Upsets of Japan Open 2008

[rhinovinda]

Chris ADCOCK / Robert BLAIR [ENG] - [INA] Hendra Aprida GUNAWAN / Joko RIYADI [8] 22-20 21-23 21-19 What a match!!

I also recorded partial of this match. Adcock smashes were brilliant.

 

[limsy]

I also recorded partial of this match. Adcock smashes were brilliant.

YA...adcock rock the world...

 

[eaglehelang]

Good job robin7, continue on till .....end of the year,

 

[limsy]

Good job robin7, continue on till .....end of the year,

agree...agree...agree.........

 

[george@chongwei]

Yeah this is fantastic match, I recorded full match with camcorder.

oki,.,..will be patiently waiting for your video!
pls upload to sendspace pls

 

[ianmercer89]

YA...adcock rock the world...

I played against adcock and blair a couple of weeks ago blairs smashes are more tricky!

 

[limsy]

I played against adcock and blair a couple of weeks ago blairs smashes are more tricky!

SO... good....of course blairs smash more tricky,cz he is older......so...u also a national player???

 

[ianmercer89]

no just play most of the national circuit tournaments we got 13 and 11 off them so not bad considerin im only singles player!! im at university this year

 

[limsy]

no just play most of the national circuit tournaments we got 13 and 11 off them so not bad considerin im only singles player!! im at university this year

OH I SEE...how good and lucky u are...haiz...keep improving ya...

...sorry,mod......and robin,sorry for chat here

 

[robin7]

2nd Round

XD
Noriyasu HIRATA / Shizuka MATSUO [JPN] - [THA] Sudket PRAPAKAMOL / Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM [2] 21-14 25-23
Note: 3th, 4th & 7th seeds were also upset.

MS
QIU Yanbo [CHN] - [INA] Simon SANTOSO [5] 21-10 8-6 Retired
Muhammad Roslin HASHIM [MAS] - [THA] Boonsak PONSANA [7] 21-17 21-15

WS
Maria Kristin YULIANTI [INA] - [MAS] WONG Mew Choo [5] 18-21 21-13 21-6
HWANG Hye Youn [KOR] - [GER] XU Huaiwen [4] 21-18 21-15
WANG Yihan [CHN] - [HKG] YIP Pui Yin [8] 21-12 21-7

MD
Muhammad AHSAN / Bona SEPTANO [INA] - [MAS] Mohd Zakry ABDUL LATIF / Mohd Fairuzizuan MOHD TAZARI [3] 21-15 12-21 21-17
Chris ADCOCK / Robert BLAIR [ENG] - [INA] Hendra Aprida GUNAWAN / Joko RIYADI [8] 22-20 21-23 21-19 What a match!!

WD
CHENG Shu / ZHAO Yunlei [CHN] - [KOR] HA Jung Eun / KIM Min Jung [5] 21-17 21-13
PAN Pan / TIAN Qing [CHN] - [TPE] CHIEN Yu Chin / CHOU Chia Chi [7] 21-15 21-19

 

[cooler]

1st Round

Kenichi TAGO [JPN] - [CHN] CHEN Yu [8] 21-12 21-10

GONG Weijie [CHN] - [DEN] Peter Hoeg GADE [3] 12-21 22-20 24-22 - PG squandered 7 match points (5 & 2 in game 2 & 3 respectively).

Eriko HIROSE [JPN] -[CHN] ZHU Lin [3] 21-10 14-21 21-17

there were lots of rumbling about LYB's choice of picking ZN over Zhu lin for the OG. We now see LYB had made the right choice for the 3 WS picked for the OG.

 

[ants]

I would not say that Wang YiHan vs Yip was an upset as Yip lost in that match. Her movement was not smooth. Her performance went down. Her smashes was not lethal and her trademark jumpsmashes was not as strong. Yip seems to have lost her footing alot of times... meaning her footwork was bad compare to her previous style.
Wang played a better game. She anticipated well.

 

[george@chongwei]

I would not say that Wang YiHan vs Yip was an upset as Yip lost in that match. Her movement was not smooth. Her performance went down. Her smashes was not lethal and her trademark jumpsmashes was not as strong. Yip seems to have lost her footing alot of times... meaning her footwork was bad compare to her previous style.
Wang played a better game. She anticipated well.

ants, are u watching in the stadium?
if then , pls take some pics or record some matches for us here, ok?

 

[robin7]

Quarter-finals

MS
Joachim PERSSON [6] [DEN] - [INA] Taufik HIDAYAT [4] 12-21 21-19 23-21 - Taufik should have won it in straight games considering he was leading 17-13 in the 2nd game after having won the 1st.

 

[robin7]

Quarter-finals

MS
Joachim PERSSON [6] [DEN] - [INA] Taufik HIDAYAT [4] 12-21 21-19 23-21 - Taufik should have won it in straight games considering he was leading 17-13 in the 2nd game after having won the 1st.

MD
Yonatan Suryatama DASUKI / Rian SUKMAWAN [7] [INA] - [INA] Markis KIDO / Hendra SETIAWAN [1] 21-17 14-21 21-19 - Has the former pair beaten the world and olympic champions before? I guess so. Can someone confirm on this?

 

[etudiant]

upset for Ina's fans : Lu Lan bt Maria 13-21 22-20 22-20......Maria should've won in strght set like Taufik....considering she leads 17/10 in 2nd....sigh.....

 

[robin7]

upset for Ina's fans : Lu Lan bt Maria 13-21 22-20 22-20......Maria should've won in strght set like Taufik....considering she leads 17/10 in 2nd....sigh.....

Yeah, she was leading 19-16 and 2 pts away from claiming another win over the world number one. Obviously luck was not on her side today.

 

[eaglehelang]

Sorry Robin7, look at XD, Thailand beat Japan. Japan is no 8 seed. Counted ?. TQ

 

[robin7]

Sorry Robin7, look at XD, Thailand beat Japan. Japan is no 8 seed. Counted ?. TQ

Fallen seeds but not upset to me.

 

[etudiant]

Yeah, she was leading 19-16 and 2 pts away from claiming another win over the world number one. Obviously luck was not on her side today.

yeah..i know...maybe next time....lesson learned....never lose focus even if leading far ahead against chn or every plyr for that matter.....btw lu lan no 1 now.???