India has improved by leaps and bounds. Saina, at 16, is a fine women singles player for India. Also, she has just beaten Tracy Hallam in straight sets as I type.
England won the WD 21-11 21-17. It's Malaysia vs England final. Im predicting a 3-2 to either side. Well, Aamir still got a chance at gold.
Base on the sequence of playing in the mixed team final, MD, MS, WD, WS, XD, I think it should be either 3-0 or 3-1 Malaysia beat England. There will be absolutely no chance for XD to play.
WCH and Ooi SA lost to the Kiwis, but OMG MEW CHOO SO CLOSE!! You should've seen the Msian players and coaches coming to the side where I was standing and just eagerly waiting the match to be over. Btw for you guys out there, Loh is with me in Urban Central safe and enjoying every moment of badminton!!!
Well, I'm predicting 3:2 or 3:1 to either side. It's gonna go: XD- ENG MS-MAL WS-ENG/MAL MD-MAL/ENG WD-ENG
I would say: XD - ENG MS - MAL WS - MAL MD - MAL WD - ENG I don't see KKK/CCM losing to NB/AC, and Tracey seems to be a bit edgy ... So I'm going for 3-2 to the Malaysians, but then I would, wouldn't I?
im guessing the WD has a really good chance for malaysia to win a point as well, after all their the top seeds in the individuals Btw why did WCH and OSA play the mix?isnt it suppose to be kkk and wpt?did they underestimated the kiwis?shldnt have needed the MD to waste their energy there
No, more like to make sure MAS win MD. Expected to win MS and WS, but Wong Mew Choo really cut it close .... For XD, the Kiwis are no pushovers, last year's World Championship semifinalists, remember? Even Koo and Wong are not guaranteed success against them.
According to the website, the sequence of the final should be MS, WS, MD, WD and XD. Is that true? I guess Msia will field in CTF/WCH for MD and KKK/OSA for XD. Why? because we need the experience of CTF at this crucial moment. Let's see.
for information, this is the order of play MS WS MD WD XD I guess malaysia will most probably ignore the XD and concentrate on the rest of 4 events. if malaysia put CTF/WCH, it won't give m'sia a sure point and yet still couldn't sure on XD. my prediction of the line up will most probably like this: MS - Lee CW WS - Wong MC MD - KKK/CCM WD - WPT/CEH XD - not important
XD is a throw away point for MAS so they won't field KKK for it. Will probably stick with same pairing as SF. Like some others, I don't see the match getting to XD as MAS will have wrapped it up by then. Would love to see LCW slaughter Aamir Ghaffar and shut him up for good.
Me too as a matter of fact. Why was Gaffar even picked, as Nick Kidd would have done a much better job. Ghaffar is an embarrassment to English badminton. He even had trouble against the Seychelles guy in the prelims. Also about his comment that he always wins when he wins the first game, well perhaps someone should remind him what happened in the Nationals final. (12-15, 15-3, 15-2 to his opponent Nick Kidd). If England win gold, which I hope they do, then he would be a lucky man as he will almost certainly have played no part.
The key is still Miew Choo Anyway, both team Malaysia and UK live up to their expectation and advanced to final, it was close for UK as the MD almost lost to India. If Malaysia can't win by 3-0 then will most probably lose by 2-3 as I am doubtful the WD and XD can bring point to Malaysia. Malaysia Boleh!
You are right I totally forgot about KKK/CCM And saw Tracey lost to the Indian girl (only 16! ). Now it's gonna be 3:2 to Malaysia! hehe
how is the order of play determined? do the teams get to choose or is it a random draw? i can't imagine that england would choose to play xd last, they would have preferred to play xd first and ms last.
