Irfan Fadhilah/Weni Anggraini eventually beat the MAS pair 22-20, 17-21, 21-16 after close to 1-hr battle. They will face either Kang/Shin or Chrisnanta/Neo in the SF. Overall, the 2 XD back-up pairs have exceeded expectation in reaching SF. Victory from either pair tomorrow will be considered a bonus!
Going off now. Can anyone please update Tommy's match since I cannot access livescore from my Iphone? Thanks a lot!
Either the latest up-and-coming star Sindhu failed to impress or her unknown opponent put up a creditable fight.
She was a foreign talent and came here from China when she was around 13 years old. She's Singaporean by now. She used to be SIN's No.1 WS, ahead of Gu Juan and Fu Mingtian and has won the US Open together with Kendrick Lee in MS a few years ago. Her sudden drop in form was quite unexpected. Maybe she is determined to make amends?
Thanks for the info. At age 13 she came to Singapore, that means her formative years and training are a product of Singapore, not bad considering she had won the US Open WS title. May she continue to give us more pleasant surprises here though her opponent today is Nozomi,another player I picked to go to the final. Aiying beating Mitani is proof she can go one better, I believe.
If i'm not wrong, Busanan is just 16 years old... No doubt, Thai WS is the best in term of regeneration...even better than China?
I wouldn't say that. In China,the 16/17 yr-olds have very slim chance of playing overseas,apart from junior events, as their seniors are too good,unless he or she is truly exceptional.
Indeed...Busanan is only 16 yo and as I wrote earlier, she was in Thai's WJC 2011 team. ANY of Thai's young WS player is capable of beating INA's senior WS players...that's how low the state of INA's WS is right-now.