I wonder where do you get your info that both MS and WD are scheduled to play FIRST? I can't find any info about the order of play, neither at official site http://www.2011sudirmancup.com/node_42809.htm nor at http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...FFBCC45-46DE-4F0D-AD95-95759235BB87&match=163 Based on info from tournamentsoftware.com site as above, the final matches will kick off at 7:30pm local time. Awaiting some entertaining displays of excellent baddy matches
4:30am Sunday or Monday? If Monday, you can then go to work and if it Sunday then you can have an excuse for whatever you want to excuse
Go DENMARK!!! suddenly LYB talked a bit softly, not too arrogant like he did during Thomas/Uber cup.....again China dan DEN still relies on their established players...If DEN wins, good for badminton as IOC may delete Badminton after 2016, BWF is still lobbying hard to make badminton more popular in Europe, Americas,....pray for badminton in Olympic 2020
I think the line up: XD MS MD WS WD Denmark wants their XD to score point first..if they lose then China will take it...been told DEN will not change their line up, China may filed Wang Xin...I do not know if China will change their XD, can be risky as other pairs have not played yet...especially in the first match...
CHN will fight to capture SC 8th times (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011??), 4 times in a row since 2005 Yup, best achievement from DEN team, first time in finale So badminton may be excluded as Olympic sport after Rio 2016? Hope badminton still IN! Table tennis should be out since CHN is too dominant in this sport more than badminton.
Oops, sorry my mistake I guess this is the best chance for DEN to defeat CHN, stronger squad compared with 1999. 1999 FINAL : CHN vs DEN : 3-1 XD -- Liu Yong/Ge Fei vs Jon Holst-Christensen/Ann Jorgensen, 10-15 ; 8-15 WS -- Dai Yun vs Camilla Martin, 5-11 ; 11-9 ; 13-11 MS -- Sun Jun vs Peter Gade-Christensen, 15-13 ; 15-13 MD -- Zhang Jun/Yu Jinhao vs Jens Eriksen/Jesper Larsen, 15-13 ; 15-13 WD -- Ge Fei/Gu Jun vs Rikke Olsen/Helene Kirkegaard, not played *source : http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudirman_Cup_1999
Go China go, China is good for badminton as huge investments have been made, unlike others who depend on them for foreign aid and still bite the hands that feed them.
What a proposition If IOC must remove a sport because some country performs TOO EXCELLENT there; hence, has a dominant position, then IOC should also remove basketball for Uncle Sam is too dominant there Furthermore, if one really scrutinizes those sports admitted by IOC (summer Olympics), there are many more "arguable fancy sports", less popular or enjoyable ones to watch such as Dressage, Eventing, Jumping, Trampoline, BMX, Mountain biking, and so on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_sports no doubt both badminton and table tennis should be well preserved within Olympics spirit!!!!!!!!!!!
Why not Denmark try the XD combination of Juhl and Fischer? Last nite, Pedersen didn't get the best of starts. Against China would be a nightmare .....
Have you contributed some??? same like Chinese fans also Fanatics with little to contribute.....please do not insult us with term of "indo"...Go DENMARK!!! At least with B team, INA wiped out Japan and Malaysia with full team....LOL
