2007 Sudirman Cup - Day 6 - Saturday - Semifinal

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let's kick off the discussion early now we have the results from the group match.

the schedule will be:

12pm - China vs. Korea

5pm - England vs. Indonesia

congratulation for England to qualify the final for the first time.

here are my predictions:

CHN 5-0 KOR

i am afraid to say i cannot see KOR winning in any of the 5 events. CHN is just too strong

ENG 2-3 INA

i see ENG taking MX and WS/WD are 50% each, so they may take one. INA will take MS/MD for sure.

live score:

http://tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=15280&day=122003
 
Have the rules been changed? Many are prediciting that China will win 5-0 or 4-1, but don't they stop the semi finals once a team have 3 victoires?
 
Right, so it will be 7pm in Mas time for the China vs Korea games.
Just the right time for me. Finish work and watching it while having dinner.

And I think i would stay with Ina for the late night game since it is weekend.
 
I guess I should put in my prediction as well
Chn: Korea: 3:0
Eng: Ind: 3:2 <- I'm prediciting a upset. England seems to be stronger in XD, WS, and WD.
 
CHN bt KOR: 3-1 *Park Tae-Sang bts Lin Dan ;)
*CHN should rest LD & put CJ or BCL instead, LD is in a sorry state currently!

ENG bt INA: 3-2
*Taufik sweeps MS
*Tracey Hallam sweeps WS
*XD in favor of ENG
*MD can go either way
*Brits have slight advantage in WD
**plus Brits have home crowd support!!!
 
ENG bt INA: 3-2
*Taufik sweeps MS
*Tracey Hallam sweeps WS
*XD in favor of ENG
*MD can go either way
*Brits have slight advantage in WD
**plus Brits have home crowd support!!!
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COME ON ENGLAND!! I'll be there screaming them on!!
 
Speed & Power said:
CHN bt KOR: 3-1 *Park Tae-Sang bts Lin Dan ;)
*CHN should rest LD & put CJ or BCL instead, LD is in a sorry state currently!

ENG bt INA: 3-2
*Taufik sweeps MS
*Tracey Hallam sweeps WS
*XD in favor of ENG
*MD can go either way
*Brits have slight advantage in WD
**plus Brits have home crowd support!!!
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I think England has a fair chance of beating Indonesia 3-2 as well. Although Markis Kidho & Hendra Setiawan lost the two previous meetings against the English pairing of Anthony Clark & Robert Blair, I somehow feels that the English pair sometimes chokes when playing a strong MD pair. Someone (I think madbad) had suggested that Candra Wijaya & Alvent Yulianto might be better against the English pair and I strongly agree with that opinion. So Indonesia must win the MS & MD to have a fighting chance.

For England, they must win WS & WD which is do-able since Indonesia's weakness is in the women's camp.

It will ultimately boil down to the mixed game and I think England will field in Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms for that category. I wonder which mixed pair Indonesia will go with, Nova Widianto & Lilyana Natsir or Flandy (is it Flandy or Flandi?) Limpele & Vita Marissa.

What do you guys think would be the best pair against Robertson & Emms?
 
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will they play all 5 matches if the tie is already dead?
the matches won't matter anymore, not like in the early rounds.

in either case, i think it'd be hard to see KOR taking any of the matches.
for the INA-ENG game, i think INA will take it 3-1.
 
I have a feeling that LYB will save LD for the final. Expect CJ or BCL to get a start. Possibly XXF too.
 
ENG-INA

MS goes to INA. the rest are quite close.
Blair/Clark is very good when playing in Europe.
WD, I think INA WD beat ENG WD a few times before
WS, England has slight edge but possible upset.
MX, the unpredictable one.

So it could be 3-1 or 3-2 to ENG, posibly 3-0,3-1 or 3-2 to INA

ENG would be riding on a good spirit having beaten the odds against Malaysia so ENG could win it. INA is always stronger in a team than individuals competition.
 
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