No no, I am not asking you to look at the date of the post... HH failed to get to the main draw in the SINGAPORE OPEN
Oh, i see. your post certainly made me confuse though losing to a backup player Liew Daren in straight games... i thought he lost to Darren in straight games during the ina open also.. My bad then..
HH yoyo training in the below video.. just some snippets.. [video=youtube;_UHVAI9yHmk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UHVAI9yHmk[/video]
After Liew Daren's straight games win over Hafiz in the Singapore Open, now Arif has beaten him in the Kedah Open as well..
head-to-head 4-1 in favor of Hafiz but all the wins by Hafiz are pre-2009. the most recent encounter between the two was in April in Australia GPG where Sho beat Hafiz 21-17 / 21-11 Sho has the upper hand i think.
looks very close. in fact, HH overall got more total point than ShoS. but failed to convert on the 2nd game. too bad tournamentsoftware didn't record the point progression for us to appreciate really how close the 2nd actually was.
A commendable fight from Hafiz against Sasaki Sho today after his dismal performances in losing to Liew Daren and Arif.
[TABLE="class: ruler, width: auto"] [TR="bgcolor: #EBFAFF"] [TD]11-21 22-20 21-19 [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] 21-11 20-22 19-21 :crying:
looks like LD gave Hafiz some quality sparring as well as physical conditioning during the China Masters.
I saw the first two games, thanks to some kind soul whose link I've forgotten. Hafiz is almost maddening to watch. In game one he was down something like 7-1 and he came back to win. In the second game he was up like 18-13 and lost. He looks so languorous. Yet he has a great reach, creative shot choices and incredible wrist power. Still a dangerous opponent after all these years ... when he can keep his focus.