Malaysian Open

[danbelcher]

Simon Archer& Donna Kellogg must again get through the qualifying rounds for a place in the main draw where unfortunately they would face Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms in the first round

Natalie Munt & Rober Blair also have to tackle Kim & Ra

[danbelcher]

If anyone hears some results please post them here as the Malaysian Open does not seem to have a website.

I am particularly interested in how the English players get on

thanks

[freddiestranger]

Proton Eon Malaysia Open 2003 : PREVIEW


The absence of several top Indonesians has improved the chances of the Malaysian shuttlers to win honours in their home Open tournament.

Taufik Hidayat, who won the Indonesian Open men's singles title in Batam on Sunday, is not taking part in the US$120,000 Malaysian Open, which begins tomorrow at the Likas Sports Complex in Kota Kinabalu.

In his absence, Indonesia will bank on Rony Agustinus, Budi Santoso and two juniors Taufiq Akbar Hidayat and Sony Dwi Kuncoro. Except for the 19-year-old Sony, who can rise to the occasion on a good day, the other three are not seen as title contenders.

Indonesia’s strength for the four-star tournament was further diluted yesterday with the withdrawal of second seeds and 2000 Malaysian Open men's doubles champions Flandi Limpele-Eng Hian. They have been replaced by Luluk Hadiyanto-Alven Yulianto.

The other Indonesian pairs in the fray are Candra Wijaya-Halim Haryanto and Sigit Budiarto-Trikus Hariyanto. Although these four players are known for their versatility to pair up with each other, the scratch combinations were unimpressive in the Indonesian Open.

Candra-Halim lost to Thailand's Pramote Teerawiwatana-Tesana Panvisvas in the semi-finals while Sigit-Trikus were beaten by Malaysia's Chan Chong Ming-Chew Choon Eng in the third round.

There was another setback to the men's doubles competition with the last-minute withdrawal of Indonesian Open runners-up Pramote-Tesana, who were seeded third in the Malaysian Open.

Malaysia will be aiming to win the men's singles title for the third consecutive time in a row and regain the men's doubles crown after a lapse of six years.

The previous two men's singles champions were Ong Ewe Hock and James Chua while Cheah Soon Kit-Yap Kim Hock were the doubles winners in 1996.

World Championships runner-up Wong Choong Hann will be Malaysia's best bet in the men's singles. The others national players in the fray are Lee Tsuen Seng, Lee Chong Wei and the Hashim brothers, Roslin and Hafiz.

Choong Hann, who was the runner-up in the 1999 Malaysian Open, said: “My aim is to reach at least the semi-finals. With Taufik out, there is one fewer hurdle to clear. But I will not under-estimate their juniors. China and Denmark also have strong contenders for the title.”

China have world champion Xia Xuanze, Singapore Open winner and Indonesian Open runner-up Chen Hong and youngsters Bao Chunlai and Lin Dan.

Lee Hyun-il is South Korea's trump card while Denmark have Peter Gade-Christensen, Kenneth Jonassen and former world champion Peter Rasmussen.

In the men's doubles, China have put themselves as strong contenders for the title following Sang Yang-Zheng Bo's first-ever victory in the Indonesian Open.

Denmark have world champions Jonas Rasmussen-Lars Paaske while South Korea will bank on the scratch pair of Lee Dong-soo-Kim Dong-moon.

Malaysia will be represented by Singapore and Indonesian Open semi-finalists Chong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah and Chan Chong Ming-Chew Choon Eng.

Chang Kim Wai, whose partner Hong Chieng Hun is injured, will compete in the Malaysian Open after all. He will team up with Lim Woon Fui, whose partner Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari suffered an ankle injury in training yesterday.

[freddiestranger]

http://www.badders.com/news.fmi?seshid=&nid=416

[danbelcher]

Cheers Freddie but I can only get the draw and no results.The Baofe should keep all these sort of things up-to-date. I can't be the only one that wants to know results asap.

[Site Support]

Daniel, the results are being generated at IBF level rather than BA of E so it isn't the BA of E's fault.

For some reason it is difficult for them to update the results in real-time, which is a shame as many other tournaments are now doing this - and ultimately it is quite a simple operation.

