Hi you are right Soo Teck Zhi lost, but then Goh Soon Huat won. He played so well today. Unbelievable. After this I believe Iskandar will win as well.
lucky GSH do made it to SF, too bad for iskandar that lost to Ajay...
Hi you are right Soo Teck Zhi lost, but then Goh Soon Huat won. He played so well today. Unbelievable. After this I believe Iskandar will win as well.
Finally Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Hong won the match just as expected and will be playing in the semi finals tomorrow. Congratulations. I am sure they will win the gold medals this time.
thought lost 1st game will be the end ok Koo/Tan, fortunately they survived by winning 2nd game & the decider, next SF opponent will be easy one, hope they take 2 straight games, no rubber game...
Interesting to note Taufik Hidayat will be there, playing with Eric Pang apparently in doubles in the latter's farewell match on Friday. Of course Dicky Palayama had his against Peter Gade if you remember two years ago ...
Please give me the link for the match. Youtube stopped its streaming it seems
http://videostream.dn.ua/videopage/videoPage.php?g=c2J2b2JoK2F0Y3ZsbmhZ&c=en&i=eWlhaXVidGd1bA№f№f
Click ok and scroll down for the link.
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Interestingly, except for India which has representatives in 2 events, the rest are from different countries.
For a change it is refreshing to see the lesser known countries, at least for fans in Asia, competing for the Dutch Open titles:
France
Bulgaria
Estonia, and
Scotland
Only the WD performed to form, NED#1 versus BUL#2.
In MS, Raul Must EST#12 has acquitted himself well to reach the final but his advance may well be stopped by Ajay IND#3, who is not only ranked higher but has been more active in the international circuit. Malaysia's three young hopefuls for "gold, silver and bronze", as one fan predicted, were unfortunately eliminated.
But MAS has KKK and TBH still standing in MD against their young Indian aspirants, Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy, seeded higher at #2. When it comes to 3 games, I hope the Malaysians will be better prepared, fitness-wise. On the other hand, if India's newly appointed Malaysian coach has been training the Indian pair, the end for the MAS team may come sooner since he is more acquainted with the Malaysians' game.
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Interestingly, except for India which has representatives in 2 events, the rest are from different countries.
For a change it is refreshing to see the lesser known countries, at least for fans in Asia, competing for the Dutch Open titles:
France
Bulgaria
Estonia, and
Scotland
Only the WD performed to form, NED#1 versus BUL#2.
In MS, Raul Must EST#12 has acquitted himself well to reach the final but his advance may well be stopped by Ajay IND#3, who is not only ranked higher but has been more active in the international circuit. Malaysia's three young hopefuls for "gold, silver and bronze", as one fan predicted, were unfortunately eliminated.
But MAS has KKK and TBH still standing in MD against their young Indian aspirants, Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy, seeded higher at #2. When it comes to 3 games, I hope the Malaysians will be better prepared, fitness-wise. On the other hand, if India's newly appointed Malaysian coach has been training the Indian pair, the end for the MAS team may come sooner since he is more acquainted with the Malaysians' game.
Well one thing about the reason for other countries to emerge and no representative from asia is because, unlike usual series, which usually consist of 3 tournaments in a roll, thia time there is 4. And even for a worls class player, playing 3 is already too tiring, let alone 4.comparing to bitburger, which is a gpg, this tournament looks lackluster. Good thing of course, is with this tournament, and swiss ic next week, essentially gives2nd string players choices of participation