I agree. Chinese-Taipei Open is the first tourney they are officially representing Pelatnas right? I will say give a target of top 10 placing by the end of the year.
Yes, if Rian-Yoke can improve from their all-time best rank of 17, then Coach Sigit is doing a good job... With 2 or 3 big wins over top 10 pairs, I think they can reach top 10 by........... March 2009... Maybe the end of this year is a bit too fast...
Yeah.. ..badMania wants another pair, or possibly two, to back up Markis and Hendra, ASAP, since they are now INA's lone "active" MD pair in top 10...
Rian-Yoke just defeated Kido-Setiawan on the way to reach the 2008 Japan Open semifinals! 21-17, 14-21, 21-19... awesome! I suppose all those sparring experience with the World Champs have made them familiar with each-other's game... The score was very tight in the last game...
Today Rian/Yoke will play in JO semifinal against Bona/Ahsan. Both are great n young MD. Dunno who's gonna win this time, I'll just support INA team he..he..
Haha, today rian/yoke will play against mas md who beat them in chinese taipei gp.. Hope rian/yoke can win this time! Come on rian! Chayo yoke!
limsy, Rian-Yoke just won against Wee Kiong-Razif 21-17, 21-19 in China Masters... ...on the way to their quarterfinal spot...
Rian/Yoke will climb up to no 16 next with 5040 pts won in the China Masters. Look like the strategy of sending them to 3 back-to-back tourneys are working.
Yes ofcourse! Revenge is really sweet.. Great rian/yoke, you prove us that you are ready to be next future of ina md! Semangat terus rian/yoke!
Ah...that explains why Rian/Yoke lost. I would want them to rise to top 10 by March 2009 and to be among the top 8 seeds for the World Championships 2009 in India. They have a chance considering: (1) Fu/Cai's impending split (2) Jung/Lee's non-activity due to Jung's army service (3) Choong/Lee's retirement (4) Eriksen/Hansen's retirement (5) Tony/Candra's retirement (6) Guo/Xie's split (7) Luluk/Alvent's split In that case, based on yesterday's ranking, we should have a top 10 composed of: (1) Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (2) Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen (3) Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong (if they are still not split) (4) Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (5) Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Matsuda (6) Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif (7) Lee Jae Jin/Hwang Ji Man (8) Shuichi Sakamoto/Shintaro Ikeda (9) Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki (10) Howard Bach/Bob Malaythong Khan
Sun-Xu are unknowns at this point, but apparently good enough to go to the China Masters finals... Maybe like Wang Lin a few years ago... Wow, interesting, yet plausible point, badMania... I don't mind the first 9... but I personally think that Howard-Bob are not as good as Bona-Ahsan and Joko-Hendra...
After back-to-back QF finish at the Denmark and French Super Series, Rian-Yoke are now world number #14... and #5 at the Super Series standings... They have a chance to go to Malaysia at the end of December as INA's #2 pair... I hope they will do well in the HK SS... Another QF appearance might be enough to stay in the top 8 of this year's SS standings... A SF appearance would solidify them even more..
Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki expressed his disappointment in terms of the two first-round exits at the All-England and Swiss SS 2009. He admitted that couldn't sleep for 3 nights after the losses So, he has asked PBSI not to send him and Rian Sukmawan to Super Series level tourneys at this moment. I think it's a wise decision to send them to GP and GP Gold events, or even some Challenger events to boost their confidence, which is at an all-time low at the moment due to 3 early rounds exits dating back to the HKG SS 2008. Their last victory was at the French SS, where they reached the QF. Even for GP Gold events, Yoke did not want to set a target of winning those events first. A QF finish will do them good because it's better than first round exits at the SS tourneys.
