Today, all the first-round (R32) of all events will be played, starting at 09:00 local time. tournament website : http://www.hkbadmintonassn.org.hk/en/hong-kong-open tournament-software link: http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/s...294AD3-B6EF-49FE-A043-6EA0B456133C&d=20121121 HKG time : http://www.worldtimeserver.com/curre...city=Hong_Kong I will be there in the Hong Kong Colliseum with Hau-Ge (now a PBSI official ), starting from the afternoon session.
Predictions involving INA players: MS R32 Takuma Euda vs Taufik Hidayat - I don't know how motivated is Taufik is this tourney. But I do hope he can win. Wong Wing Ki vs Tommy Sugiarto - WWK is now ranked higher than Tommy and he could beat the off-form Tommy. Sony Dwi Kuncoro vs Hans Kristian Vittinghus - meanwhile, Sony is now ranked at 16 and is within reach of the top 10 yet again. Daren Liew vs Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka - the MAS player has been improving lately and even won a SS title while Hayom is without any title this year. The MAS player to win. Andre Kurniawan Tedjono vs Chen Long [2] - Andre did well to qualify but he will not beat Chen Long. WS R32 Pai Hsiao Ma vs Hera Desi - the TPE player to win. Chen Xiaojia vs Lindaweni Fanetri - the CHN player to win. Ratchanok Intanon vs Adrianti Firdasari - the THA player to win. Aprilia Yuswandari vs Saina Nehwal [3] - the IND player to win. P.V. Sindhu vs Bellaetrix Manuputty - despite her victory over Nozomi yesterday, I still think the IND player will beat Bella. MD R32 Angga Pratama/Rian Agung Saputro [8] vs Baptiste Careme/Gaetan Mittelheisser - Angga/Rian will face the formidable Lee/Ko tomorrow. Today is just a warm-up match for them. Markis Kido/Alvent Yulianto Chandra vs Manu Attri/Sumeeth Reddy B. - this should be Kido/Alvent's match to lose. Gan Teik Chai/Ong Soon Hock vs Bona Septano/Afiat Yuris Wirawan - I hope the INA pair can win this one. Hendra A. Gunawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki vs Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata [7] - the JPN pair to advance. Johannes Schoettler/Ingo Kindervater vs Hendra Setiawan/Mohd Ahsan - this will be a tricky tie but I hope Hendra/Ahsan can progress to at least QF. Hafiz Faisal/Putra Eka Rhoma vs Pranaav Jerry Chopra/Ahshay Dewalkar - the IND pair is more experienced and I expect them to beat the junior INA pair. WD R32 Suci Rizky Andini/Della Destiara Haris vs Hung Shih Chieh/Wu Fang Chien - Suci/Della to progress. Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth/Rizki Amelia Pradipta vs Chiang Kai Hsin/Tsai Pei Ling - ditto for Pia/Rizki. Meiliana Jauhari/Greysia Polii vs Tatjana Bibik/Anastasia Chervaykova - Mel/Grace's first match since the Olympic fiasco. They should take this one and face Pedersen/Rytter-Juhl tomorrow. XD R32 Mohd Rijal/Debby Susanto vs Vitalij Durkin/Nina Vislova - Rijal/Debby are fighting for 1 spot in the SS Finals. They need to fulfill their seeding. Akshay Dewalkar/Pradnya Gadre vs Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Irawati [6] - Fran/Shendy to win. Gaetan Mittelheisser/Emilie Lefel vs Markis Kido/Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth - Kido/Pia should take this one. Arun Vishnu/Aparna Balan vs Riky Widianto/Richi Dili Puspita - Riky/Richi to win.
Cool, you can keep us updated on to goings-on, players and officials antics that are not shown on TV ......
I agree with all badmania prediction except : Taufik (50-50, I think. And I am not sure whether Taufik trained hard enough lately) WS : Only hope for Lindaweni but she got bad draw. MD : I think all can qualify for round 2. It is early round and usually Hendra Gunawan did well in early round. Eka/Hafiz also has good chance, I think
Funny trivia : Just saw the WS draw and JYJ has Eriko number, 4-0 H2H and Eriko lost easily to JYJ in almost identical score in all of their encounter http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/r...-41A2-BC3E-CB57133E64CC&t1p1=15417&t2p1=14874
Hera probably would have higher possibility of advancing to the 2nd round. Firda has a very tough match against Ratcha.
For live streaming Try this : http://www.hahasport.com/v-4/8/26/v-482793.html and http://www.hahasport.com/v-4/8/28/v-482863.html Only court 1 & 2 are available to watch.
