MEN'S SINGLES ROUND OF 16 (to be played later tonight) Tommy Sugiarto vs Holvy De Pauw -- as mentioned earlier, Tommy has a good chance to reach the quarter-final. Chetan Anand vs Roman Spitko Richard Vaughn vs Ronald Susilo (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- a tough match for Ronald...and I hope he prevails! P. Kashyap vs Lee Tsuen Tseng -- the Indian player has beaten the Jap no 2 player, Sho Sasaki. Can he create another upset? Koen Ridder vs Kendrick Lee Yen Hui -- should be a breeze for Kendrick. Andrew Dabeka vs Bjorn Joppien
interesting to watch, will be tough match Holvy De Pauw is former Pelatnas player and INA National Junior winner. He is younger brother of Engeline De Pauw. Mental problem has made him left from Pelatnas. In one junior tournament, he was cramp in 3rd set against Simon. Another accident is retired against club players and helped by his farther to left the court.
I have heard of him. But, I think Tommy is on form. He seems to have improved from the last time I saw him playing in the Singapore Satelitte. At that time, he was a set up and had a chance to win, but, he let that chance slip and ended up losing his stamina and the match in rubber-sets. It was reported in either Bola or Jawapos that he was the most hardworking player in the physical training regime, so, that could have helped him if he's to play 3 sets like this afternoon. He was fast and furious against Sairul, making lots of initiatives to come to the net and attact the more experienced Malaysian. He should win tonight and entertain possibly Kaspar Oedum in the quarter-final. Let's keep our fingers crossed Meanwhile, Adrianti Firdasari has lost to the top seed Xu Huaiwen (expectedly) in 2 straight sets: 15-21, 13-21. I really hope the younger players like Pia, Aprillia, and now Sylvinna can improve faster and rise up the ranks. I don't think Firda, Nana or Maria can make it
pi yonghan lost her 1st set to wang (chn) can would it be the 2nd upset today after MS today? coz it will make maria way lighter (i hope so) but who ever can beat the 2nd seets wouldn't be easy to beat!
maria christine beat her openent sen lin from china in straight sets and while pi yonghan lead the 2nd sets after her lost in the 1st to wang shixian (chn)
Good progress from Maria Kristin Yulianti. She had a good draw and didn't waste this opportunity to advance to the quarter-final after beating an unknown Chinese player Lin Sen 21-19, 21-12.
The match of the round in the MD between Hendri Kurniawan Saputra/Hendra Wijaya and Hendra A. Gunawan/Joko Riyadi turns out to be a real thriller. Hendri/Hendra took the initiative in the first set and won it easily 21-13. The second set was a close affair from the start with serves changing hands and the lead never crossed beyond 2 points. Hendri/Hendra was leading 17-15 in the closing stage, but Hendra/Joko levelled it and managed to win it 21-18 in the second set! It's now rubber-set!
YES...Hendra A. Gunawan/Joko Riyadi have beaten the Singaporean brothers in 3 sets 13-21, 21-18, 21-14. It was their turn to take the initiative in the rubber set and they were ahead 6-1 very quickly. It was 11-6 at the interval. They extended the lead to 18-11 and eventually sealed the match 21-14. Hendra/Joko will now face Mike Beres/William Milroy who have upsetted the second seed Roman Spitko/Michael Fuchs. In the other MD match, Rian Sukmawan/Eng Hian continued their progress towards their second title after beating their French opponent in straight sets 21-16, 21-15. They will now face Kristof Hopp/Ingo Kindervater.
So far so good for Team Pelatnas in the Bitburger Open. In the WD, Rani Mundiasti/Endang Nur Sugianti have beaten Li Xian/Wang Linling 21-7, 21-19. They will now face the top seed Kamila Augustyn/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk in the quarter-final. A tough match indeed
It was a very tough and long match between Tommy Sugiarto and Holvy De Pauw, lasting close to an hour. Tommy was in control of the first set until the score was 17-15. Suddenly, Holvy won 6 points in a row and took the set 21-17 In the second set, Tommy continued to be in control from the start and managed to force a rubber by winning the second set 21-16. The score was quite tight in the beginning of the rubber set until it was 6-6. Yet again, Holvy nudged ahead 15-6! It was too late for Tommy to come back, and the final score was 21-13 to Holvy De Pauw. It's a good experience for Tommy to have beaten the no 1 seed and played 2 rubber games in the space of a few hrs. If he can work more on his concentration and stamina, he should be in a good shape!
Too bad Tommy did not win. But what the hey, he won over Sairul Ayob from Malaysia. This Holvy dud is former Indonesian player, right? So nothing to be ashamed of. He is still 18 years old and there is a lot of room to improve. If he really is hardworking, I think he has a big chance to become one of Indonesian top MS. As for Hendra A.G./Joko, congrats. Looks like they are well on their way to replace Luluk/Alven. Keep the medals coming! Also thank's to BadMania who has taken all the trouble to provide us with the results.
...hehe, i don't know if it's a typo or not, but i think 'dud'(instead of dude??) is not an incorrect word either..hehe BTW, yah, badMania has, literally, single-handedly provided us with all these infos...perhaps he's one of a few people who actually followed this event intently(well, basically most if not all of the ones posting in this tourney are Indonesians)??..
As I said in the other thread, I am more interested in this event rather than the so-called World Cup because there are indeed many Indonesian players (albeit the backup pairs) competing in the European events. One title in these 2* events is possibly more important than a title in the exhibition tournament like World Cup Remember that you have to start from small.... I am especially interested in following Hendra A. Gunawan/Joko Riyadi's progress in these 3 events because they are the ones who is going to step up a level and will compete in the so-called Super Series next year, along Kido/Hendra and Luluk/Alvent. I was basically biting my finger-nails when they played against Hendri/Hendra yesterday night
