. When we vote in Badminton, we are subject to LYB's wishes whenever CHN players are concerned. Therefore, IMHO LYB would rather have Wang Yihan winning this title. Just look at the latest CHN rankings (2011 Week 29); http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/category.aspx?id=2402&category=473 .
it's too early to decide which 3 (YES, 3. i stick my neck out already) should be at 2012 London, still got 9 months for qualification. even LYB needed to look at the form of his top players, injuries etc closer to the time. even wang lin still has a chance even rank at 50 or there about, if she keep on winning from now on.
the weakest link is Tantowi, i know he is not young but relatively inexperience to play and win big t'ment. as it getting closer and closer to the winning post that will be the time test to show he is made of, one way or the other
AFAIK, Chen Xu/Ma Jin hasn't beat any of INA XD yet. They have met INA XD twice this year. And they lost the both matches. In Malaysia GP Gold 2011 [TABLE="class: ruler"] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Riky Widianto[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]Shendy Puspa Irawati[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]-[/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]Chen Xu [7][/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]Jin Ma[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD]21-18 21-18[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] In Singapore SS 2011 [TABLE="class: ruler"] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Tantowi Ahmad [4][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Liliyana Natsir[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]-[/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]Chen Xu[/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]Jin Ma[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD]21-14 21-10[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] In this WC 2011, baring any upsets, Chen Xu/Ma Jin will face another INA XD pair ,Fran Kurniawan Teng/Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth in Round 3.
yes Towi is relatively inexperience.. main problem for him is he still can get nerves when having a big lead, but now i can see that he already can hold the nerves better.. let's see how is their outcome in this WC, their main target is next year olympic
because they are good? seriously, probably 1 or 2 pairs were in the reserve list, as more and more qualified dropped out, they got promoted to the main draw.
How come we cannot get to read who have voted in this poll? . Today, 4 days later, Tantowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir are still leading with 48.48% (32 out of 66 votes). How come we cannot get to read who have voted in this poll? For the other polls, we can click on the numbers (of votes), and voters' names are displayed. .
Teasing us ??? . You mean 'teasing us'? I don't think so. I think that they have set up this poll with a different format compared to our other 4 polls. .
My vote for AT/LN. ZN/ZYL will be my 2nd favorite but I hope Pia improve her power a bit so Fran/Pia will have good chance as well.
The XD could be anyone's game I think. All their levels are very close. The Chn teams have no particular advantage over the others.