About Gade: 'considering - he's 28, he's had this operation and his knee etc etc. If the explanations are needed, you are explaining away why he...
Ach! You caught me about her age - and talking about a woman too. Tsk tsk how ungalant. Sorry Mlle Pi. But she's French now and the French like...
For a top 7 player to aim to get to QF where all the top players play is no ambition at all. So he is satisified and his supporters say its OK. It...
Logic my dear friend, not 'something'. WangC has never beaten a higher ranked Chinese player till the the Indo O and that because the Chinese...
All the other matches took 45-48 minutes. This one was 96 minutes! Y
WD Straightforward wins for the top 3 Chinese pairs plus Japanese Ogura/Shiota. The Lees have Gao/Huang a close fight but just fell short...
The MS Took a long time. Lin bt Bao in 3; Jonassen bt Lee in 2; ChenH bt ChY in 2; Taufik bt Gade in 3 Really as expected given the track...
Comments on QongR in your original thread on the draw Comments on Zhang/Zhang's yestderday's performance and ranking and WC place in your thread...
It seemed that GongR does not want to play anymore but is not being allowed to retire. Zhang/Zhang are now above NO. 8 as they lost the F in...
Very mixed but also maybe a sigh of relief to find a probable NO.3 XD. Xie/Zhang have the very best Doubles and Mixed junior track records since...
Good for Sudket/Saralee who lost last week on the last point of the final set. Xie/Zhao and Nova/Lilyana are the pairs for the future. The Thais...
I pointed this out when the draw came out. I also said in another thread on the QF lineup that Xie/Zhang can earn their spurs against the old...
If that is the rule then they'll make it.They were No.4 up to AE but lost points by missing the German, AE and Swiss Opens. I described them in...
Thanks - that was what my memory said! Not exactly a ChenJ or GongWj. Some good points from jamesd20 also The new Koreans are just over the WJC...
Is he a youngster - like th ones Korea and China have recently put in the senior circuit? I seem to have seen his name around for some time....
The QF line-up is now completed In MS two matches will be between Chinese players Lin/Bao, ChenY/ChenH The only missing seeds: Wong CH. (Xia was...
I mentioned Zhou's decline when the draw came out but later when someone said the English players were getting bad draws, I pointed to her's as an...
Spare a thought for the poor World Champion. He lost in Rd 2 to the Korean youngster Lee Choel Ho who qualified. He seems to have forgotten how to...
Lu Lan made the Chinese World Championship team as a WD player but now plays WS mainly. Y