Swiss Open 2008 - day 1 - Mar 11 - Qualification

[george@chongwei]

what a weird tournament!!!
dont tell me the XD matches they skipped??

 

[george@chongwei]

no interesting matches 2day...
will be offline soon..

 

[huangkwokhau]

Pia secured the 1st set 21-17

 

[eaglehelang]

no interesting matches 2day...
will be offline soon..

Hoon/Wee Kiong will be up against Swiss pair soon. hmmm should be 12 midnite Msia time.

 

[huangkwokhau]

If Firda can pass Xiang ai Ying, she will have easier path to main draw....

 

[demolidor]

When did Joppien claim to be europes #3? Didn't know about that
Bad results for the Germans...I was really confident that Marc Zwiebler could make it at least to the maindraw...

Zwiebler must not have been happy with the withdrawal of John Moody, otherwise his chances would be pretty good yes.
Here is Joppien: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORCDxc-uO80
To be fair he did say 3/4 with Persson and at the time his ranking was better. Not so sure if the new scoring system is better for him or maybe still adjusting ...

 

[badadum]

If Firda can pass Xiang ai Ying, she will have easier path to main draw....

Thats a big IF Hau-ge....

 

[huangkwokhau]

Thats a big IF Hau-ge....

No really a big IF.....lets hope....

 

[huangkwokhau]

Pia def Larisa griga, 21-17,21-6 and will challenge Salakjit Ponsana in next round.....

 

[huangkwokhau]

Firda scooped 1st set 21-18 after leading 20-14....

 

[badadum]

Pia is Markis's sister right?
Go Firda!

 

[huangkwokhau]

Pia is Markis's sister right?
Go Firda!

Yes........Kido, Bona and Pia are siblings........

 

[huangkwokhau]

so far so good for Firda.....

 

[huangkwokhau]

Firdasari wasted 4 match points from 20-16 to lose 20-22.........sigh!

 

[huangkwokhau]

Lets see if Firda can sustain her performance.....16-10 to 16-13....now

 

[huangkwokhau]

4 straight points from Xing....10-16 to 14-16

 

[huangkwokhau]

At last, Firda struggled to defeat Xiang Ai Ying 21-18,20-22,21-18......good revenge from Sea Games' defeat..

 

[badadum]

Glad she won.....but man, she need to develop some killer instinct! It should've been over in straight sets.

 

[eaglehelang]

Hoon/Wee Kiong up against Swiss pair.
British pair beat Korean 3rd pair in 1st set

 

[huangkwokhau]

Glad she won.....but man, she need to develop some killer instinct! It should've been over in straight sets.

No,...her mentality needs some works....she always has a problem of finishing off the match.....so many times...I told her coach, Marleve, last time...she was leading Tine in DO but lost that set....