Yonex Japan Open 2008- Finals Video

Hey ya peeps…

This years Japan Open came with lots of suprises here and there.. It was packed with fun and exciting moments together with many young talents on the rise. Lets just look at today’s finals and talk a little about the winners and losers Again thanks to our buddy mmorita3 in YouTube we have videos of the games.

Men’s Singles Champion – Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Indonesia)

This was a battle I thought Lee Chong Wei (M’sia) would have won easily againts Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ind) however in the lovely game of badminton, anything can happen. Sony Dwi Kuncoro seeded 2nd in this tournament produced a big win for himself by defeating the top seed and current world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei 21-17 & 21-11. The first set Chong Wei at one point was leading 16-12 however he didnt manage to hold him composure to take advantage of that lead. Sony on the other hand, played some good shots to win.

In the second set, it was Sony all the way and Chong Wei looked like he just didnt have it in him to win it. All credit to Sony for the wonderful win. The game lasted for 40 mins and it was Sony Dwi Kuncoro’s day.  From what I hear, Chong Wei played with an injured arm in the finals, hence if you notice, he did not smash much in the game.

Match Statistics

[MAS] Chong Wei LEE Sony DWI KUNCORO[INA]
11	Score	21
4	Smash winner	4
2	Net winner	4
3	Clear winner	11
2	Other	2
3	Most consecutive points	5
0	Game points	1
32	Rallies played	32
11	Rallies won	21

 

Game 1 StatisticsGame 2 Statistics

Women’s Singles Champion – Yihan Wang (China)

The unseede Wang Yihan produced another upset by defeating the seventh seed Mi Zhou (Hong Kong) 21-19, 17-21 & 21-15. I didnt manage to catch the game and am hoping to find the video on youtube by tomorrow. Anyhow we can analayse the game thru the statistics below. From what we see in the stats, the game was very close however Wang Yihan had more smash winners and net winners. The game lasted for 1.01 hours.

Match Statistics

21	Smash winner	23
19	Net winner	21
8	Clear winner	9
7	Other	6
6	Most consecutive points	7
4	Game points	5
114	Rallies played	114
55	Rallies won	59

Game 1 Statistics

 

Game 2 StatisticsGame 3 Statistics

 

Men’s Doubles Champion – Lars Paaske, Jonas Rasmussen (Denmark)

 

This was an exciting game whereby we have the experienced Lars and Jonas who are seeded second in this tournament versus the 18 year old Indonesian Muhammad Ahsan, Bona Septano. The game was fun to watch as the Indonesians known for their pace and power and the Danish who we’re known for their intelligent plays.

 

Lars and Jonas played a brilliant 1st and 3rd game by limiting their opponents to play their usual fast and powerful game. Lars played very smartly in the front of the court anticipating many shots while controlling the game from the front of the net. They managed to force the Indonesians to play their kind of game and they forced the Indonesians to very difficults angles and shots to return. In the end of the game, their experience counted and lead them to victory 21-17, 15-21 & 21-13.

During the game, one thing which the commentator highlighted was the service is very important in a doubles match as a good service will create an opportunity for one to attack after the service.. I totally agree with her on this as the Danish pulled off some great service while lead them to winning the game.

Match Statistics

[INA] Muhammad AHSAN [INA] Bona SEPTANO Lars PAASKE[DEN] Jonas RASMUSSEN[DEN]
18	Smash winner	24
19	Net winner	12
1	Clear winner	2
13	Other	19
3	Most consecutive points	5
1	Game points	3
108	Rallies played	108
51	Rallies won	57

Game 1 Statistics

Game 2 StatisticsGame 3 Statistics

 

Women’s Doubles Champion – Shu Cheng, Yunlei Zhao (China)

 

Once again we have another upset when unseeded Shu Cheng, Yunlei Zhao defeated the number four seed Eei Hui Chin,  Pei Tty Wong (M’sia) 21-19, 5-21 & 21-18. As I was watching the game, what I came to realise is that  our Malaysian pair played a very defensive game. They did not attack much and when they had chances to attack, the attacked didnt cause any impact to the Chinese pair. I think the Malaysian pair need to train more on agility and spend more hours in the gym.

