I like the rising badminton levels and the appearance of many young stars of India... Good news for the sport...
We shall see excellent matches... I like tomorrow's R16 matchups for INA's GS... I wish I could be in MAS to watch these 3 matches... All 3 should be competitive... After R16, the tough TOUGH tests will be given to all INA GS [should they actually go to the quarterfinals ]... Inthanon and several CHN girls should be in the quarterfinals waiting for them... If only I can watch the matches on livestream... or even on youtube....
Today's schedule is not being kind to Tee Jing Yee. How can she expect to play XD at 9 am, followed by WS match at 9:40 am .......
Actually, it apparently was not only his decision, then. Born in 1990 makes him ineligible for an under-19 event. Not only is he now officially 19 years old, but the rules state that only players born in 1991 or later can compete. So a player like Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk is also ineligible even though he is still 18 until October. The Badminton Asia site has this age eligiblity text: Age Eligibility : The age limit will be under 19 years old; born on 1st January 1991 onwards. (Player’s age should not be 19 years old during any month of the tournament year). [FONT="]The minimum age for all players is 14 years old.[/FONT]
Alexander Kevin /Andini Suci Rizki - Jin Yong Hoon/Kim Chan Mi 21-19 21-17 Chopra Pranav/Sawant Prajakta - Pratama Angga/Haris Della Destiara 23-21 9-21 21-14 Sugiarto Yohanes Rendy/Nuraidah Tiara Rosalia - Mohd Ismail Muhammad Syawal/Tee Jing Yi 16-21 21-10 21-13
So far so good in XD with only 1 pair losing....matchup in QF: Maneepong Jongjit/Rodjana Chuthabunditkul [1] vs Kevin Alexander/Suci Rizky Andini Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto/Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah vs Lu Kai/Bao Yixin -- we have a chance to win at least 1 match.
Tough luck and not a biased schedule as the organisers are MAS. She has to forego one to reserve enough energy for the WS, but still she must have expended quite a bit losing the XD in three games! Hope she's not in the WD as well.
a bit oot here. i feel deeply sorry for the victims of the explosion @ ritz carlton hotel, jakarta. the cause of the explosion hasnt confirmed yet.... may be MU will cancel their show in Ina....
its gonna be hard for rendy/tiara 2 beat lu kai/bao yixin..if they beat this china pair,,i am pretty sure rendy/tiara will make it to the final..
Hurray, all ina GS progress to next round.. Hope they win againts their opponent this afternoon.. And yes, very sad about what happened in jw marriot & ritz carlton this morning..
