rubbish - they're putting the XD matches on first so any hope i had of Xie Zhongbo and Zhang Yawen being knackered from their Level's matches that they might have played earlier in the day. Oh well - i suppose it means Gail will be fresh too... Coops
MS: Lin should beat KJ, but needs to be careful to keep it quick if he wants to reach the final, as KJ can be draining to play CH should beat LCW, but may be tight, LCW definitely looks faster and stronger than last year when he played him in semi final, but CH is a master IMO so will win. Chen/Gade difficult to say. Gade didn't have it easy against Ng Wei yesterday, but chen didn't either. Chen to take on past form however. Sato vs LHI tough mattch but Lee should be able to control sato speed and take it. MD: Choong/Lee vs Jung/Lee should be a fantastic match, and difficult to decide winner the KOR pair are very good. Lin/Tazari shoul dbeat Laybourn/paaske on last nights performance, they were sublime against Cai/Fu, we shall see if they have consistency. Abdul/Gan vs Luluk/alven. MAL pair are very agressive, much more so than other MAL pairs, and I think this may count against them. It will be a good game as INA Pairs like to sit and defend and go for counter attack. Guo/Xie Vs eriksen/MLH should be DEN pairs game to take, CHN pair a level below them, and may struggle against DEN variation as they are not a very mobile pair. No comment on Womens or XD as havent even seen the scores.
Prediction: MEN'S SINGLES QUARTER-FINAL Lin Dan vs Kenneth Jonassen Lee Chong Wei vs Chen Hong (Although it will be tight match CH will win. He play really well so far.) Chen Jin vs Peter Gade (MATCH OF THE ROUND) If CJ didn't feel exhausted cause he play back to back events,he will win. Also in tight match. Lee Hyun Il vs Shoji Sato CJ really got the toughest draw in Al England. Hafiz in first R, Boonsak in R16 and now Peter Gade. If he through SF, another strong player waiting. MEN'S DOUBLES QUARTER-FINAL Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah vs Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae (MATCH OF THE ROUND) Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Lin Woon Fui vs Thomas Laybourn/Lars Paaske Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif/Gan Teik Chay vs Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo vs Jens Eriksen/Martin Lundgaard Hansen If Thomas/Lars can't pass QF, maybe Lars had to think to play again with Jonas. WOMEN'S SINGLES QUARTER-FINAL Zhang Ning vs Eriko Hirose Pi Hongyan vs Cheng Shao-Chieh (MATCH OF THE ROUND) Mia Audina vs Wang Chen Xu Huaiwen vs Xie Xingfang Lets see if Cheng Shao Chieh can step up closer to Chinese players level. 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 Gao/Huang will win in 2 sets. I havent see them play in three sets lately except they meet their own teammates. 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(MATCH OF THE ROUND) Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter-Juhl vs Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir I say ZJ/GL will want to revenge their World Championship loss. Pretty much all the matches in XD will be tight.
Again another mistake from PBSI. Playing two numbers will make you had good endurance. Indonesia is the only nation whose pairs only play in XD number. Example: Gao Ling, Lee Hyo Jung, Gail Emms , Zhang Ya Wen etc also play WD. Jens Eriksen, Xie Zhong Bo, Sudket, Thomas Laybourn etc also play MD. If Nova/Lilyana only play XD and can dominating XD like Kim Dong Moon/Ra Kyung Min, its okay. But they can't. In XD, after KDM/RKM retired its an open field. Who play the best, and they can win. Maybe if Lilyana air with Jo Novita in WD, they can close the gap with the China and even beat the Korean girls. Who knows?
i was going through yesterday's results...how can Lin Dan take 60 minutes to beat WCH with the score of 15-6, 15-5?
For those of you who lived in Indonesia , don't forget to tune in to LaTivi at 00:00 midnight cause LaTivi will broadcast it live. My only hope is they broadcast not only Indonesia 2 matches, but 5 matches in that court. And I am really hoping Indo pairs can move to SF cause if they fail, I doubt LaTivi will show any live broadcast for tommorow SF and Final. Better to logoff now and start preparing something to eat for the matches.
KZ, sometimes even the scores which had a big gap like that doesn't mean the match will be quick. It mean WCH had already gave his best fight against LD. The same can be said for WD yesterday between Yang/Zhang and Indonesia girls: 15-8 15-9 in almost 1 hour.
In German open final, Chen Hong really did some good shots, among them a fabulous backhand crosscourt drop. He still needs to understand more this more relaxed style and learn how to quickly understand his opponents (PG is really good at this). If he can manage to do this, he will have a good chance to reach the top of the world in the following two years. '
They simply can't do that!!! Canceling a broadcast that they've advertised for soooo long "only" because none of the Indon pairs get into the semifinals. Aiyo.. Let's pray pray pray Lativi still has some conscience for all the audience..