I am sure the results will start to filter through shortly.

[danbelcher]

Thanks Site Support. I appreciate that the IBF is the overall governing body and responsibility for such matters lies with them, however the Baofe could at least write up to date scores and match reports & photos on their website concerning the England team. Surely one of their officials on tour has a laptop?

[freddiestranger]

Would have thought so. Either that or they spent the IT budget on Malaysian women. Surely none of us would ever do that?!


All I have been able to find out are the fixtures, I haven't seen or heard any results as of yet:

-- all 1st Round --

MENS SINGLES:
Andrew Smith (ENG) V Agung Irawan (INA)
Yu Chen (CHN) V Colin Haughton (ENG)

WOMENS SINGLES:
Mi Zhou (CHN) V Tracey Hllam (ENG)
Julia Mann (ENG) V Camilla Martin (DEN)

MENS DOUBLES:
Yang Sang & Bo Zheng (CHN) V Nathan Robertson & Anthony Clark (ENG)
Robert Blair & Ian Palethorpe (ENG) V Flandi Limpele & Eng Hian (INA)

WOMENS DOUBLES:
Kyung Jin Yim & Hyun Hee Joo Kor (KOR) V Gail Emms (ENG) & Donna Kellogg (ENG)
Anu Weckstrom & Nina Weckstrom (FIN) V Liza Parker & Suzanne Rayappan (ENG)
Ella Tripp & Joanne Wright (ENG) V Wai Chee Louisa Koon & Wing Mui Li (HKG)

MIXED DOUBLES:
Dong Moon Kim & Kyung Min Ra (KOR) V Robert Blair & Natalie Munt (ENG)
Thomas Tesche & Carina Mette (GER) V Kristian Roebuck & Liza Parker (ENG)
Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif & Pei Tty Wong (MAS) V Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms (ENG)

[johng]

Daniel

Interesting point....but is it really a good use of a BAofE officials time to post tournament info that is already available elsewhere on the web

[Eddie0110]

Yes it would be good use as it would add to the interest of the BAofeE site.

[danbelcher]

True John but I see a real opportunity for the Baofe to market itself here, intervews with the players, lots of dynamic photos, get the players made if not household names, then at least names that club badminton players will recognise. I am sure the Baofe would rather the english playing public look up their website for info than surf for others. The web is so important nowadays, people use it for everything and if they could improve their ok site and advertise it loudly around all the clubs, people might just look it up

[Luncheon]

www.Worldbadminton.net have got a link to excel format results.
Archer and Kellogg lost to Latif and Wong of Malaysia.

[mia]

Had some results via Anthony:
Ant and Nath bt Yang Sang/Bo Zheng 15/9, 15/13.
Ant and Kirsteen bt Jose Antonio Crespo/Dolores Marco 15/1, 15/8.
Nathan and Gail bt a Malaysian pair (didn't get names) 15/12, 15/13.
Kristian and Liza bt Thomas Tesche/Carina Mette 15/13, 9/15, 17/15

[freddiestranger]

With a name like Kellogg you're never gonna get far unless it's in the breakfast industry.

[danbelcher]

Anthony & Nathan did well to beat the Indonesian Open champions and World bronze medalists in two games.

[badmintongroupie]

Liza and Kris lost in 2nd round Mixed to the Chinese pair who beat 7th seeds Paaske & Harder. Liza and Kris had a mammoth 1st round win against German pair Tesche & Mette, taking 2 hours to beat them 17-14 after being 14-11 down in the 3rd end.

Liza and Suzanne won their 1st round agaist the Weckstrom sisters 8 & 8 and meet Lotte Jonathans & Mia Audina today.

[johng]

Lynne and Emma

Next time you chat, or email, Liza and Ant, give them our congrats on those great results...and wish them well

[skr]

First round results and some articles can be found here:

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/sports/

http://www.snookernews.com/s/badmintondaily/

[Ditte]

Nathan and Anthony are in the quarters. They just beat a German pair (Tesche & Hopp). They will play Tri Kush Aryanto and Sigit Budiato of Indonesia tomorrow.

