Good to see Michelle back on the horse (so to speak). Can't see the American girl giving Michelle much trouble–she was only up 14-11 on Grether, a doubles specialist, when the retirement occurred.
2013 ALL ENGLAND SS Premier - Day 1 : Qualifying Round (5th March)
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Good to see Michelle back on the horse (so to speak). Can't see the American girl giving Michelle much trouble–she was only up 14-11 on Grether, a doubles specialist, when the retirement occurred.
phil-mm
Regular Member
I can imagine you twiddling your thumbs wondering what else to do while watching live-straaming
Lol, that was exactly what I was thinking.
Twiddling my thumbs with nothing much to watch.
Real action starts tomorrow!
Hmmm... Michelle champing at the bit, pawing the ground... she'd better settle down, 'cause she'll probably be meeting a thoroughbred filly in the first main round - 2011 r/u Eriko Hirose!
Hmmm... Michelle champing at the bit, pawing the ground... she'd better settle down, 'cause she'll probably be meeting a thoroughbred filly in the first main round - 2011 r/u Eriko Hirose!
It's a winnable match against Eriko as long as Michelle doesn't kill herself with errors. As we know, Eriko will grind it out and let attrition take its course.
Akshay/pradnya got into the main draw.
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Sourabh took the first game against Rajiv Ouseph comfortably 21-13
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Sourabh took the first game against Rajiv Ouseph comfortably 21-13
HappySachs
Regular Member
I've always felt a bit sorry for him, loads of talent but absolutely no one in England who's near his standard who can push him. Consequently when it gets to the big stage he looks so slow and unexplosive it's almost frustrating.
I'm lying, it is frustrating
HappySachs
Regular Member
Not surprised, Varma has a lot of potential. I can recall he's had some good results in the past against better opposition than Rajiv
HappySachs
Regular Member
Nice to see White and Adcock are through, from the score it looks like a good performance from them.
The Malaysian players did badly in the qualifying rounds.
Mohd Arif Abdul Latif, Zulfadi Zulkifli, Tee Jing Yi and Lydia Cheah were the losers.
Tan Chung Seang and Tan Bin Shen, the non-BAM players, did well to qualify for the main draw.
ZZ was a former junior world champion but he has been struggling since joining the senior rank.
What's wrong when former world junior champions like CJ, CL & VA could do so well in the senior rank?
Mohd Arif Abdul Latif, Zulfadi Zulkifli, Tee Jing Yi and Lydia Cheah were the losers.
Tan Chung Seang and Tan Bin Shen, the non-BAM players, did well to qualify for the main draw.
ZZ was a former junior world champion but he has been struggling since joining the senior rank.
What's wrong when former world junior champions like CJ, CL & VA could do so well in the senior rank?
Fred Tan, the psychologist, used to be on the BAM panel of experts and he also accompanied the players on tour.
If there is no such person now, then BAM should rope in a mind expert immediately so as to help the youngsters, otherwise their potential will go to waste.