 

Match Statistics

 

[CHN] Shu CHENG [CHN] Yunlei ZHAO Eei Hui CHIN[MAS] Pei Tty WONG[MAS]
19	Smash winner	28
5	Net winner	10
2	Clear winner	2
21	Other	18
6	Most consecutive points	12
6	Game points	1
105	Rallies played	105
47	Rallies won	58

Game 1 StatisticsGame 2 StatisticsGame 3 Statistics

Well thats all for now folks.. Overall it was a good competition to watch and I enjoyed watching the games on YouTube and on TV. There are some new talents for us to watch in the next coming games.. Stay tuned tomorrow guys as I’ll be compiling the videos for the Japan Open in one post.

Ciao da mao!

Yonex Japan Open 2008- Semi’s Round ups and Videos

Men’s Singles

To start off the Semi’s roundups, I would like to begin with Lee Chong Wei (M’sia) who picked up his pace and form to win easily againts Joachim Persson (Den) 21-6 & 21-4. It was cruise control for Chong Wei as Persson could not find a way to break thru Chong Wei’s defence and Chong Wei played with so much confidence with consistent strokes and smashes to win. It was like as though Chong Wei was just toying around with Persson. Thanks to our buddy mmorita3 in YouTube, we’re able to have a video on the games.

 

Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ind) made to stretch against Kenichi Tago (Japan)

In the other Semi’s Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ind) defeated Kenichi Tago (Japan) 21-15 & 21-16. It was not an easy game as one would assume for Sony has he was made to work hard againts the homeboy Kenichi. However Sony’s experience played an important role as he kept his composure to win.

Women’s Singles

There were two upsets in the singles when last years champion Tine Rasmussen (Den), lost to Wang Yihan (Chn) 21-15 & 21-18.

 

The other upset came when Zhou Mi (Hongkong) defeated world no. 2 Lu Lan (Chi) in 3 sets 21-9, 13-21, & 13-21. Zhou commented “It has been a long time not to meet Lu in the match whose stroke style has changed. In fact, I was playing as if we met first time and the difficulty to adapt the wind direction due to air condition made me lost the first game.” But Zhou could recover very well from the second and played better in third game.

Men’s Doubles

Young Indonesian pair, Ahsan/Septano, won the match against fellow Indonesians Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki, Rian Sukmawan 21-16 and 21-19. Septano commented that he is very happy and didn’t expect to go this far. Looks like Indonesia has some young talent in the rise and it can be worrying to Malaysia if they continue to groom these talents to the right direction.

In the other doubles, second seed Lars Paaske, Jonas Rasmussen (Den) defeated home favourites Keita Masuda, Tadashi Ohtsuka (Jpn) 21-17 & 21-16. Both pairs played some good badminton however the experience Lars and Jonas played a much more attacking play forcing the Japanese pair to defend most of the time. Heart breaking moment for the Japanese fans as their players failed to qualify for a finals this time around.

Women’s Doubles

Cheng Su, Zhao Yunlei (Chn) defeated Miyuki Maeda, Satoko Suetsuna (Jpn) 21-15, 21-16.  The Japanese pair had many chances to attack however, their attack could not break thru to Cheng and Zhao’s defence hence forcing them to lift to the Chinese pair. It was more or less a one sided game however credit to Park Joo Bong for bringing the Japanese pair this far.

Malaysia’s Wong Pei Tty and Chin Eei Hui continued their fine run by reaching their first ever Japan Open Finals defeating Vita Marissa , Liliyana Natsir (Ind) 21-11 18-21 21-18. Well done to Pei Tty and Eei Hui. I think it would be a good final to watch however I favour the Chinese to win this.

Mix Doubles

It’s an all Indonesia finals in the Mix doubles when Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (Ind) and Muhammad Rijal/Vita Marissa (Ind) managed to overcame their opponents to make it a dream Indonesian finals.

Thats all folks.. Will update ya’ll with the final results!

Ciao da mao

Japan Open 2008 – Videos

Helllo there Badminton Freaks..

Guess what I’ve found in my Favourite site.. Yes Finally the Japan Open Videos clips!! Thanks to a fan who captured this video using his handy cam, we’re able to catch a few glimps of the action in Japan. We’ll here it goes:

1. Roslin (M’sia) vs Soni (Men’s Singles Quaters)

Well this clip justifies the score 21-16 & 21-11. Roslin has to change his style of play in order to be competitive. His style of play is very much useful or is good when you play in the old format of 15 points. These days you would need speed and strength which he lacks.

2. Lee Chong Wei (M’sia) vs Yanbo Qiu (Chi)

Well this video looks a little blur and I cant identify the players exactly however based on the style of play I looks like its Chong Wei. If you guys can indentify them, pls do give me a buzz.. Chong Wei won this game 21-17 & 21-17. Again, you can see how tricky and how fast Chong Wei plays..

