German Open 2008: Day 2 (27/02)

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 :eek:
 
Game pt for the WC Bronze Medallist and they steal the second set 21-19 :mad: 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.
 
i think it's over for bona /ahsan now, they squandered their golden opportunity in the 2nd set. the japs are awake...
 
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... :D :D :D
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! :D :D :D

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

Basically Djarum will use the [now] numerous INA tournaments in 2008 to naturally select the next good WD pair to complement Mel-Shendy... :)
 
10 straight points now for the Japanese pair....as they are strolling home 15-7.

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