I think Chen Hong will prevail over Lee Chongwei...Chen Hong always goes out for the All England, it's probably his favorite tournament heheh
Yes..Chen Hong is the specialist winner of 4* and 5* tournament. Lin Dan is the specialist winner of 5 and 6* tournaments Taufik is the specialist winner of 7* tournaments
Yes, in MS the fastest smahes record hold by Lee Chong Wei with 331KM/H. And in MD, the record hold by Fu Hai Feng with 332KM/H in badminton history.
I love to watch quarter final matches too as you can see more new up-and- coming young stars and the games are more well-matched and not totally one-sided as in many earlier rounds. MS 1. Lin Dan should have no problem with KJ, unless the latter moves much faster. 2. Chen Hong, as reigning champion, will unlikely cede his crown to aspirant LCW, I'm afraid. 3. Can CJ extend his fine run against the consistent and much more experienced PG? Tough call, but Yannie may be sad with the final result. 4. Lee seems to have the upper hand over Shoji. WS 1. A matter of how many points Eriko is able to squeeze from Zhang. 2. Pi should win on account of greater experience at the world stage. 3. I feel Mia will not disappoint her adopted country, Nederlands. 4. The much shorter Xu will have to double up against XXF and this is indeed a tall order. MD This is very hard to predict for you because so many of your countrymen are playing. Your heart has to rule your head, I'm afraid and I can't blame you! It will be nice to see an upset. 1. Choong/Lee should prevail. 2. Being less experienced, Lin/Fairuz will likely be stopped by Laybourn/Passke 3. Similarly with Gan/Zakry by Luluk/Alven 4. Defending champs, Eriksen/Lundgaard are in no mood to discard their crown. WD Same as what you've predicted. The 3 Chinese pairs and the Koreans should have little or no problem. XD 1. Not easy for the Koreans as Eriksen is very experienced. However, if E has to play the men doubles first, then the Danes will be steamrolled. 2. I think the Thais have a good fighting chance though the scoreline will be very close. 3. The English pair will be unstoppable in front of a partisan crowd. 4. I simply like Natsir's play and attitude and it will be almost impossible for the Danes to tear the Indons apart, especially if Widianto stick to consistency for the most part.
Yes, it is surprising at first to know that Lee Chong Wei is the MS player with the hardest smash! This shows that smashing hard in badminton isn't a question of being very muscular and powerful, more a question of pace...
Maybe Lee Chong Wei eats enough of 'Nasi Lemak' to have such a powerful smash. Or maybe he has a second set of hidden springs in his arm.
MEN'S SINGLES QUARTER-FINAL Lin Dan vs Kenneth Jonassen Lee Chong Wei vs Chen Hong Chen Jin vs Peter Gade Lee Hyun Il vs Shoji Sato MEN'S DOUBLES QUARTER-FINAL Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah vs Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Lin Woon Fui vs Laybourn/Paaske Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif/Gan Teik Chay vs Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo vs Jens Eriksen/Martin Lundgaard Hansen WOMEN'S SINGLES QUARTER-FINAL Zhang Ning vs Eriko Hirose Pi Hongyan vs Cheng Shao-Chieh Mia Audina vs Wang Chen Xu Huaiwen vs Xie Xingfang WOMEN’S DOUBLES QUARTER-FINAL Gao Ling/Huang Sui vs Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota Gail Emms/Donna Kellogg vs Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing vs Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen Aki Akao/Tomomi Matsuda vs Lee Kyung Won/Lee Hyo Jung MIXED DOUBLES QUARTER-FINAL Lee Jae Jin/Lee Hyo Jung vs Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager Zhang Jun/Gao Ling vs Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thungthongkam Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen vs Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter-Juhl vs Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir Here are my predictions =p
i think chen hong will win. about the lazy comment, i think chen hong has a very relaxed style and is very confident in his shots. over this last year he has developed a runner's game to his attacking game so he hasn't been beaten by players who get it all back as he can do it back to them, plus he has developed more shots. i watched the chine open semi and final and although he lost first set to gade easily, it wasn't a slow start as gade played amazing but in the end gade couldn't keep it going, and chen hong prevailed.
Taneepak must have loved this well-known simple Malaysian/Singaporean food very much but I don't know whether it can be easily found in Hong Kong and just as tasty! In Malay, Nasi means rice and lemak means 'fatty' or 'oily'. The white oily fragrant rice normally comes with a small fried fish (and or otak, a fish paste packed in coconut leave and grilled), a fried egg or portions thereof, chicken drumstick or wing, cucumber, ikan bilis very tiny fried fish which is common as a tidbit mixed with fried peanuts to go well with a glass of beer and lots of specially prepared hot chilly paste to whet the appetite. Traditionally served on banana leaves, nowadays they are served on plates with fork and spoon in most food outlets. Nasi Lemak with Chicken drumstick, plus other usual items as stated, costs about Singapore $2.50 at my nearby food centre. It is indeed very tasty but whether it will give you that extra to be able to deliver a fantastic smash is debatable!
Arg, stop you're making me hungry !!! Hehe, doesn't seem bad anyway, hope I'll get chance to taste that one day!
Actually, a meal of "Nasi Lemak" before badminton is a big no no. It's too rich and oily, it will slow you down.
Lcw Hi, Nasi lemak is a set of Malay style coconut flavour rice with small fish,cucumber, two pieces of large fish and sometimes with fried chicken wings. It will have spicy chilli as side dish. Those who cant take spicy food will not able to taste chilli then Taneepak, LCW dont take nasi lemak lah. He must had eaten alots of rendang to increase his muscles and power. Rendang means beef cooked with coconut plus chili and other sauce. Matrix
I agree, Beckman. Chen Hong's game has changed slightly - instead of smashing to create opportunities, he now smashes for the winner, which saves energy. The laziness he displayed in his performance in the finals of the German Open against Chen Jin was due to his obvious lack of desire to win and Chen Jin's intensely aggressive play. As for the winner of AE 06, I'd like it to be the winner between Peter Gade and Chen Jin, preferably PG. They both carry that intense mentality in their games.
Arrgghhh Lin Dan vs Kenneth Jonassen is the first match on court today....I might not get there in time for it Gade & Chen Jin are 3rd match on the show court at least though. I should be there in plenty of time for that. Lee Chong Wei & Chen Hong aren't on until 10pm as well, and then not on the tv court I think
