2009 India Open: Day 6 (Finals) Sunday March 29

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The INA pair trails 8-11 at the interval of the second set. Unless there's a miracle, the young CHN pair Ma Jin/Wang Xiaoli should take home their first senior title.
 
It's just incredible how many young pairs CHN has in WD:
(1) Du Jing/Yu Yang -- Olympics Champions and aiming for the World Championships this year no doubt.
(2) Cheng Shu/Zhao Yunlei -- 4 titles since the Olympics last year and already World No 3 now.
(3) Ma Jin/Wang Xiaoli -- first senior title and I predict they will be sent to more SS tourneys, esp with Ma Jin's involvement in XD.
(3) Pan Pan/Tian Qing -- WR15 and no titles yet. IMHO, the weakest among the 4 pairs.
 
Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah will definitely want to win another title here in Hyderabad before their expected retirement from competitive badminton sometime late this year. Besides, they might have an outside chance of qualifying for their last World Championships this year.

From 2002 onwards, the MAS pair has only won 5 titles to date:
Malaysia Open 2004
Dutch Open 2005
Badminton Asia Championships 2006, 2007
Vietnam Open GP 2008

with a number of runner-ups:
French SS 2007 (lost to Fu/Cai)
Macau Open GP Gold 2007 (lost to Koo/Tan)
Singapore SS 2007 (lost to Fu/Cai)
Hong Kong Open 2003 (lost to Lee/Yoo), 2006 (lost to Kido/Hendra)
All England 2004, 2006 (both lost to Eriksen/Lundgaard-Hansen)
China Masters 2005 (lost to Fu/Cai)
China Open 2003 (lost to Paaske/Rasmussen)

Surely, they don't wanna end up as second-best again today ;)
 
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