[dlp]

Impressive progress from the England squad on this tour. Clark/Robertson have moved up a level this year and started to beat top pairs, good wins against Thailand and Malaysian pairs two weeks ago topped by this performance against the Chinese world medalists. Only with Archer/Robertson in 99 have we seen these sort of results in md for a long time. In fact if they had put in these performances at Birmingham they could have been in the semis.

Hallam has proved she is near the front of the pack chasing the chinese and Camilla. Roebuck/Parker/Rayappan seem to be making progress. Only in mens singles do we look as far away as ever, there are no easy matches in that event but Smith had a better performance this week winning a round and getting a respectable score against Hann.

Archer and Kellog are on the way back from injury and once they get direct entry into events could trouble top pairs.

[smith]

robert and ian will have their work cut out for them when they face flandi and eng!!

[bikerchic]

I cant access the results anywhere...site support please can you solve this, I can see the draw but no reults.

[Luncheon]

Biker Chic if you go to www.worldbadminton.net, then pick Malaysian results from the right menu. There's results up to yesterday afternoon.

[Site Support]

All results now up to date:

http://www.badders.com/news.fmi?seshid=&nid=416

The IBF decided to change the location of their feed so the results were not coming through. Apologies for the delay.

[Site Support]

Nathan and Gail now through to the semi's...

[Gigi]

Congratulations to the Malaysian player, C. Hann Wong and C.Wei Lee who went into the semifinal. For Yeoh Kay Bin, you did your best! K.Bin Yeoh & T.Seng Lee and I are from the same town. I'm so proud of you guys! I hope that Kay Bin's little brother Kay Ee will follow his path to be a national player. Best wishes to C.Hann & C.Wei, I hope one of you guys will win away the Champion!!

[mia]

Unfortunately, Anthony and Nathan lost to the Indonesian pairing in 3 sets.
Anthony said that it was disappointing as they had both played well. He also added that the hall was unbelievably hot - the hottest atmosphere he had ever played in.

[danbelcher]

& the score was 15-8, 4-15, 15-7

Nathan & Gail to play Rasmussen & Olsen in the semi

[saphian]

Robertsons/Emms thru to the finals of Malaysian Open in straight sets. They will meet the Korean pair Kim/Ra tomorrow.

[saphian]

C Martin beats Gong R N to enter final
11-4, 11-4.

[saphian]

Men's Singles:
Chen Hong beats Wong CH in straight sets 15-13, 15-7 to enter final. He will meet unseeded Lee Chong Wei (MAS) in the final tomorrow. Lee had beaten Hyun Il (KOR) 15-11, 15-1 to enter final.

[Michael Banks]

Thanks for the updates Saphian.

[danbelcher]

Thanks for that, Good luck Nathan & Gail

[saphian]

Women's Doubles:
Gao/Huang (CHN) bt Novita/Nurlita (INA)15-6, 15-4 to enter final.

[saphian]

You're most welcome, Michael, Daniel.

Men's Doubles:
Lee/Kim (KOR) bt Choong/Lee (MAS) 15-5, 15-6 to enter final.

[saphian]

LATEST RESULTS:
Women's Singles Final:
ZHOU bt C MARTIN 11-1,7-11,11-5

[saphian]

Men's Singles Final:
Chen Hong bt Lee CW 15-9,15-5

Mixed Doubles Final:
Kim/Ra bt Robertson/Emms 15-6, 15-5

[CyberKewl]

Lee Chong Wei lost to Chen Hong, 15-9, 15-5. Clearly, Chen Hong was the better player as he has more exposure in international tournaments. His play was more consistent and he made less mistakes compared to Chong Wei in both sets.

Apart from that, Lee Chong Wei looked somewhat tired and i think he is doing quite well to reach this far, considering this is his first major tournament. With some time, proper training and guidance, i believe he can be a key player in the Malaysian Badminton team.

[Michael Banks]

Saphian, did you have the matches on TV in Malaysia? (I'm assuming you are from Malaysia ;)

[saphian]

Hi Michael,
Yes, the Malaysian Open was telecast live in Malaysia for all semi-final and final matches. In fact badminton fans are quite fortunate here as most major tournaments in the world are telecast live.