Match-ups in XD R16: Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir [1] vs Hwang Ji Man/Kim Min Jung -- a tough match for Nova/Butet....let's see what they are made of! Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen [5] vs Hsieh Yu-Hsin/Chien Yu-Chin -- the Chinese pair should progress, although the Chinese-Taipei pair might yet again surprise us. He Hanbin/Yu Yang [3] vs Tan Wee Kiong/Woon Khe Wei -- it will be another huge upset if He/Yu were to lose tomorrow. Lee Yong Dae/Lee Hyo Jung [8] vs Tsai Chia-Hsin/Cheng Shao-Chieh -- ditto for Lee/Lee. Hendri Kurniawan Saputra/Li Yujia vs Mohd Rijal/Greysia Polii -- what a result for Rijal/Grace...and they can beat the Singaporean pair! Chen Hung-Ling/Chou Chia-Chi vs Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa [4] -- a repeat of Korean Open SF...and I hope Flandy/Vita can beat the CT pair yet again! Anggun Nugroho/Endang Nursugianti vs V. Diju/Jwalla Gutta -- what a result for the Indian pair and Anggun/Endang better be careful! Mohd Razif Abdul Latif/Chong Sock Chin vs Fang Chieh-Min/Cheng Wen-Hsing -- the CT pair to progress!
Fang Chieh-Min and Lee Sheng-Mu are still pretty young (22/21 yo respectively), compared to the more established WD pair of Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing (25/26 this year). Give them 1 more year and I think they can break into the top 15 (now ranked 23rd).
Yup, no wonder C.Vann is coming from Nepal that very new to involve into this sport. Also Nguyen Tien Minh knocked out another Nepalese player with stunning score, 21-8 ; 21-2.
It says CAM. As you said, he's from Nepal, but representing Cambodian. So every country got to send players to ABC (?), now I understand why the match was so short. I'd think it would take longer just to serve all the points
zheng bo & gao ling lost? sudket & saralee lost? hwang& HAn lost? three also seeded... huge upset... hope more men single and women single of malaysia can create more upset...
Now CJ entered next round by winning 21-10 in two games over Y Ashton Chen. Would you please tell me what '' stands for
Oops! Sorry, C.Vann is Cambodian not Nepalese. Thanx for the correction, Birdwood. Simon and Alam defeat their first opponent with same score, 21-16 and 21-9 but different time duration. Unfortunately, they must face each other in tonight second round!
BF has so many "agents" in ABC, why is the report almost non-existence? Come on, need more input here
Pretty straight forward so far in the Men's Singles, with so many unknown players being pitted against the favorites. MS R32 Matchups (Top-Half) later on: Lin Dan [1] vs Nguyen Tien-Minh -- an interesting match as Tien-Minh can be a tough nut to crack Ronald Susilo vs Liao Sheng-Shiun -- Ronald to progress Lee Hyun Il [8] vs Dinuka Karunaratne -- a breeze for Lee Ng Wei [16] vs Tommy Sugiarto -- one of the match of the round...I have a feeling Tommy might prevail later! Chen Jin [4] vs Hiroyuki Endo -- Chen Jin to progress! Simon Santoso [10] vs Alamsyah Yunus -- ditto for Simon! Chen Yu [8] vs Shih Kuei-Chun -- ditto for Chen Yu! Wong Choong Hann [11] vs Kenichi Tago -- another potential upset here.
So much to say, so little time to type . Birdwood... So much to say, so little time to type. It's great to have badMania, fastdrop, huangkwokhau, eaglehelang, etc... who give excellent reasoning/comments. Like these from badMania... I couldn't agree with him more... with what he'd said. .
According to the match schedule, there will be about 4 hour gap between MS and WS, and MS winners will go again after WS matches finish in the evening. Very strange arrangement...
