it's been launched, the French Open 2009 draws, here is the link: www.internationalbadminton.org/tournamentcalendar_event.aspx?id=2244&calendarid=73
Wa lau...........KKK/TBH will play not 1 but 3 eng pairs from round 1 to QF........its tough...as they always fear and fail to play against Tan Kim Her's english players and PJB's Japanese players........LOL
In MD, it's another reasonable draw for Kido/Hendra, but bad draws for Rian/Yoke and Bona/Ahsan! Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan [1]: R32 vs Kenta Kazuno/Kenichi Hayakawa R16 vs Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata or Kristoff Hopp/Johannes Schottler QF vs Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif [5] or Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki SF vs Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun [4] or Guo Zhendong/Xu Chen [8] F vs Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong [2] or Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen [3] or Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen [6] Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki R32 vs Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif [5] -- for the nth time this year, Rian/Yoke have to face Fuzzy yet yet again! R16 vs Michael Fuchs/Ingo Kindervater -- a better draw if they can beat Fuzzy. QF vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan [1] Bona Septano/Mohd Ahsan R32 vs Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen [6] -- Bona/Ahsan have to beat the aging Paaske/Rasmussen if they want to go far! R16 vs possibly Chris Langridge/Robin Middleton QF vs Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen [3] In XD, Nova/Butet will possibly face Devin/Lita for a place in the QF. Fran/Pia should progress past R32 but again, AG/Vita should wait for them for a place in the QF. Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir [2]: R32 vs Q2 R16 vs Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita or Vitalij Durkin/Nina Vislova QF vs Chai Biao/Pan Pan or V. Diju/Jwalla Gutta [6] SF vs Joachim Fischer-Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen [4] or He Hanbin/Yu Yang [5] Hendra A. Gunawan/Vita Marissa [7]: R32 vs Valeriy Atraschenkov/Elena Prus R16 vs Fran Kurniawan/Pia Zebadiah Bernadet or Stilian Makarski/Diana Dimova QF vs Zheng Bo/Ma Jin [1] In WD, Nitya/Grace and Mel/Shendy will be tested by Japanese and Chinese oppositions as usual. Meiliana Jauhari/Shendy Puspa Irawati [6]: R32 vs Emma Mason/Heather Olver R16 vs Nicole Grether/Charmaine Reid or Jenny Wallwork/Gabrielle White QF vs Cheng Shu/Zhao Yunlei [2] Nitya Krishinda Maheswari/Greysia Polii [8]: R32 vs Helle Nielsen/Marie Roepke R16 vs Satoko Suetsuna/Miyuki Maeda In the WS, Adriyanti Firdasari has a better draw than in Denmark. Adriyanti Firdasari: R32 vs Larisa Griga R16 vs Tine Rasmussen [4] In MS, Simon Santoso will possibly face Lin Dan in QF, Taufik Hidayat should also face Chen Long in QF, while Sony Dwi Kuncoro will meet Bao Chunlai as early as R16. Taufik Hidayat [4] R32 vs Carl Baxter R16 vs Ng Wei or Mohd Hafiz Hashim QF vs Chan Yan Kit [8] or Chen Long SF vs Bao Chunlai or Sony Dwi Kuncoro [5] or Peter Gade [2] Sony Dwi Kuncoro [5] R32 vs Eric Pang R16 vs Bao Chunlai QF vs Peter Gade [2] Simon Santoso R32 vs Sho Sasaki R16 vs Chetan Anand or Joachim Persson [2] QF vs Lin Dan [1]
Koo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty is hardly a new XD partnership They were the World Championships Bronze-Medallist in 2006.
Tough drawing for SDK and Simon... Three MS in QF4-bottom half drawing (BCL, SDK and Peter Gade) have same chance to enter semifinal.
With huge cast of top players, INA shuttlers need to play their 500% if they want to win the title...
