2025 Smaller tournaments discussion

Hu Za has good physique like Chen Long!.. Hope he will reach top 30 shortly.. But, Kiran's built!
Hu Zehan does not have the physique of Chen Long. Chen Long is 6ft 2. Hu is around 5ft 10, about as tall as Lin Dan. Hu is a good player in the making but not likely to become as good as the latter.
 
Lai pei jing /jimmy wong into the final again. I think its their 5th finals? Yet they haven't won once. Will this time be different?
 
In Abu Dhabi Masters,

Kalle of Finland defeated Rithvik Sanjeevi with smashes, but lost to Srikanth today.

Turkey has 3 semi-finalists.. Good achievement..On par with India(4) & India has many entries..
 

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Muhamad Yusuf is a good new name from Indonesia . 19 years old playing singles.
 
In Abu Dhabi Masters,

Kalle of Finland defeated Rithvik Sanjeevi with smashes, but lost to Srikanth today.

Turkey has 3 semi-finalists.. Good achievement..On par with India(4) & India has many entries..
Will Tasnim Mir, 20 years old from india, at last reach to the final this year?
 
Great Achievement for Tasnim... When most of all her compatriots either fully stopped/moved to doubles/stagnated.. (like Gayathri, Kavipriya etc). She is doing great. From her background, where girls are not encouraged to play sports, she is doing wonderful job.

Yesterday she defeated Turkey's Arin.
 
In Abu Dhabi Masters,

Kalle of Finland defeated Rithvik Sanjeevi with smashes, but lost to Srikanth today.

Turkey has 3 semi-finalists.. Good achievement..On par with India(4) & India has many entries..

The other Finn, Joakim Oldorff, won the whole thing. Well done!


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The other Finn, Joakim Oldorff, won the whole thing. Well done!


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Very nice. Oldorff gave tough fight to Prannoy in WC, he has age(22) in his side. I neither underestimate Kale. He defeated many top players... Appreciate his hard-work at his age, without very high level results. Against rithvik, he was trailing 16-19 like that in 1st game. Then he took the game by 21-19!..

Btw, other topic, I want to visit Finland one-day in my life time to see many of their progressive things & contribution to civilization- Like Education, efficient govt administration, re-usage of waste materials so many. During 2000-2, company used to send Engrs to Finland for project works, but I joined late 2002. So I missed it. Will come with personal money!
Remember I watched news in BBC TV(2002@UK), either Finland or Norway established a power plant to produce power from Meat/Poultry cutting waste. Want to visit that plant as well. Similar plants have to be established in India as here these remaining materials(of Meat/Poultry/Fish industry) are not properly used.
 
Indonesia master 2
Moh. Zaki Ubaidillah is nice to watch. Maybe top three junior wotld wide. Not the most patient player. But should enter the top 25 at least
 
Indonesia master 2
Moh. Zaki Ubaidillah is nice to watch. Maybe top three junior wotld wide. Not the most patient player. But should enter the top 25 at least

He’s playing straight away from leaving the WJC in India. I don’t think he can give his best. I am guessing he only reached Indonesia perhaps on Monday afternoon at the earliest.
 
IM 2
Christian Adinata has super fast cross court round the head smash. Ubaidillah had hard time winning him today
 
IM 2
Christian Adinata has super fast cross court round the head smash. Ubaidillah had hard time winning him today
Christian Adinata unfortunately had a horrible knee injury 1-2 years ago and looks affected by it still movement wise
 
Ubaidillah came straigt from WJC and is now in the final of the Indonesia super 100, looking good for the future with results like this
 
Got some North Koreans in the Vietnam IS. Winning some games too!
Saw them even beating indonesia in Singles. Interesting. They never come out to play. All of a sudden, they started playing tournaments !. How come they get funds?
 
42 year old Tien Minh Nguyen is still showing the younger generation just how it’s done, into the SF of the Vietnam IS this week. I wonder what the record is for oldest singles winner in a BWF event?
 
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