AFAIK they had been showing rather much and well long time...my old coach said that he is mostly/only looking badminton from Russian channels... of course here is not any other possibilities also as Estonian nor other European channels practically don't show badminton... last night had some jokes with older boys finding the Eurosport channel was showing the "table soccer" (or whatever the right name is world championships and major Russian competitions are shown on TV also and their vice-president of badminton federation Antropov is commenting them mostly ... if I remember correctly he is 2 years younger so we didn't met on court (when we were young but of course he was playing better than me and if you are computer illiterate or just dumbuser or don't have enough time you can buy all video stuff available here in this forum also from Russian online badminton shops ... just happened yesterday lurking around the Russian badminton sites Russian badminton is going well and we can see some of their players here time to time in different levels... it's popular there and not only the thin top level but also a lot of "recreational" players like me
good...hope to see russia become a new world superpower one day....some of the russian ladies are really good....
Is so lucky for SS and KKK/TBH to won the title here,.... SS was lucky because he faced an exhausted MZ after a series of hard matches with upsets and can be more ready and prepared for MZ. KKK/TBH was lucky because there was no Jap and Eng pair in their way to final, and dont have to play MK/HS in the final............... Anyway, Congratulation to all winners in Danmark Open 2009.
Congrats to Simon, Tine and all other winners. You deserved it. Well played Marc. It was a grand display. Loved it. Hope we see it more often.
It was unexpected that Simon Santoso will win his FIRST SS title in Denmark as he's only seeded 5th. Which is why luck played a huge role last week as he did not have to play any seeded player, except for Jan O Jorgensen Who would have thought that Chen Long and Peter Gade would lose to Marc Zweibler and Jan O Jorgensen respectively. Also, Sony Dwi Kuncoro lost to the in-form GER player. No doubt about that, even though Simon won the title, I would say that the player of the tournament will go to Marc Zweibler! Very much uncontested in the way he beat seeded opponents left and right in entering the FINAL! As for Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan's defeat, it was quite expected as they were up against Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen and Hendra was also not in his best form this week
I have a question here. Approaching the final moment of the match between koo/tan vs boe/morgensen, i have no idea on earth how can the umpire, a lady, gave KKK a yellow card when KKK raise up his racket to ask the tournament referee to come over for further explanation? what is the reason? YEah, as gill clark said, the player have the RIGHT to ask the tournament referee to come over. But during yesterday's match, i can see that the Tourney referee just sit his ass over there(sorry) and act as though like nothing happen when KKK raise his racket up to ask him come over. So bias.. Anyway, im happy that koo/tan manage to win THE DENMARK OPEN SS 2009
wd - pan-pan/zhang yawen (CHN) ws - tine rasmussen (DEN) xd - joachim/christina (DEN) md - koo kien keat/ tan bon heong (MAS) ms - simon santoso (INA)
yes .. i was thinking the same thing ... how come the tournament referee just ignore KKK request ... he didn't saw it because he was talking to rosman? thank god that the boys keep their cool and remain calm .... and win ... yesssss!!!!
Koo-Tan kept their cool despite being robbed a point! For the benefit of those who didn't watch the finals of MD, this was what happened in the decider: The turning point for the Malaysians was in the rubber game when they were trailing 15-16 in the rubber game. Boon Heong served to Boe but the shuttle hit a moving Mogensen. Instead of calling it a point, the umpire Carol Ui Fhearghail of Ireland allowed a let that saw Kien Keat reacting furiously. He challenged the call but the umpire insisted that it did not touch Mogensen and even an intervention from national coach Rosman Razak to seek help from the tournament referee fell on deaf ears. Kien Keat was flashed a yellow card but the episode became a blessing for the charged up Malaysians as they dropped just one point to reel home the title. Full story
Yup. Replay has been shown a few times and it was obvious that the shuttle hit Mogensen's stomach. Gillian Clark was repeatedly calling it "ridiculous" and stressed that Koo has the right to call the tournament referee. She also mentioned that it's such a shame for this to have happened in a high-level finals. How could the tournament referee ignore Koo's request? The Danes knew they didn't reserve to win. The Malaysians kept their cool and won it. Koo/Tan are something like 13-2 in finals. The only losses came in Japan Open 2006 finals to Candra/Tony and ABC 2007 (?) finals to Choong/Lee.
but where is big titles??? caution ok...hahahaha if not, longest flag poles, biggest roti canai will come out
The vids arent available yet for download,so.. why was KKK given a yellow card? Cos he argued with the umpire??
i can only say that the field for MD is too open... maybe some will not agree with me and rate FHF/CY and JJS/LYD higher but JJS/LYD lost to Boe/Morgenson in KO final... so who is the boss? i think consistency count and FHF/CY have the slight edge..
There's only 1 big title secured in their back pocket.. ..their one and their only 2007 All England MD title..
