Wah, eldest already 17, must be that skinny kid years ago.... tsk tsk time flies. There are 5, also a boy. The youngest is a number of years younger than the 4th kid. I'm outdated as to their ages, Jonathan, Jeffrey, no 3 are in their teens, last 2 are under 12. I dont recognize them if they dont stand together with their parents, all children > 10 wouldnt want to be tagging along with mum & dad anymore, you would know that. I'll watch out for Jeffrey Lee's progress in future too.
goh soon huat is playing? I used to play against him last year before i quit my baddy training..guess he entered BJSS or something after he beat teo kok siang huh?
3 INA XD pairs (Fernando Kurniawan/Samantha Lintang, Lingga Lie/Keshya Nurvita Hanadia, Viki Indra Okvana/Nathalia Poluakan) and 1 WS (Febby Angguni) have progressed to the QF so far. 2 more MS (Bandar Sigit Pamungkas and Indra Bagus Ade Chandra), 2 WD pairs (Annisa Wahyuni/Nimas Rani Wijayanti and Jenna Gozali and Luluk Maria Ulfa), and 4 MD pairs (Wifqi Windarto/Afiat Yuris Wirawan [1], Rizky Kresnayadi Yanu/Albert Saputra [2], Lingga Lie/Fernando Kurniawan [3], and Syahmie Syarif Radhitian/Adi Chrisna Wijaya) will be playing tonight.
I am quietly confident that INA could win one or two titles here (high chance in MD and XD, with the experience of the Pelatnas players).
I'm amazed by the great number of shuttlers BAM sent. Wonder when will PBSI be that wealthy? And it's been a while since Tournamentsoftware last update. What happened to the WS matches?
Which Indonesia pairs? Msia has 3 XD pairs progress but I'm not familiar with them, dont remember seeing them play in GP or GP gold. Only Goh in MD, playing XD also. MD maybe Indonesia will win, other than Goh/Ong, the rest like Teo Kok Siang/Mak Hee Chun are new pairing. Chan Kwon Beng also play MD, I didnt know that.
PBSI/Djarum send more palyers to Euro tounys then BAM, i.e. Italy, Spain & Russia. Which MAS could not afford to pay for the expenses Trang is located very near to MAS border, around 4-5 hours drive.
If Wifqi Windarto/Afiat Yuris Wirawan (Laos Int Future Series and Waikato Int Series Winners) can beat Ong/Goh today, then, they can pretty much go to at least SF. Lingga Lie (winners of a couple of Satellite events with Yulianti previously), Fernando Kurniawan (paired with Subakti before the partner left Pelatnas) and Nathalia Poluakan (winner of Vietnam Open GP event with Yulianti) are experienced XD, MD, and WD players themselves, so, they can win the XD title with their respective pairs.
Both INA MS players are eliminated in R16 today...sigh...looks like Bandar and Indra Bagus are not good enough. Likewise, only Chong Wei Feng qualifies for the MAS BJSS team. All others (Darren Liew, Vountus Indra Mawan, Beryno Wong, Chan Kwong Beng, Lim Fang Yang, Teo Kok Siang, Zulfadli Zulkifflli, Lok Chong Chieh, Ooi Swee Khoon, Zairul Hafiz Zainudin) all went home too.
Chong Wei Feng is in Rashid's back up squad, same as Liew Daren, Beryno, Chan Kwong Beng, Lim Fang Yang. Wait a min, it's the same Chong WF who beat Chen Jin in India. But a bit sad also, the other back-up didnt make to join Chong.
OMG, teo kok siang also lost their match?? looks lke this tournament have a lot of promising young futures in badminton
It's 12:20am in Trang right now and there are still 6 MD matches to be finished...hmm....it could go to 2am local time
Matches involving INA players in QF so far: Mixed Doubles Chooi Kah Ming/Ng Hui Ern vs Fernando Kurniawan/Samantha Lintang Ong Jian Guo/Lim Yin Loo [4] vs Linga Lie/Keshya Nurvita Hanadia Viki Indra Okvana/Nathalia Christine Poluakan vs Wong Wai Hong/Tse Suet Ying Women's Singles Febby Angguni vs Megumi Taruno [2] Women's Doubles Annisa Wahyuni/Nimas Rani Wijayanti vs Savitree Amitpai/Vacharaporn Munkit
