Jindapon and Tai Tzu Ying. But again if she is in form!!! because we all know that firda can lose so easly against lower rank or younger player
[TABLE] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]27 [/TD] [TD="class: line_b drawrulercell drc_23, bgcolor: transparent"] Carolina Marin [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD="class: line_br"] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]28 [/TD] [TD="class: line_br drawrulercell drc_24, bgcolor: #FDFDFD"] Shixian Wang [6] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] it will be a pleasure to see this young talented girl beating Wang Shixian like when she beat Shenck in EMTC 2013. She has a good cross court smash, and her back hand is quite good. i hope this is the time for her to shine
Their first action is against CHN combo: Chai Biao/Zhang Nan. Interestingly, Chai Biao/Hong Wei pair just won the German GP Gold 2 days earlier. CHN is still figuring out the best combo MD pair of the future after FHF/CY retire likely this year.
the most prestigious ssp ? according to who ? according to you ? If yes, then not a surprise, bcoz of susi susanti and rudi hartono factor. But if we according to China, they treat AE SSP as the same level with BAC GP Gold . 3 days before AE 2011, CBPL still have a match to be played for China players http://translate.google.com/transla...110128/000113.htm&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8. the same with BAC. Also 3 days. http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/275-2011-Tournaments.
warm-up tournament ? absolutely wrong. the right thing is : they looks down to AE ! . if warm-up term is correct, then why Susi Susanti, LCW, Saina, taufik, Sony, lilyana, and many INA players absent almost every editions in Swedish - Germany ? why ? this statement is only want to save Susi Susanti's reputation after lose tamely 6 times to China and Korea WS that looks down to AE. In MS, LCW also only can win AE twice eventhough LD attend 5 editions of Germany open, while lcw never at all
If Germany = warm up tournament for AE, can I say AE as the warm-up event for Swiss GP ? remember, sony, du py, towi, saina and the other will compete in swiss. Do u agree ?
If the fact proved that AE = major event, do u think they will keep silent ? absolutely not. their idols has better records in AE than OG / WC so they will never accept the fact that AE is a mickey mouse title. and it is a delusion if anyone still think that AE is important or prestigious title
Maybe this one : http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...138392-924A-48E4-A003-769050C423AB&d=20121118 4 out 5 victors are from CHN.
Ok. Some will say that Sudirman Cup, Thomas/Uber Cup and World Championship are more prestigious than All England. Of course China will wipe out all the other teams in this year Sudirman Cup(maybe even without Lin Dan) and China will take all if not almost all this year World Championship. They might even suddenly sprang a lesser known player to be world champion just like Li Xuerui did an Olympic gold.