I know, I should marry Wang Yihan and Wang Lin right away and immediately make them INA citizens... [...just kidding] The building blocks for everlasting INA badminton glory development are being developed brick-by-brick now... The pace of change is as slow as the Bengawan Solo song... Too bad I won't run for the PBSI chairmanship until the year 2037...
Senior Individual Seeded Mens's Singles 1 Sony Dwi Kuncoro (EJV) 2 Taufik Hidayat (WJV) 3 Simon Santoso (JKT) 4 Andre Kurniawan (CJV) 5 Tommy Sugiarto (JKT) Women's Single 1 Maria Kristin Y (CJV) 2 Adriyanti Firdasari (JKT) 3 Pia Zebadiah (JKT) 4 Rosaria Yusfin (CJV) 5 Maria Febe (CJV) Men's Doubles 1 Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (JKT) 2 Luluk H/Alvent Y (CJV/EJV) 3 Joko Riyadi/Hendra A (JKT/WJV) 4 Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan S (CJV) 5 Bona Septano/Moh Ahsan (JKT/ ?) Women's Double 1 Rani Mundiasti/Endang Nur S (JKT) 2 Meliana Jauhari/Shendy Puspa (CJV) 3 Jo Novita/Greysia Polii (JKT) 4 Nitya K/Lita Nurlita (JKT/WJV) Mixed Doubles 1 Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (JKT) 2 Flandy L/Vita Marissa (WJV/JKT) 3 Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita (?/WJV) 4 Ahmad Tantowi/Yulianti (CJV) note : JKT : Jakarta WJV : West Java CJV : Central Java EJV : East Java
Apparently... whoever was in charge of the seeding did not read the current PBSI rulebook [released in 2007]... This seeding is based on the BWF ranking and the PBSI rulebook clearly stated that they should use the PBSI ranking [which already integrated the BWF ranking accumulation]... I am dissapointed by the level of ignorance within the tournament coordinating body itself. They should be ashamed of themselves!
Junior Singles BS Junior Seeding 1. Senatria [WJV] 2. Adi Pratama [DKI] 3. Nandang Arif [DKI] 4. Bayu Sukmo [CJV] 5. Randy Sulistya [CJV] 6. Andree Marteen [WJV] 7. Ariyanto Ariyadi [DKI] 8. Alrie Gunadarma [WJV] 9. Setyo Widiharto [EJV] 10. Ryan Christian S. [JBR] 11. Engga Setiawan [CJV] 12. Pandu Dewanoto [CJV] 13. Seto Danu [EJV] 14. M. Assofi [EJV] 15. Ary Trisnanto [DKI] 16. Anggi Sepdianto [EJV] My prediction: the winner will be Nandang Arif of Tangkas [DKI] GS Junior Seeding 1. Tike Arieda Ningrum [CJV] 2. Linda Weni [DKI] 3. Alfa Vivianita [CJV] 4. Hera Desi [WJV] 5. Delis Yuliana [CJV] 6. Ana Rovita [CJV] 7. Maziyyah Nadhir [WJV] 8. Desy Didia [WJV] My prediction: the winner will be Linda Weni of Ragunan [DKI]
I heard... Cisita's club used a round-robin selection process in order to make sure the 4 GS that represented their club [and automatically Central Java province] are really the four best. Cisita did not make it this year. As for Jenna, she is injured for a while now... It was reported that she could not go to the Bali National Circuit last month due to her injury... I think it is the injury she got while playing Cisita in the East Java Circuit SF... [maybe]...
MS Seeding 1. Sony 2. Taufik 3. Simon 4. Andre 5. Tommy 6. Alamsyah 7. Wahyu 8. Hayom WS Seeding 1. Maria Kristin 2. Firda 3. Pia 4. Rosaria "Pipin" 5. Maria Febe 6. Maria Elfira 7. Sylvi 8. Fransisca "Nana" Interestingly, this category is a purely Djarum and Jaya Raya affair... MD Seeding 1. Kido-Hendra 2. Luluk-Alven 3. Joko-Hendra 4. Rian-Yoke 5. Bona-Ahsan 6. Wifqi-Alfiat 7. Fran-Rendra 8. Trikus-Bambang XD and WD Seeding is identical to what you wrote, Sandy. Only 4 seeds because there are only 26 pairs competing in WD and 25 in XD.
Would like to know... Why Candra Wijaya does not take part there? And Trikus/Bambang .. WOW ! I thought they've been retired
The rest of the Junior Seeding... BS Junior Seeding 1. Erwin-Rizky [DKI] 2. Ulin-Rahmad [DKI] 3. Andrie-Bramasta [Banten] 4. Seiko-Berry [CJV] 5. Nur-Zulfikar [DKI] 6. Angga-Kevin [DKI] 7. Budi-Rendy [Banten] 8. Andi-Endi [WJV] GS Junior Seeding 1. Ayu-Dwi [WJV] 2. Anneke-Wenny [DKI] 3. Jessica-Claudia [DKI] 4. Annisa-Komala [CJV] 5. Khrissabella-Reni [CJV] 6. Rizki-Rufika [DKI] 7. Stevani-Nela [WJV] 8. Weni-Dian [Riau] XD Junior Seeding 1. Wifqi-Debby [CJV] 2. Sandi-Dwi [WJV] 3. Rizky-Jessica [DKI] 4. Hendra-Nadia [DKI]
Candra does not need to, this tournament is optional for him... Besides, his partner -Tony Gunawan- is not around...
Most of the participants are flying to Solo today. Some early round games start tomorrow... Go INA badminton!