German Open 2008: Day 2 (27/02)

[badMania]

And Deni Kantono is coaching the Djarum WD now. He just joined the coaching team again.

Wow...a star-studded coaching set-up for Djarum indeed, with Antonius/Denny Kantono and Sigit Budiarto.

But, so far, there's only one active WD pair in Djarum (Mel/Shendy)?? Any other upcoming pairs?

Bona/Ahsan are surging ahead now...from 13-12 to 17-12

 

[badMania]

The Japanese are not giving up....15-18....15-19 now. 2 more points for a huge upset here!

 

[badMania]

Can the young guns hold their nerves? 19-17....19-18

 

[badMania]

Level now at 19-19
Come on guys....2 more.....

 

[badMania]

Game pt for the WC Bronze Medallist and they steal the second set 21-19 Sigh.....

From 17-12...19-15....and the Japanese pair racked up 6 straight pts to win the set. I fear it is not good news for the young guns.

 

[eaglehelang]

The Japanese are not giving up....15-18....15-19 now. 2 more points for a huge upset here!

Wow, interesting, from the Indonesia juniors

 

[apontoh]

i think it's over for bona /ahsan now, they squandered their golden opportunity in the 2nd set. the japs are awake...

 

[Krisna]

Rubber sets for Bona-Ahsan! The Jaya Raya-Djarum Pelatnas combo surprised everyone [including me] so far by playing the Japenese really well!

You know, so far ....today has been a VERY good day for INA...
Andre
Alamsyah
Tommy
Adit [Andreas Adityawarman]
Taufik Hidayat Akbar
Endra
Jo-Greysia
Rani-Endang
Fran-Rendra
Rian-Yoke
[and maybe] Bona-Ahsan
... all went to the next round!

The only casualties were Natalia-Yulianti and Tantowi-Rizal, both pairs are not expected to go far by anybody anyway...

 

[badMania]

i think it's over for bona /ahsan now, they squandered their golden opportunity in the 2nd set. the japs are awake...

My hunch too.....what a waste really

 

[huangkwokhau]

Haiya Bona/Ahsan blew it....really....

 

[badMania]

I think it's time for Bona/Ahsan to prove their worth as Pelatnas's no 4 pair.....this year is a crucial year for them to get their break-through.

 

[Krisna]

Wow...a star-studded coaching set-up for Djarum indeed, with Antonius/Denny Kantono and Sigit Budiarto.

But, so far, there's only one active WD pair in Djarum (Mel/Shendy)?? Any other upcoming pairs?

I heard that 2 Fang Kaixiang's former pupils [from the singles training camp]: Jenna and Delis [both 18 year olds] have quite impressed the Djarum doubles coaching staff... Their legs are not fast enough for the singles game, but their hand skills are quite remarkable...

Basically Djarum will use the [now] numerous INA tournaments in 2008 to naturally select the next good WD pair to complement Mel-Shendy...

 

[badMania]

From 7-5 and now 7-11. Its gone......:crying:

 

[Krisna]

Aaaaarrggh, now Park Joo Bong's pupils are leading 11-7...

 

[Krisna]

They should have knocked out the Japanese at 19-15 in the 2nd game!

 

[badMania]

10 straight points now for the Japanese pair....as they are strolling home 15-7.

This will be a valuable lesson for Bona/Ahsan.....

 

[huangkwokhau]

7 points straight from 7-6 to 7-13............too bad for INA MD

 

[badMania]

They should have knocked out the Japanese at 19-15 in the 2nd game!

From that moment onwards, we can almost predict who's gonna be the eventual winner.

 

[huangkwokhau]

Wow....German MD is leading Xio/Guo now...19-15

 

[Krisna]

C'mon Bona-Ahsan!