PINTU: Piece Information Nearly Thomas Uber

THE word “Pintu” in Bahasa means door. Pintu not Putin -see my opinion in this blog before. The door of Istora Senayan at Jakarta will be open at May 11 to 18, 2008, in order to be held tournament of the Thomas and Uber Cup. This article title is Pintu means “Piece Information Nearly to the peka event of Thomas and Uber Cup”. Quoted from badzine.com, hosts Indonesia have been seeded second for the Thomas Cup, the Men’s World Team Championship, while our women’s team are seeded fifth behind arch-rivals Malaysia for the Uber Cup, the Women’s World Team Championship in Jakarta from May 11 to 18, stated a press release from the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia (PBSI) or Association Badminton of Indonesia today.
Indonesia is hoping for a smooth ride through the early rounds of the prestigious Thomas Cup men's team badminton event from May 11 to 18 here after being drawn with Thailand and Germany, away from badminton heavyweights China, Malaysia and South Korea. Indonesia's Thomas Cup team manager is Lutfi Hamid and Uber Cup is Susy Susanty. Susy Susanty and her husband Alan Budi Kusuma are the winner of Olympic 92 gold medals in man and woman.
Ladies and Gentlemen, there is some facts about the tournament. FIRST fact, there is any negatif correlation between the Thomas Result and Olympic Gold Medal. In 1992 Thomas for Malay and Uber for China but gold medal in Olympic at Barcelona are gotten by Indonesia (2 medals), Korea (1 medal), and China (1).
1996 Thomas and Uber for Indonesia but gold medal in Olympic at Atlanta taken by Indonesia (1 medal), Korea (1), Denmark (1) and China (2)
2000 Thomas for Indonesia and Uber for China but gold medal in Olympic at Sydney are taken by Indonesia (1 medal), and China (4)
2004 Thomas and Uber are for China but gold medal in Olympic at Athens are taken by Indonesia (1 medal), Korea (1), and China (3).
The problem is to maintenance “peak performance”. SECCOND fact, always happen in Indonesia.
1986, 1994, and 2004: always the same country win both Thomas and Uber. In 1986 China is the winner, 1994 Indonesia, 2004 China.
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Annex:
Lufti Hamid, Indonesia's Thomas Cup team manager said Wednesday after the tournament's draw at a TransTV studio, to the Jakarta Post that “This is a good start for us, but it doesn't mean that it will be easy to beat those two countries (Thailand and Germany). We should be careful of not dropping any points," Indonesia's Thomas Cup team manager Lutfi Hamid said Wednesday after the tournament's draw at a TransTV studio, to the Jakarta Post.
Lutfi said Thailand could prove to be a dark horse in the group, while Germany, which represents Europe together with Denmark and England, has a strong men's doubles pair that must be reckoned with.

"We will focus on how to finish No. 1 in the Group D. We will decide later what we should do to achieve the ultimate target of claiming the Cup," said the 56-year-old team manager, who also led the Indonesian squad to the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup in 1994 and 1996.
Indonesia, once a dominant force in badminton, has won the biennial Thomas Cup 13 times since 1949, including a streak from 1994 to 2002 when it kept possession of the Cup. China won the Cup in 2004 and 2006.

Top seed China is in Group A along with minnows Canada and debutant Nigeria. Group B should be fiercely contested, with Malaysia, South Korea and England each seeking to book a spot in the next round. The group stage will be played in round-robin format. The group winner and runner-up will advance to the knock-out stage of the Cup. In the women's team Uber Cup, Indonesia was drawn in the same group with Japan and the Netherlands.
"I am happy with the draw as we are in the same group with seeded Japan. I think our shuttlers match up better with Japanese shuttlers than with shuttlers from other seeded countries, like China, Korea and Malaysia," said Uber Cup team manager Susy Susanti. According to the 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist, Indonesia is stronger than Japan in the doubles and about equal in the singles. "I think our doubles have a better chance of winning. I believe that our shuttlers can deliver good results," she said. Susy, however, warned that the Netherlands could surprise Indonesia.
"We can't underestimate the Netherlands since they are stronger than the other 'weakest' teams in each group," she said.

The Indonesian Badminton Association or Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia PBSI has set different targets for the men's and women's teams. For the men's team, it hopes to capture the Thomas Cup, while the women have been set a more modest target of making the semifinals. Indonesia has won the Uber Cup twice, in 1994 and 1996.

