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here is saturday's schedule:
Anyone know who's playing in the first round tomorrow at 9AM??
If China and Korea aren't playing until the afternoon, I'd rather sleep in and show up for the last round at 2PM.
If anyone knows, please post tomorrows time schedule.
here is saturday's schedule:
Thanks Kwun! Looks like I get to sleep in tomorrow! Yay~~~
Of course I'd prefer to watch the entire day, but I just don't think I could manage it tomorrow without my health suffering!
did anyone spot the Chinese Junior coach (also 2000 Olympics MS Gold medalist) Ji Xinpeng in Vancouver?
he got married last week, i am just wondering if he has made Vancouver his honeymoon location.
Any News or updates? on the matches?
Heres The Pic !!! thebestofalL~!! is the best
The pics are a little blur.. just wondering why is the "net" thing doing behind the court..
The net is to catch all the shuttles that go astray from the players defending all the nuclear smashes! Heheheh
Minoru Arena is an ice rink. The net is there to catch all the hockey pucks that deflect upwards, and protect the spectators from them.
our canadian hopeful lost
Canada...... Alex Pang 15 3 4
Netherlands Saber Afif 6 15 15
probaby get goose eggs if we play china.
canada just lost the MD in 2 to nedereland also.
maybe we would play better if our players put on skates and wield a hockey stick instead.
Well, it was fun today working the security detail. There are two stringers available to do stringing with two helpers. Jennifer Lee is one of the two stringer and they were both using desktop flying clamps machines (6 points with crank). I was watching them string and the tension is only around 24-26 lbs for this particular Taiwanese player.
Good games all around. Hong Kong vs India was very good with long matches and basically going down to the wire with HK finally pervailing. They started at 9:30 and didn't finish until 3-ish pm.
Korea vs Taiwan was another good match-up and ditto for Denmark vs Malaysia.
That confirms Asia as the best place in terms of high-quality baddy training.
Originally Posted by Winex West Can
Ic ic , never thought of that.. i was guessing that section is for those who are prone to mosquito bite.. so they put up mosquito net. Ahhaha...The net is to catch all the shuttles that go astray from the players defending all the nuclear smashes! Heheheh
Minoru Arena is an ice rink. The net is there to catch all the hockey pucks that deflect upwards, and protect the spectators from them.
Most likely China will have a clean sweep...
Some good matches today and it was a good show of how the different the styles and proficiency of technique make in this game.The Chinese displayed overwhelming superiority in fitness and technique.The Koreans were also quite impressive with short efficient strokes and a patience for waiting for the right opportunity to come.The last match of the day in the Mens Doubles between Korea and Taipei was a bit of a nail biter as a 2 to 2 tie decider match . The Koreans after winning the first game started to mentally fall apart in the second and suddenly after an 8 to 2 lead were down 13 to 9 and it looked like a rubber game was in the cards.Suddenly the Koreans clawed back to get to 14 to 13 and looked to win it.All credit to Taipei as they won a long hard smashing rally where the Koreans looked to end it and won serve to tie it up at 14 all.Korea dug in deep and finally pulled away with Taipei making errors in the end to give way to the win.Very entertaining match as the crowd seemed to lift the Taipei pair to play with lots of emotion.The match with Chen Jin of China was a display of the difference in speed and worldclass experience makes.All credit to the Indonesian who put up a good fight but Chen Jin showed why he is with the national squad.Chen seemed to be everywhere and just when it seemed that the Indonesian had hit a winning shot he would blaze in with speed and hit a seemingly routine winning return.The hardest part part for the Indonesian must have been that it seemed like Chen had just been barely pushed and the way he carried himself between rallies showed it.The psychology of it seemed evident.I was amazed at the difference in the sound of the strokes as the players from the dominant countries seemed to have that crisp effortless snap to them and how the sound changed when the lower standard countries battled.Makes one realize just how far one would have to go play with the big boys or some of these ladies.I look forward to seeing the individual event championships begin as we will see even more of the hidden talent from those not lucky enough to play the team event.I apologize for only naming Chen Jin but with no program and with only team shirts visible I can't say with certainty who the other players were.No offence intended toward anybody anywhere.Just happy to have seen it.
Last edited by bighook; 10-23-2004 at 09:15 PM.
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I think they are using Extree portable stringing machines. I used to have this machine. It is easy to assemble and then take it apart. It does a pretty good job considering its low mass. Yes, it can string 30lb+ tension with no problem because of the 4 v-shaped side supports.
I think Taiwan suprised everybody with their surprisingly good results. Taking the 2nd seeds to a full 5 sets is certainly an exceptional feat for them! They certainly have bronze in their sights!!
But the final affair tomorrow is going to be the most interesting one! Let's see if Korea can at least stop the Chinese from completely sweeping all their matches in this team tourney, with 0 losses.
And, please folks who attended the recent matches: Post some more photos!!!!!
in the Asian Junior championship, the only match that China drop was the MD against Korea. too bad that the MD game between Korea and Taiwan wasn't played today as the match ended 3-1, there isn't a way to weigh their strengths.
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