 3. Taufik (Ind) vs Perrson (Den)

Viewing this cip, it still indicates that Taufik has yet to recover his form. I hope that one day Taufik will get back his form to challenge Chong Wei and Lin Dan.. I always wonder who would come up tops in their peak comparing Taufik, Lin Dan and Chong Wei. I think Taufik would win however I dont really think he will ever regain his form as per before..

Ciao da mao

Yonex Japan Open Roundup Day 4

Men’s Singles

Perrson playing againts Taufik

Perrson(DEN) won 2-1 against Hidayat(INA). Persson lost 1st game easily, but 2nd and 3rd game, he used his big and sharp smash resulting his going to semifinal 12-21, 21-19 & 23-21. Results show that it was a close match however again, Taufik needs to improve more on his fitness levels in order to start winning competitions.

Lee Chong Wei however pulled off a close game by winning his match againts the qualifier Yanbo Qi (Chi) 21-17 & 21-17. Chong Wei has been made to push himself at every game in this tournament and it would be interesting to see if he can continue his winning streak as World No. 1.

Sony Dwi (Ind) pulled an easy win over Malaysia’s Veteran Roslin Hashim in the other quater finals match, 21-16 & 21-11. I remember Roslin as a player who played againts my senior players during his Secondary School Days and what amazes me is that he is still playing in the international arena.

Women’s Singles

Lu Lan returning a shot againts Maria

Lan Lu(CHN) won the very tough match 2-1 against M.K.Yulianti(INA).
She said it was very hard espesically losing 1st game. 2nd game onward she tried to concentrate to get points one by one. Because she lost the match for Bronze medal against this strong rival Yulianti, she was very eager to win 13-21, 22-20 & 22-20.

To me Maria Yulianti is the most promising player of 2008. She continues to grow and mature in every match and I think by next year, she’ll be a force to recon with.

M.Zhou(HKG),winner of 2002 YOJ beat overwhelmingly H.Y.Hwang as expected.

Mens Doubles

Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki, Rian Sukmawan (ind) pulled off an upset by beating 2008 Olympic Champions Markis Kido and Hendrawan (Ind) 21-17, 14-21 & 21-19.

Two Japanese pairs will be joining Yonata  and Rian in the Semis, Shintaro Ikeda [6], Shuichi Sakamoto defeated Muhammad Ahsan, Bona Septano (Ind) while Keita Masuda [4], Tadashi Ohtsuka defeated Tony and Candra (Ind).  I think its going to be a very exciting doubles Semi’s and my bets are on

Lars Paaske, Jonas Rasmussen the second seeds who defeated Chris Adcock, Robert Blair 21-15 21-18 to win the title.  

Mixed Doubles

Widianto/Natsir(INA) performed fine conbination all through the match and beat Limpele/Polii(INA). Widianto’s strong smash and Natsir’s attack at top court were remarkable.

Yonex Japan Open Day 1

News from the Yonex Badminton Open… So far the seeded players did fairly well.. In the Malaysian News today, Misbun has said he has high expectations of Mew Choo to beat Lu Lan as he has been putting her thru some aggressive attacking drill during training. It would be interesting to see how she fairs based on these expectations. However I think one of the main thing which Misbun should do is to strengthen her mentally.

Besides getting the news, somehow am trying to get some videos to view however again, its sad not to find them in YouTube. I really hope that a badminton fan who has found a video link to the Japan Open would send me a post

Men’s Singles

Both promising players, T.Hidayat(INA) and C.W.Lee(MAS) won the match overwhelmingly in total. Lee experienced rather tough first game due to both of his slow starting and opponents’ good performance.

S.Sato(JPN) lost the match against J.Persson(DEN) and failed to make his first win at this tournament. Sato agonized of Persson’s sharp smash and drop shot.

Peter Gade(DEN) lost 1-2 against W.Gong(CHN). He said,”Though I played well,opponent played better”. This time Denmark team had no supporting team and it was a little handicap for him.

K.Tago(JPN) rather beat easily strong Chen Yu(CHN).
He felt Chen was a little lack of concentration, while he himself could keep speed and hight. He also well prepared for Chen’s round the head shot to win the rally.

