cooler said:I second to that.
From what i've seen at the world cup, cai and fu were in the best form i have seen them. They beat sigit and candra in 2 games. Sure like to see the video of this latest fling between cai/fu and gunawan/bach![]()
Han said:Now we know how powerful the Chinese is, even Bao lost but on paper, he still wonLuckily the paper didn't make the same mistake about Lin Dan beating Taufik in the World Championship ... I meant Taufik beat Lin Dan
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if that is so, sigit and candra should have played in copenhagen masters 05, it would be a sure win for them, wouldn't itWinex West Can said:I don't know about that. I think Sigit/Candra kinda gave up when they realized that with the new scoring system, it was very difficult to catch up when you are that far behind. Probably under the normal scoring system, it would have gone three games.
ctjcad said:Don't know if this has been posted or not, but found a somewhat "related" article to the Copenhagen Masters, taken from Jawapos.com
I'm offering a chance to anyone that wants to take a stab in doing translation..![]()
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Selasa, 27 Des 2005,
Strategi Intip Kekuatan Lawan
JAKARTA - Persaingan di Copenhagen Masters 2005 mulai tersaji dini hari besok. Dalam turnamen bulu tangkis penutup musim ini, PB PBSI hanya mengirimkan satu pasangan ganda pria. Itu pun pasangan baru, Flandy Limpele/Alven Yulianto. Biasanya, Flandy berpasangan dengan Eng Hian dan Alven bermain bersama Luluk Hadiyanto.
Di laga perdananya, pasangan Flandy/Alven, yang berada di grup 2, bertarung dengan pasangan China Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun. Selain dua pasangan itu bercokol pasangan tuan rumah Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen.
Pada turnamen ini hanya terdiri dari dua grup dengan tiap grup hanya diisi tiga pasangan/pemain. Even itu pun hanya mempertandingkan tiga nomor, yaitu tunggal pria, ganda pria, dan ganda campuran.
PBSI sebenarnya mendapat undangan dari panpel Copenhagen Masters untuk lima orang. Mereka adalah pemain tunggal pria Taufik Hidayat, ganda nomor satu dunia saat ini Candra Wijaya/Sigit Budiarto, dan juara dunia ganda campuran Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir. Tapi, yang dikirimkan akhirnya hanya pasangan Flandy/Alven.
Apakah pasangan anyar tersebut dibebani target? " Tidak ada target khusus bagi Flandy/Alven. Even ini kan berdasar undangan, jadi tidak akan mempengaruhi apa-apa," tegas pelatih ganda pria pelatnas, Christian Hadinata, kepada Jawa Pos kemarin.
Mantan pemain spesialis ganda itu menambahkan, dengan menurunkan pasangan baru ini sangat menguntungkan bagi Indonesia. Itu dikarenakan Indonesia dapat mengukur kekuatan ganda pria negara lain, guna persiapan menghadapi Piala Thomas 2006. Apalagi, yang berlaga adalah pasangan-pasangan yang kemungkinan besar adalah pasukan inti Tim Thomas masing-masing negara.
" Kami bisa mengukur kemajuan mereka. Sedangkan negara lain tidak mengetahui kekuatan Indonesia ," ungkap Christian.
Pria berambut putih ini juga mengatakan, meski pasangan baru, Flandy/Alven tidak boleh diremehkan. Apalagi, Flandy merupakan pemain yang sangat cepat beradaptasi dengan pemain lain. "Itu juga diketahui lawan-lawannya. Sehingga, Flandy/Alven tidak mungkin dianggap sebelah mata," tegasnya.
Sebelumnya, Christian memutuskan untuk melakukan perombakan pasangan di ganda pria. Alasan di pasangkankannya Flandy/Alven ini karena Luluk sangat lama masa pemulihannya usai mengikuti suatu turnamen. Sedangkan, empat pasangan terkuat di pelatnas akan diturunkan pada All England pertengahan Januari mendatang.
All England sendiri akan menjadi ajang evaluasi terakhir untuk penentuan siapa yang berhak menjadi pasangan proyeksi Piala Thomas. Sebab, untuk masuk tim hanya butuh tiga pasangan. Selain pasangan Flandy Limpele/Eng Hian dan Alven Yulianto/Luluk Hadiyanto, yang juga diseleksi adalan pasangan Candra/Sigit serta Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan.+
"Copenhagen Masters juga menjadi ajang evaluasi saya. Jika penampilan pasangan baru ini bagus, mungkin juga di babak kualifikasi dan final Piala Thomas dan Uber dipasangkankan lagi," pungkas Christian.(dio)
ya kenneth has the most wicked fashion on court!coops241180 said:looks like kenneth has another new pair of shoes....
that is certainly not a pair of yonex shoes and racket!coops241180 said:looks like kenneth has another new pair of shoes....
khwong said:that is certainly not a pair of yonex shoes and racket!
coops241180 said:lol - keep up khwong - kenneth is sponsored by hi-tec (think they're switchback's that he's wearing in that pic) and pro-kennex now...
i wonder if this is the start of a marketing drive by both those companies.. perhaps we will see more top pro's using brands other than yonex...
Coops
Roydy said:
true.. it's HiTech... his clothes and shoes!khwong said:that is certainly not a pair of yonex shoes and racket!
Lookin forward to download those match!!donpedro said:I have downloaded some of the matches from Copenhagen masters. I have a problem with DRM (Digital Rights Movement) though. The files only last for one day after downloading it. :crying:
Hopefully I can crack it in a day or two. Not easy for wmplayer10 I have been told.
Ooo.. after watching the match.. & I observed really closelykhwong said:that is certainly not a pair of yonex shoes and racket!
Simp84 said:Ooo.. after watching the match.. & I observed really closely
I notice kenneth was using at-700 lol
haha dunno about thatcooler said:bet u yonex string too![]()
Simp84 said:haha dunno about that
maybe prokennex is still developing a new racket for him?
but man look at the trouble he has to went through.. cover the cap.. scrape off all the wording & brand.... sigh