German Open 2008: Day 2 (27/02)

badMania said:
You are finally here :D Seems that Rian/Yoke do not appear bothered by the "injury"?
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Yep..., I am here.

GAME! MATCH! :D :D :D

Wow, then the future of Rian-Yoke to go to the semifinals looks very good. Aside from the Japanese pair, the other competitors in their side of the draw are all quite beatable... ;)
 
YES! The Djarum contingent marches on as Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki win their first competitive match of the year in style, beating the much-improved Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda in straight sets 21-15, 21-16.

Next up for them will be either the Russian pair or Canadian pair.
 
badMania said:
YES! The Djarum contingent marches on as Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki win their first competitive match of the year in style, beating the much-improved Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda in straight sets 21-15, 21-16.

Next up for them will be either the Russian pair or Canadian pair.
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Russian MD is harder than Canadian..I think.........chance to be in qtr final....
 
Up next for Fran Kurniawan/Rendra Wijaya will be the improved Chinese-Taipei pair of Fang Chieh-Min/Lee Sheng-Mu. Can Fran/Rendra beat them and progress to the QF?

If Rian/Yoke can get past the Russian/Canadian pair tomorrow (they should be "easier" to face than the Japanese pair today :rolleyes:), then, its likely they have a Korean pair Han Sang Hoon/Cho Gun Woo as their opponent in the QF. Remember...this Korean pair beat Kido/Hendra in the All-England R16 last year :o Rian/Yoke also lost to the junior Korean pair of Kwon Yi Goo/Koo Sung Hyun in the Vietnam Open 2007 :cool: So, not so easy for Rian/Yoke to reach the SF as well.
 
Rian-Yoke should not get complacent tomorrow....so I hope they do their best...a Semifinal finish here would make a good warm up bfore facing Cai-Fu in All England innit?
 
Amazing really....Bona/Ahsan actually take the first set convincingly 21-12 :eek:
But, let's not get excited so quickly.....:o
 
badMania said:
Its tough to expect Bona/Ahsan to beat the WC Bronze-Medallist. Even Rian/Yoke lost to them in the Russian Open SF :o
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So far Bona-Ahsan is proving our 'pessimistic' expectation wrong... :D :D :D 21-12 in the 1st game, 3-1 in the 2nd against Sakamoto-Ikeda! Maybe the Japanese team ate the wrong food or still got jet-lag or something... :confused: They should not be outlassed by this INA pair... [though I am not complaining] :p :D

huangkwokhau said:
Antonius coaches them...Sigit for Junior...........
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And Deni Kantono is coaching the Djarum WD now. He just joined the coaching team again.

d65up2 said:
That Bronze medalist Antonious???
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Yes, the 1996 MD Atlanta Olympic Bronze Medalist Antonius-Deni...
 
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The second set is appreciably closer...but, Bona/Ahsan are still ahead 11-9. If they can maintain the 2 pts gap, they could score an upset here :eek:

13 smashes vs 7 by the Japanese pair. This could be a reason?
 
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