2019 World Championships

[minions]

BWF screws up again. Due to the mistake in the drawing process, the WS section is now being redrawn.

 

[stanleyfm]

BWF screws up again. Due to the mistake in the drawing process, the WS section is now being redrawn.

??????? what happenned?

 

[Justin L]

WS redraw reported here https://bwfworldchampionships.bwfba...s-re-draw-total-bwf-world-championships-2019/

The new draw https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=F4F75B1C-E72D-4248-865F-8EC38C06F7CB&draw=13

 

[minions]

??????? what happenned?

Dunno. It's reported that there was a mistake in the drawing process. But, if you ask me, the original draw doesn't seem wrong to me.

 

[Cheung]

Is world badminton going through a reconstruction phase? I do not see the same excitement & rivalries from older years.

With Lee Chong Wei retiring, Lin dan has nothing to fight and win. There is no worthy opponent for an average world number one Kento Momoto.

In Men's doubles, gone are the days of fiery battle between at least 4 world-class pairs (Kai Yn+FHF, LYD+JJS, Denmark pairs, Indonesian pairs & the Japanese ones.) But today, it is the minions and a few others not to the same level. Only if Chirag Shetty/rankireddy can provide some underdog excitements, -we can only hope.

There's something called the Olympics coming up next year...Maybe people are gearing up for that.

 

[CLELY]

DRAW amendment (WS Redraw, 9th August 2019) => https://extranet.bwfbadminton.com/d...DRAW _ Updated Friday, 09th August 2019_.XLSX

It's not much significant changes, second and third quadrant of original draw swapped. Nozomi Okuhara, He Bing Jiao and Sung Ji Hyun are drawn at top half while Chen Yu Fei, Saina Nehwal and Michelle Li move into bottom-half draw.

 

[CLELY]

Dunno. It's reported that there was a mistake in the drawing process. But, if you ask me, the original draw doesn't seem wrong to me.

I notice Kim Hyo Min wasn't included in the initial draw.

 

[Cheung]

Yesterday, in a pre-tournament event held in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan's head coach, Park Joo Bong, declared that Bird Japan's goal at the WC is to exceed last year's number of medals, i.e., Japan will be aiming to win at least seven medals.​

I will have to check the draw, but is this a feasible objective?

I would say no. The Japanese team don't get enough rest.

 

[Twitchington]

Pretty crappy “mistake” by BWF. Doesn’t help make them look like a reliable federation. The WC is one of the biggest and most prestigious tournaments in the badminton world and this makes it feel like there’s something shady going on with the draw too even if there isn’t.

 

[terrynguyen121988]

It's not much significant changes, second and third quadrant of original draw swapped. Nozomi Okuhara, He Bing Jiao and Sung Ji Hyun are drawn at top half while Chen Yu Fei, Saina Nehwal and Michelle Li move into bottom-half draw.

There is something different. Ohori will not meet Yamaguchi in the second round If she can win the first round in the old draw.

 

[minions]

I notice Kim Hyo Min wasn't included in the initial draw.

I see. This is really a simple mistake from BWF.

 

[minions]

List of the WC medalists who participate in this WC (updated).

WS
Q1 - Akane Yamaguchi, Ratchanok Intanon
Q2 - Nozomi Okuhara, He Bing Jiao, Sung Ji Hyun
Q3 - Chen Yu Fei, Saina Nehwal
Q4 - Pusarla Venkata Sindhu

The seeded players in Q2 and Q3 got swapped with each others.

 

[Desireless]

I just realized this afternoon that JPN now holds the World Rank #1 in 3/5 disciplines...

What a change from just a few years ago. Li Yongbo must be wryly laughing from his retirement home...

 

[CLELY]

There is something different. Ohori will not meet Yamaguchi and the second round If she will the first round at the old draw.

For Ohori, blessing in disguise as she can avoid more favoured Yamaguchi at early round and will meet He Bing Jiao if she could pass Cheung Ngan Yi.

I see. This is really a simple mistake from BWF.

Kim Hyo Min replaces Mauritius player Kate Foo Kune who's suspended after positive doping test : https://sport.tv2.dk/badminton/2019...edperson-i-vm-kaos-efter-positiv-dopingproeve

 

[minions]

For Ohori, blessing in disguise as she can avoid more favoured Yamaguchi at early round and will meet He Bing Jiao if she could pass Cheung Ngan Yi.
Well, if Ohori wants to progress further, she needs to be prepared to face any of the top players. I don't even recall her ever beating any of the top players even once, not even against HBJ. But, if she can beat HBJ, then great for her.

Kim Hyo Min replaces Mauritius player Kate Foo Kune who's suspended after positive doping test : https://sport.tv2.dk/badminton/2019...edperson-i-vm-kaos-efter-positiv-dopingproeve

I think BWF may want to do a full check on the players list in the future to avoid the same mistake.

 

[terrynguyen121988]

For Ohori, blessing in disguise as she can avoid more favoured Yamaguchi at early round and will meet He Bing Jiao if she could pass Cheung Ngan Yi.

Thanks Clely, I just reviewed my comment, there are a lot of mistakes in sentence. So sorry for readers. (I'm quite tired at that time)

 

[nilesh123]

By the looks of it PVS (and hence India) might not get any medal this time.
TTY in QF, TTY must be hungry to complete her title collection after the blunder last year.

Even though she's a little off form and PVS did defeat her in the year end finals last year, I think we all can agree that TTY is the favourite here.

PVS on the other hand, rise to occasion in big tourneys so it'll be interesting to see if she begs another one.

 

[pradeep chand]

if sindhu eliminates TTY ,the saina can win wc

 

[terrynguyen121988]

if sindhu eliminates TTY ,the saina can win wc

Of course, every seed can grow up and become a big tree.

 

[minions]

if sindhu eliminates TTY ,the saina can win wc

Too early to say. There are lots of top players who have equal chance to win the WC, especially AY, who is in top form recently.