No, u guyz got it wrong. Loh had bought me a ticket, I must come. This isn't about money, it's about releasing stress from work and supporting the game u r passionate about ......
SO 2008: Finals on Sunday 15-Jun-2008 . Greetings, You don't know how thankful I am to you BCers for making your posts/reports, especially abedeng, who was reporting from courtside. Just returned home from almost a whole day of Badminton and the first thing I did was to read this thread; to find out how our finalists have played today, not just who have won and their scores. Thanks again for your reports. Yes, I thought they could win because they have shown to be a bit steadier than their opponents. And from reports that their smashes were great today, Gan/Lin would have found it even harder to challenge them. This really shows that TR is getting better and better as the Beijing Olympics approaches. Hahaha ... TR has now made a statement: "Watch out for me at the Beijing Olympics 2008 !!!". Yes, Cheng/Chien usually find it harder to play against CHN WD players. Oldhand ... Yes, I was a bit worried after Clark & Kellogg won the first game. And kwun 's comments that LN was a bit slow and dreamy, made me even more worried. And sure enough, NW/LN came back in the 2nd and the 3rd game. Perhaps, DK was more tired than LN at the end of the match. In the second game, just like most BCers, I was so surprised that LCW could have devastated SS with such a big lead in the scoreline. Lin Dan would now be more worried. I think it's great that Misbun has suggested for LCW not to play in the IO 2008 next week. Btw, while the SO 2008 was being played today, I was with the Singapore National Under-15 Singles Champion who is visiting Melbourne at the moment. He turned up our our CCC Badminton Club for some training and some sparring/games. When asked why he didn't want to watch the SO 2008, he said "Because so many big names pulled out of the tournament". And so ... we have come to the end of the SO 2008. We shall be looking forward to the IO 2008 next week. Cheers... chris@ccc .
One still need to have the extra cash to spare mah. Means it's in budget, and also dont consider driving up & down so many hours a tiring & stressful experience.
yes Kak Ayu.....you were waving our Jalur Gemilang....happy, right???? I knew it was you....by instinct...
Indeed, I am delighted and proud to wave the Jalur Gemilang although I am Singaporean. It is a great day to be in the stadium to witness the succeed of our players.
SO 2008: Noridayu was so proud of LCW winning the Mens Singles !!! . Noridayu ... Hahaha, we are all so happy for you... that you were so proud of LCW winning the MS event at the Singapore Open 2008. .
Yes, I am able to meet him and congratulates him after the matches. I met other Malaysian players too.
Hope LCW can continue to maintain his confidence, and bring home the gold and also RM 1million reward (hope the Government does not cut it down now)
Not only LCW is polite and humble,the other Malaysian players too. I like his attitude. I hope that he will keep his form and maintain it until OG. Malaysia Boleh!
Donna , again and again showed unprofessionalism and no sportmanship... Even her coach had warned her not to do it again....she should go to anger management...her coach was not impressed with her attitudes on court today... Firstly she purposely step on shuttle and ruined it , then also she threw away the shuttle after losing points ( after 11)....
I would say that Anthony Clark also lacked professionalism to a certain extent, deliberately playing mind-games (not sure whether he did that today as I had no access to live-streaming). One example was: fiddling around with the shuttle-cock, requesting for a change when he thought it was too heavy or too light (see the World Championships 2006 vs Kido/Hendra). I think Flandy/Vita also underestimated this aspect when Anthony Clark deliberately delayed play (for a long time, again due to shuttlecock issue) in the beginning of their match in the Swiss-Open this year. I prefer watching Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms.