Women’s Singles

Tine came back to YOJ as defending champion in the Women’s Singles.
She was seeded second in this tournament and played the first round today.
She was against Ai Goto of Japan, whom Tine did not know well, however she knew Goto was a good player with strong track record among Japanese players..
She said after the match, “I could concentrate on the court focusing in getting one point by one point. I felt a lot of pressure when entering the court, however I told to myself that if you do whatever I have trained, the result will be there. I also went through a mental training as well and this helped a lot to win the game.
Denmark does not give a priority to this tournament and this is why this time she was not accompanied with her coach, however she was very happy to coma back here again as a defending champion and looks very much for ward to repeating the same this year at YOJ 2008.

E.Hirose (JPN) joyfully won the big match against No3.ranked.
Zhu Lin (CHN) 21-10 14-21 21-17.
She played persistently and made this very good performance.
She said : She performed exercise for Beijing Olympic, which made her have confidence in herself.
Second game was rather hard, but at final game, Zhu Lin made several mistakes resulting Hirose’s win.

She is very glad to have won this tournament after certain long term, and wishes to play consistently game by game to perform good result, tomorrow onward. Also she is very grateful for warm cheering by audience.

Zhu Lin(CHN);After Beijing Olympic, she did not have enough time for exercise, so felt a little hard physically. She regret not to have been able to keep temper on the judgment to her shot which she believed safe.

Mixed Doubles

Masda & Maeda(JPN) beat Adcock & Olver 2-0. Both pairs were nervous a little under tension and made rather many mis-shots. Masda said that his service was too bad, while Maeda made it very well and contributed their win.

Badminton Live Streaming – Japan Open

Hello again people… After a long break, a 6 star Badminton Japan Open tournament follows thru the Olympics. To catch the games LIVE at GDTV Sport Channel SopCast or TVAntsfor the Semi Finals and Finals.
20 Sep 11:00 am Semi Finals
21 Sep 11:00 am Finals
An alternate channel would be this site myp2p.eu http://myp2p.eu/index.php?part=sports

Hope you guys enjoy it

Ciao
Mark

Beijing Olympics Badminton Videos

Well somehow its quite difficult to find badminton videos on the net.. Thanks to YouTube, here are some of the videos which I’ve managed to get…

My Fav Moments from the Badminton Beijing OlympicsBadminton:

1. First, the Badminton Doubles Finals between Markis Kido – Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia) vs Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng (China). The Indonesians played some fantastic doubles against China’s top pair. They managed to come back from behind to overcome the 6.900 fans to win a game which was filled with smashing moments throughout. Honestly I didn’t expect this after they lost the first game… they showed that being No. 1 you have to be strong mentally to maintain focus throughout the game..

2. My second favourite final was the Women’s Singles Finals between Zhang Ning (China) vs Xie Xingfang (China), where Zhang Ning won 21-12 10-21 and 21-18. This game was filled with exciting moments from the start to the end. The game showcased that age doesn’t matter too much just as long as you have the willpower to fight it thru. Zhang showed us just that by overcoming the odds to beat the current world no.1 Xie Xingfang. Honestly, Zhang has stamped her mark at the games by defending her previous Olympic Gold medal.

3. The third video would be the Bronze medal match between Indonesia’s young and rising star Maria Kristin (Indonesia) who upset the world no.3 Lu Lan (China) 11-21, 21-13 and 21-15. No one expected Maria to go far in the games, however she created the most upsets as she managed to overcome her various seeded opponents to grab to Bronze for Indonesia.

4. Finally the Men’s Singles finals was the most anticipated game everyone wanted to watch.. No doubt many people were disappointed with the way Chong Wei (Malaysia) lost to Lin Dan (China), however if you take a step back and look at it, you would see that Lin Dan did what Usain Bolt did for the 100m. Lin Dan had a point to prove to the world and he choose the right time to prove his supreme dominance in the sport by giving Chong Wei a whooping. There can never be a World Record for badminton, but the scoreline in that finals would never be repeated for sure in the future Badminton Olympic Finals.

 

Ciao da mao!

Badminton and Shuttletalks is back..

Hi guys and girls,

To all the thousands of badminton fans who visit this blog, I would like to apologize to all of you for not updating the blog.. I was quite busy with work and been running around quite a lot.

To make up for the 2 weeks of my lack of updates, I’m going to post videos of the Beijing Olympics which I found in YouTube. If you have more links to Beijing Olympics Badminton, pls feel free to post them ere and share it with the others… Anyhow, I hope you guys enjoy it..

Ciao da mao!