According to BOLA Sport Tabloid, Maria Kristin cancelled her trip to Malaysia because unfit condition caused by flu.
BWF held the drawing too early, 2 or 3 weeks before the even started. No strange a lot of players withdrew with various reason. Compared in tennis event who held drawing on Friday while the main draw started on Monday. And BWF should has "Seeded players replacement" rules, to be balance in draw. example Peter Gade as seeded 4 withdrew, replaced by Sony Dwi Kuncoro as seeded 5Sony Dwi Kuncoro replaced by Chen Hong as seeded 9 Chen Hong replaced by best rank qualifier. Zhang/Wei as WD seeded-1 replaced by Lee/Lee as seeded-3 Lee/Lee replaced by Chien/Cheng as seeded-5 Chien/Cheng replaced by Jiang/Li as seeded-9 and Jiang/Li replaced by best rank qualifier
latest news!!! XXF withdrew i think... look here>> http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=18612&y=2008&m=1&d=16 the taiwan ws win by walkover
WHAT?! hw come fang fang withdrew?? aiyo.... so dissapointed lerr.. then hw can china be so confident that they wana get clean sweep for MO? their best ws n ms not there.....
newspaper stated that xxf had a freak accident yesterday in her hotel...apparently she fell in the bathroom and injured her elbow...so that's abit of luck for wmc?? path to semi finals is clear thanks to the slippery bathroom...
Four world number one were absent in this tournament, Lin Dan-Xie Xingfang-Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen-Gao Ling/Zheng Bo with various reasons. Hmm, many withdrawals here, only MD division which attended by all world bests...
Don`t be so mean towards XXF's lahh..nobody wanted this to happen to her also.. i`m sure it will be great to watch the world no 1 play again.. but for now, let's hope she gets her rest..
what about Zhendong Guo/Zhongbo Xie?? did they withdraw, too?? i betted on them in bwin.com...they have to win^^
means she is in malaysia but she couldnt play? then hw come she din show up in the stadium? or she fly bk to china d?