MEN'S SINGLES: ========== Lin Dan - Peter Gade Bao CL - Roslin Hashim Shon SM - Ronald Susilo Chen Hong - Park Tae Sang 3 chn, 2 kor, 1 each frm sin, den, mal WOMEN'S SINGLES: ============= Gong RN - Wang Chen Zhang Ning - Nicole Grether Kaori Mori - Mia Audina Zhou Mi - Jun JY 3 chn vs jap, hk, ger, kor, ned MEN'S DOUBLES: =========== L Paaske/J Rasmussen - Eng Hian/F Limpele Fu HF/Cai Yun - Lee DS/Yoo YS L Hadyanto/A Yulianto - T Haryanto/S Budiarto C Wijaya/H Haryanto - Kim DM/Ha TK 4 indo (wow wowww...), 2 kor, 1 chn and 1 den WOMEN'S DOUBLES: ============= Chien YC/Cheng WH - M Naganawa/N Ogawa Wei YL/Zhao TT - K Ogura/R Shiota R Olsen/AL Jorgensen - Ra KM/Lee KW Yang Wei/Zhang JW - S Yamamoto/S Yamada 3 jap (wowww..), 2 chn, 1 each: tai, den, kor MIXED DOUBLES: =========== Chris Bruil/L Jonathans - J Eriksen/M Schjoldager N Robertson/Gail Emms - N Widyanto/V Marissa Chen QQ/Zhao TT - J Rasmussen/R Olsen S Prapakamol/S Thungthongkam - Kim YH/Lee HJ really 'mixed'; den (2), eng, chn, ina, tha, kor Overall, there are 10 chn q-finalists, korea 7, den 5, ina 5 (none in singles evts), jap 4.. again, only chn and kor are represented in all the disciplines' q-finals...
I presume when you say "really mixed" you are reffering to the size of Lee hj!! She is huge, I think she must be almost the same as Kim, not more than 3cm shorter! She will be very strong once she is more experienced, and consistent.
what about the size of Lee HJ thts 'really mixed'??? yeah, she is tall and has a cute face... nah, as mentioned by seven, i ws referring to the number of countries represented in the q-final, 7 out of 8 slots...
I completley misunderstood you, I thought you were inferring she was like a man, as she was so big and strong, and the rest were "real" mixed. Never mind, Embarassed now. sorry. Half asleep.
Kim HJ is 179cm. Kim YH couldn't receive shuttlecock because she screened the front. She is as tall as KYH. And, it is not important, but KYH was married last winter. Kim Dong Moon and Ra Kyung Min are not lovers. but, I hope they will be a pair of lovers in the future. Both of them don't have a lover now. I heard peaple propose that they are a pair of lovers.
MIXED DOUBLES SEMI FINAL: J Eriksen/M Schjoldager - N Widyanto/V Marissa Chen QQ/Zhao TT - S Prapakamol/S Thungthongkam It's surprised that Prapakamol/Thungthongkam has beated Kim YH/Lee HJ.
Yess... very good effort frm the Thai pair indeed... Chen/Zhao wr also stretched to 3 close games by JR/Olsen...
I'm only half surprised, the Thais form a very good pair!! Note that the four semi-finalists are from four different countries, that's good for the game! The draw also seems very open without the two top pairs...
the Thais pair also made it to the s-final in Korea Opn, beating the 3rd seeded Emms/Robertson in the q-final... pretty impressive..
lost to Park?!? Lin Dan, same as last match, gave up first game and took 2/3rd game. i wonder if he used the same exhaustion tactic against Gade?
Lin Dan beat Peter 7-15, 15-9, 15-9 (ws it another tactic of Lin of tiring Peter in the 1st set??) Bao hd an easy game, beating Roslin 15-5, 15-9... Ron bt Shon SM 15-6, 6-15, 15-0... 15-0??? Park Ts bt Chen H 15-11, 10-15, 15-10.. wht happened to Chen H??? did he tk it easy again lk his WC2003 q-final match against Shon or anything else??? so disappointed...
Park Tae Sang bt Chen Hong 15-11 10-15 15-10, he seems on great form!! and with this result he should probably make it for the olympics too!
Chen Hong is some what strange sometimes. last week he made all the way to the Korean finals. now he loses to a not very heraded Korean player. perhaps Li should think again whom the Athens candidates should be. btw, Li says Xia was missing some fighting spirit in his losing match against Gade. Li says Xia's skill is comparable to Gade, just like his skill is comparable to Wong. he beat Wong in the WC because of his fighting spirit. Li says Xia was missing that yesterday and thus lost to Gade.
I agree.. Xia had an upperhand over Wong CH in terms of confidence. I think once wong beat him fair and square again.. Xia will not feel that way again. Chen Hong.. up and down.. nowadays he is not as consistent as before. Li Yongbo will have hard time choosing players now.
indeed, inconsistency dsnt seem to be the problem of the msian players only, nw the chinese are infected look at Chen Hong, or Xia (ok ok, maybe he is stil recuperating), Chen Yu and most, Bao CL... Bao made it to the Swiss Open final, thn knocked out in early stages of AE and KO, and nw, md it to the semis... tht includes the women shuttlers (Zhou Mi, Xie XF)...
yup. definitely don't want to be in Li's shoes. WS pretty much decided. Xie hasn't shown much result so the choice is clear. MS still big headache. well, we will find out in a few months.