uh huh ! wong mew choo won ! who said Wong mew choo , who says WMC will lose and go shooping With LCW ? dun underestimate !
Good to see the young XD pairs winning their first matches today. Akhmad Tantowi/Richi Puspita Dili survived a scare after they saved one match pt in beating fellow young MAS pair Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid/Lim Yin Loo 21-16, 12-21, 24-22. I am sure they can beat their next opponent tomorrow for a place in the last 8. Richi is a talented girl and I think this pair will be a better pair than Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita in the LR. Tantowi himself had won a couple of GP titles with Yulianti and Shendy Puspa Irawati in the past 2 years. Let's give them 1 year first and 10 tourneys to climb up to at least top 20-25. Meanwhile, Mohd Rijal/Debby Susanto got their first taste of victory after beating Alwin Francis/Jyotshna Polavarapu 21-11, 21-16. They should have a chance against the 4th-seed Baptiste Careme/Laura Choinet tomorrow. The 3rd-seed Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa will have a tough test against Shen Ye/Ma Jin tomorrow. Remember, Ma Jin just won the Swiss SS 10 days ago. In the MS, Tommy Sugiarto reedemed himself with a good victory over P. Kashyap. I thought he will lose today. He should beat another Indian opponent shortly afterwards for a place in the last 16 where he could probably face the 7th-seed Sairul Amar Ayob. No problem for Taufik Hidayat also, as the second seed strolled through the first round. He will face Hu Yun later today and then probably Arvind Bhat tomorrow for a place in the last 8. With Lee Chong Wei gone from the draw, only Chinese youngsters like Chen Long, Zhou Wenlong, or Qiu Yanbo will be a threat for his ambition to win the first title this year.
Oot badmania, how young are akhmad tantowi, richi and debby? You seem to know a lot about the youngsters.
Akhmad Tantowi -- 22 yo this coming July. Richi Puspita Dili -- Sandy should know this one...I don't have this info. Should be younger than 21. Debby Susanto -- 20 yo this coming May.
