they won china open 2006 and wolrd cup 2006 in china back to back by beating cai/fu (china open) and Lin Woon Fui /Mohd Tazari (world cup) in final
Yes, Kido & Setiawan.. ..are the defending China Open's MD champions, as they prevailed over Fu & Cai in last yr's Finals. And yes, Kido & Setiawan are also the defending HK Open champions, winning over CTF & LWW: http://www.internationalbadminton.org/results2006.asp
badMania, I copy your message okay.. Ayo Kido/Hendra!!! Defend both your titles in HKG and China Opens!
Zakry, Fairuz, TBinShen/OngSC are competing in China and Hong Kong Open. They passed the selection trials. Gan/Lin lost both matches in selection so they wont get to go for these 2 SS. Rexy started selection trials for SS. KKK/TBH and CTF/LWW get automatic places cos their world ranking is highest. But if they do badly, they also have to go for selection. SO far, they did ok - winner Denmark, runner-up France. Gan/Lin are sent to Vietnam Open and SEA Games (early Dec).
I wish INA did same thing...I think this is healthy competition...to create hunger/eagerness to win..........good for Malaysia!
i had posted the China Super Series Draw in my blog, together with the seeding report. here is the links: Draw: Men's Singles Draw: Men's Doubles Draw: Women's Singles Draw: Women's Doubles Draw: Mixed Doubles Seeding Report
Yup, and if they don't get service faulted again like in the China Masters, Kido/Setiawan might just rise again ....
I remember Kido-Hendra was the best MD on Earth for a couple of months leading up to the 2006 Asian Games [very late in 2006]... that's when we all saw the amazing rise of KKK-TBH... Now the world MD is really up for grabs... Maybe only DEN is declining here... MAS, CHN, and INA all have good chances to grab the 2008 Olympic Gold...
LCW will only take part in one. According to XBall, LCW is now unbeatable. If he is right, then no problems for him. But we'll see...
Yes, DEN has declined a lot. ENG has declined as well. CHN has remained stagnant. MAS, INA and KOR are rising.
Yet, neither MAS, INA or CHN top pairs are consistent enough to be a clear leader. But at least MAS and INA had the benefit of their aged pairs' 2nd wind.
Wish Kido/Setiawan can bring their 1st SS title from this tournament to prove their world champ status. Last year, they were so superb in China -- winner of China Open, Hongkong Open and Invitational World Cup. No doubt, world #1 KKK/TBH is the hardest opponent for them en route to defend the title! Based on drawing CHN will represented by their primary and new talent players in all division. Seems the Great Wall has top ambition, once again eager to realize clean-sweep here after failed in Cheng Du last July that unpredictable INA stole WD title. Who will stop China brigade this time? MD as CHN weakest sector opens big opportunity for others to grab it.
Don't forget Japan. They havent won strings of titles but KKK/TBH and other Malaysian pairs have been beaten by them in important events.
can't wait for china open to begin. But i heard there will be a four-nations tournament btw China, Malaysia, Korea and Thailand on 16-17 Nov in Guang Dong, China. For those who can read chinese, http://www.bbeshop.com/news/2007/news_20071106a.htm Acoording to the article, all the best players from these 4 countries will be participating including Chong Wei. Hope to see again Chong Wei's God-like performance!!
從今日下午從廣東佛山市体育局召開的新聞發布會上獲悉，由中國羽毛球協會和廣東 省佛山市体育總會舉辦的佛山“中國移動杯”四國羽毛球爭霸賽，將于本月十六日 至十七日在佛山市岭南明珠体育館舉行。四支代表世界羽毛球技術先進水平的參賽 隊伍屆時將會聚一堂。 据佛山市体育局楊振富局長透露，屆時中國、馬來西亞、韓國、泰國的世界頂 尖羽毛球好手將會聚廣東佛山。這是今年繼丹麥公開賽和法國公開賽之后的又一項 國際級羽毛球賽事。 另据了解，出席四國羽毛球爭霸賽的運動員陣容鼎盛，男單世界排名第一的中 國選手林丹、世界排名第二的馬來西亞選手李宗偉，女單世界排名第一的中國選手 謝杏芳，男雙世界排名第一的馬來西亞選手古健杰/陳文宏、世界排名第二的中國選 手傅海峰/蔡贇，女雙世界排名第一的中國選手魏軼力/張亞雯都將出席本次比賽。 為了增強賽事的對抗性和觀賞性，本次比賽將采用蘇迪曼杯團体賽事制進行， 參賽的隊伍根据去年第九屆蘇迪曼杯比賽成績分成兩組，A組：中國、泰國；B組： 韓國、馬來西亞。十七日晚進行決賽。 The competition format is like the Sudirman Cup. Group A is China and Thailand. Group B is Korea and Malaysia. Winner of each group will then compete in final. China will send LD for MS, XXF for WS, FHF/CY for MD, WY/ZY for WD and XZ/ZY for MX. Malaysia will send LCW for MS, TBH/KKK for MD. What is the purpose of this tournament? Anyone know?
