Ko Sung Hyun/Lee Yong Dae vs Lee.S.M/Tsai.C.H - R1 - Asia Championships 2013 [video=youtube;ukZtxsdf7xQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukZtxsdf7xQ[/video] [video=youtube;Omr5TWvNAec]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omr5TWvNAec[/video]
Della/Suci beat the koreans. Della/Suci should be in the sudirman cup squad with Anneke/Nitya. Give them the experience
Wow Suci/Della beat much more fancied Korean pair JKE/KHN who's probably biggest upset of their career Also Bella beat ex Tpe prodigy child Chen Shao Chieh easily
Another pleasant surprise for Ina Gebby/Tiara beat always dangerous and improved Lam Narissipat and Saralee in 2 tight straight games
The 2 WD pairs indeed have performed better than my expectation as they beat their seeded opponents all in straight-sets! Suci Rizky Andini/Della Destiara Haris have a good chance to progress to QF as they will face Amelia Alicia Anscelly/Soong Fie Cho next. As for Gebby Ristiyani Imawan/Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah, they will have an uphill task against Tian Qing/Bao Yixin tomorrow. What a missed chance for Ihsan Maulana Mustofa as he couldn't finish Park Sung Min off He was leading 12-3 and then 18-13 in the second-set...only to suffer the same disease as a lot of INA players and lost the second-set 20-22. Now, his energy is all spent and Park Sung Min breezed through the decider 21-10. Markis Kido/Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth also progress to R16 but a CHN pair should await them next for a place in the last 8.
Round-up for INA representatives: MS - 2 out of 4 to R32 WS - 1 out of 4 to R16 MD - 0 out of 2 WD - 2 out of 2 to R16 XD - 3 out of 4 to R16 Total - 8 out of 16 (50%) I think INA will only at most have 1 MS (Thomi) in R16, followed by 1 WD (Suci/Della) and 2 XD (Fran/Shendy and maybe Kido/Pia) pairs in QF.
HKG pair Poon LY/Tse YS stuns second seed Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi in rubber games, the highest seeded player/pair who has been tumbled so far.
I always knew Poon Look Yan/Tse Ying Tsuet will always will be dangerous dark horses And today they proved it over and over again Such a shame with this draw, they shouldve met in later stages of event