The draw (updated 11th October 2011) is out as published through BWF website : http://www.bwfbadminton.org/file_download.aspx?id=39283
Greysia/Meiliana has to meet Nitya/Feinya in second round (again). Not sure if Greysia will play here, but her injury is getting better.
Defending champ Taufik facing stern test vs WZM in 1st rd. But the only uprising Chn player who has worse H-H against Taufik is WZM........so let's continue that trend
Yeah, barring any upsets and fulfilling their seeding position, Bona/Ahsan & Kido/Setiawan should progress into last eight and face Cai/Fu and Ko/Yoo respectively. Meanwhile the two unseeded INA MD at bottom-half find tough draw here. Alvent/Hendra will take on Danes Boe/Mogensen as their first round opponent.
Ajay Jayaram to meet Chen Jin in round of 16 Maybe this time he gets past CJ... Du Pengyu may meet Kenichi Tago in round of 16. Lets see which Tago turns up... WS round 1, Tine v/s TTY will be fun, all over again!! Not very good news for Pi Hongyan, though: she meets Wang Xin in round 1.
If they play their normal game, i think GreyMel should win it, but i might worry about Greys's injure
Mel/Greys vs Vivian/WKW should be interesting. Hope Greys' injury already better. Even I cringed when she hurt her shoulder (was it?) during the match. Let's wait and see if Vivian/WKW can get over their lost in Denmark Open.
The prelude battle for upcoming SEA Games. Indonesia have two strong WD pairs and MAS only rely on Vivian & Woon. Singapore WD (Shinta Mulia Sari/Yao Lei) & Thailand WDs (Duanganong/Kunchala & Sapsiree/Savitree) also can be threats for MAS WD.
Predict if CJ meet/beat PG at QF, LD will 'lose' to CJ at SF. If CL beat LCW, CJ will beat CL. CJ getting 11,000 pts to PG getting 4000 pts, that puts CJ closer to top 4. Let's see if this will happen.
I thought HTH/TWK is more reliable than KKK/TBH in this French Open, now they had withdrawn, who else we gonna rely on MAS MD besides KKK/TBH...!! :crying:
Latest withdrawals according to ts com updated : MS : Chan Yan Kit (HKG), Jan O Jorgensen (DEN) WS : Rena Wang (USA), Larisa Griga (UKR), Olga Konon (GER), Ayane Kurihara (JPN), Pi Hongyan (FRA) MD : Zvonimir Durkinjak/Zvonimir Hoelbling (CRO), Rendy Sugiarto/Afiat Yuris Wirawan (INA), Hoon Thien How/Tan Wee Kiong (MAS), Ingo Kindervater/Johannes Schoettler (GER) WD : Iris Wang/Rena Wang (USA) XD : Zvonimir Durkinjak/Stasa Poznanovic (CRO), Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba (POL)
Then KKK/TBH better be in good shape and perform well, same goes to the other MAS players. I hate it if it's only LCW that keeps the MAS flag raising til' the end of the tournament. LCW could be thinking, "Aiyaa...I'm alone in the final again???"