Men's Singles Sony Dwi Kuncoro [2] vs Joachim Persson [3] -- Sony can secure top spot and is likely to play against Peter Gade tomorrow if he can beat Joachim. Taufik Hidayat [5] vs Andrew Smith [7] -- Taufik can also get an extra US$5k if he can beat Andrew Smith and should play Lee Chong Wei tomorrow. Men's Doubles Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan [1] vs Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen [4] -- Kido/Hendra should take this one and progress to SF. Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan [1] vs Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong [5] -- a tough one to predict....it could go either way. But I hope Kido/Hendra can show their true form. Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen [4] vs Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya [6] -- Boe/Mogensen have the edge from recent matchups. Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong [5] vs Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya [6] -- the MAS pair should take this one and advance to the SF. Women's Doubles Vita Marissa/Liliyana Natsir [2] vs Judith Meulendijks/Yao Jie [8] -- a spot in the SF should be secured for Vita/Butet. Vita Marissa/Liliyana Natsir [2] vs Ha Jung Eun/Kim Min Jung [4] -- the last time they met, Ha/Kim won. I fear a similar result could happen today. Lena Frier-Kristensen/Kamilla Rytter-Juhl [3] vs Jo Novita/Greysia Polii [7] -- a tough matchup for Jo/Grace...the one that determines whether they will progress to the SF. I hope they can win. Wong Pei Tty/Chin Ee Hui [1] vs Jo Novita/Greysia Polii [7] -- the top seed should take this one. Mixed Doubles Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir [1] vs Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam [5] -- Nova/Butet will also secure top spot by beating Sudket/Saralee. It depends on whether they prefer playing Laybourn/Rytter-Juhl or Clark/Kellogg in the SF. Robert Blair/Imogen Bankier [4] vs Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa [7] -- both pairs have been eliminated, so, Flandy/Vita are playing just for pride.
Sorry I didn't update much during the event, the Blackberry ran out of batteries due to over-exuberance of my office colleagues, sending my bucketloads of email. Today, I brought the charger along.
Vita/Lily reach interval at 11-9, initially they were in control up to 7-0, before Yao/Judith started chasing A lot of INA loose net returns, but not many were punished by the Dutch..
Raphy is walking towards his action capturing position. Vita/Lily take the 1st 21-14, on account of their good start. KOR girls also took their 1st game with the same scoreline. BTW, Dr Kang, the BWF president is here.
Adcock/Blair, our mates on the journey to the arena, take to the courts. INA girls finish off their Dutch opposition 21-14
Another of our shuttle transport mates, Zhou Mi smiles as she prepares to slay Yu Hirayama mercilessly.
Players expected to make it into the 2008 SSF Semi-Finals . Regarding to players expected to make it into the 2008 SSF Semi-Finals: Mens Singles LCW and SDK are already in. The other 2 could probably be PG and TH. Womens Singles WC is already in. The other 3 could probably be ZM, TR and PHY. Mens Doubles The 4 pairs could come from Kido/Setiawan, Zakry/Fairuzizuan, Lee/Jung and Koo/Tan or Wijaya/Gunawan. Womens Doubles The 4 pairs could come from Wong/Chin, Marissa/Natsir, Juhl/Frier, Kim/Ha and Novita/Polii. Mixed Doubles Widianto/Natsir and Laybourne/Juhl are already in. The other 2 pairs are still quite open. .
The INA team managers provides much needed refreshments for us. ZM whacks Yu Hirayama silly, 21-4. Danes resist ENG men's gamepts. Finally they crack, ENG win 21-18
