Unless Bao decides to change his style completely, otherwise it is telling everyone that his injury is still not fully recovered yet, and he needs to be more aggressive to finish off the match. Also, unless YKB really improved compared to last year, otherwise based on Bao's skill, he does not need to smash like crazy and up the pace so much to beat him. Bao can not be 100% healthy at the moment. This is based upon the fact that when Chen Jin defeated YKB back in world cup 06, Chen Jin was not even playing at his full speed, and even the former Chinese head coach(whom was the commentator) mentioned that Chen Jin could just win that match without using full speed. Assuming Bao and Chen Jin are close to the same level.
Wel...I didn't expect Tommy to steal a set from the experienced Peter Gade. Come on...even Taufik also lost to him in straight sets last week Definitely a good result for Tommy. The Djarum player, Andre Kurniawan, also scored an upset win over Andrew Smith, who I think is currently trained by Indra Gunawan.
Yeoh lost steam.... lost to a much better player..... at least he played much better than our yo-yo king!
Are you implying that you like to see another ALL-Malaysia 1st round match again? Because there is no way in H*ll that those two will meet in an All-malaysia final...LOL.
I will support Lu Lan , Zhang Ning but not XXF..for example.... For CJ,,I have not seen him play live yet...but BCL and Chen Hong..I did
Lots of other interesting results today, notably Simon Santoso beating Mohd Hafiz Hashim in straight sets. He should have a good chance against Lee Chong Wei tomorrow. However, the eyes will be on Taufik Hidayat and Boonsak Ponsana tomorrow. Taufik recorded a good win over Chen Jin in 3 sets today. Sony Dwi Kuncoro also did not disappoint by beating the improving Nguyen Tien Minh also in a hard-fought rubber game. He will face another tricky tie against Chan Yan Kit. Kendrick Lee is also on course to qualify for his second quarter-final in a row, with a match against John Moody tomorrow...probably the easiest draw in the second round.
