The Missing List (revised)
AlanY is right... and the list is amended
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Quite a few top players will skip this year's Singapore Open:
(
scann has helpfully posted the tournament draw
here)
Men's Singles
China: Lin Dan, Bao Chunlai, Chen Jin, Chen Hong
Indonesia: Sony Dwi Kuncoro
South Korea: Lee Hyun-Il, Park Sung-Hwan, Shon Seung-Mo
India: Chetan Anand
Luck of the draw: Lee Chong Wei, Peter Gade, Ronald Susilo
Curse of the draw: Wong Choong Hann, Kendrick Lee, Taufik Hidayat
Men's Doubles
South Korea: Lee Yong-Dae & Jung Jae-Sung, Lee Jae-Jin & Hwang Ji-Man
China: Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng
Indonesia/US: Candra Wijaya & Tony Gunawan
Luck of the draw: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan, Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong
Curse of the draw: Choong Tan Fook & Lee Wan Wah, Mohamed Zakry & Mohamed Fairuzizuan
Women's Singles
China: Xie Xingfang, Zhang Ning, Zhu Lin, Lu Lan
Germany: Xu Huaiwen
Luck of the draw: Tine Rasmussen, Hwang Hye-Youn
Curse of the draw: Eriko Hirose, Saina Nehwal
Women's Doubles
China: Zhang Jiewen & Yang Wei, Zhang Yawen & Wei Yi Li
South Korea: Lee Kyung-Won & Lee Hyo-Jung
Luck of the draw: Kumiko Ogura & Reiko Shiota
Curse of the draw: Vita Marissa & Liliyana Natsir
Mixed Doubles
China: Xie Zhongbo & Zhang Yawen, He Hanbin & Yu Yang
South Korea: Lee Yong-Dae & Lee Hyo-Jung
England: Robert Blair & Imogen Bankier
Luck of the draw: Zheng Bo & Gao Ling
Curse of the draw: Muhammad Rijal & Greysia Polii, Flandy Limpele & Vita Marissa
And finally...
Perhaps since the famed INA-US MD combo of Candra & Tony is missing, the girls have decided to have their own transnational WD combos
So, this tournament will see an India-Canada team (Saina Nehwal & Anna Rice) and a Germany-Canada team (Nicole Grether & Charmaine Reid).
However, playing both singles and doubles might not be easy on the first combo.
In singles, Saina Nehwal has Yao Jie and Yip Pui Yin in her path... and Anna Rice has the formidable Tine Rasmussen ahead. Stamina will be required in truckloads
