Meanwhile, Sukamta Evert of INA is trailing 11-8 in game 2 to Lin Yu Hsien of TPE, after winning game 1 at 21-19...
Taufik managing to keep his nose out of trouble after a lot of tussle earlier, now at 17-14 in game 1.
Wow! Taufik takes 4 points in a row! This must be a recent record for him! Make that 5 points now, at 20-14
Phew! Game 1 to Taufik, 21-16 Meanwhile, Lin Yu Hsien leads Sukamta 18-13 in game 2. Rubber coming up? Will Sukamta manage to fight through Game 3?
Phew! Taufik makes it past Poodchalat Pisit in straight games, 21-16, 21-17! Go and have a nice lamb curry!
At the end, only 6 of the 11 INA MS players are through to R32. All the young players sent to this tourney lost in the very first round. MS R32 Simon Santoso [1] vs Goh Soon Huat - Simon has a good chance to win a title this week provided his injury does not affect him. Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka [6] vs Sumeeth Reddy - Hayom is expected to reach QF for a clash against fellow team mate Simon. Tommy Sugiarto [4] vs Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin - as for Tommy, he should reach QF. Hu Yun [7] vs Andre Kurniawan Tedjono - it's the end of the road for Andre. H.S. Prannoy vs Alamsyah Yunus [8] - Alam should advance. Lin Yu-Hsien vs Taufik Hidayat [2] - ditto for Taufik.
End of R/64 for MS category, 5 INA representatives got first round exit included Athens OG bronze medalist, SDK who still struggling to perform his best...
adhie said that Alrie got high fever for some days in India. I think, it's maybe because of the climate there right now... It affect much on his performance in India... agree with you, with enough experience, he can be good... I really like his fast play. remembering me on Nguyen Tien Minh some years ago. maybe i am "lebay" haha