A total of 12 nations will compete in each of the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup Finals. The draw was initially scheduled for March 8 but was postponed on the request of the Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia (PBSI) or Association Badminton of Indonesia due to a national holiday in Indonesia. Source: badzine.info, and thejakartapost

Indon 98 = Malay 08

ON the year of 1998 the president Soeharto was toppled. A reform movement then swept the nation. Ten years after reform in Indonesia (1998), it is now sweeping Malaysia (2008), with the country's ruling coalition suffering its worst election results ever. What is happening in Malaysia and how do it seen the future of the country's politics? My comment is “If reformation in Indonesia could inspired on Malay’s democratization, how the wealthy life of Malaysian’s economy can happen in Indonesia? So Indonesian labor just stay here not work abroad”.

Des Alwi –Indonesian observer of Malaysian politics- said on the jakarta post 11 March 2008 that the unprecedented results of Malaysia's polls over the weekend may have been inspired by reform and democracy in Indonesia. Malaysia's ruling coalition party lost its two-third majority in parliament, the first time in five decades, but on Monday party leader Abdullah Ahmad Badawi retained his premiership for a second term. He added reform in Indonesia might have stoked the rebellion against the party leader.

Abdullah –or sometimes call by Pak Lah (why not Cik Lah)- has been criticized for his administration's poor handling of the economy, corruption and racial issues. "We went down that road first and I think the wind of reform has blown in their direction," Des said Tuesday to the press."That's our greatest swing to Malaysia." Pak Des Alwi, my question is “If reformation in Indonesia could inspired on Malay’s democratization, how the wealthy life of Malaysian’s economy can happen in Indonesia? So Indonesian labor just stay here not work abroad”. Pak Des was one of Indonesia's negotiators during the confrontation with Malaysia in the early 1960s and was a friend then of Malaysian leaders. Vice President Jusuf Kalla, also Golkar chairman, said Tuesday the victory of the opposition parties was "a common part of a growing democracy, which in Malaysia was thanks to access to information". Then ..."Although the press is restricted in Malaysia, there are short massaging service (on cell phones) and the Internet allows wide public access to information," he told Antara news agency.
to read my comment please go to www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/03/14/sms-malaysia039s-reform.html and read my sms: "If it's true that reform in Indonesia inspires Malaysian democratization, we hope that the wealthy Malaysian economy can also inspire Indonesia so that Indonesians can just stay at home, and they will have no need to go abroad to work".

Not “All China” in All-England

ALL England 2008 (the title is the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships) became the 98th Championships for Yonex –the great badminton equipment manufacturer- it would be be the 25th consecutive year of Yonex sponsorship, making it one of the longest relationships in sports worldwide. The Championships began in 1899 with Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles, with Men's & Women's Singles being introduced in 1900. The 2008 Championships returned to the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham between the 4th and 9th March 2008.
On every final match, China dominated –except for men doubles. Almost All-Chinese in All-England, if Lu Lan not lost to Tine Rasmussen from Denmark, and Yang Yu/For win to Jung Lee/ Wong Lee from Korean. And Cai Yun/ Fu Haifeng not lost in quarter final. For me, the excellence match is done when Jae Sung Jung/ Jong Dae Lee defeat Lee Wan Wah/ Choong Tan Fook 13-21 24-22 21-23 on semifinal. It’s a phantom badminton (remember the 1st phantom badminton –when Icuk Sugiarto beat Liem Swie King at the final World Cup in Kopenhagen 1983). Jae Sung Jung/ Jong Dae Lee is young generations in men doubles, compare to ‘the old soldier’ Lee Wan Wah/ Choong Tan Fook whose age is up to 30. But their style is opposite. Jung/ Lee playing the ‘old style’ –choose to play rally overhead, slowly, high and jump smash, and refers to put the cock into empty position. But Wah/ Fook similar to modern style –playing fast drive, flat power stroke, put shuttlecock not long in the air. The young gun from Korean with old style… win. Dramatic winning because Wah/ Fook got their matchpoint first at 20-16. Dramatic, but tragedy for Malaysian and the coach Rexy Mainaky.
On final, The Korean number 6 seeds and runners-up in Germany, Jung Jae Sung and Lee Yong Dae, won against stable-mates, German Open winners and number 11 seeds Hwang Ji Man and Lee Jae Jin. The number 6 seeds will start as slight favourites after beating the much fancied number 4 seeds Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah of Malaysia. A Korean gold is assured and the last victory for Korea in this event was in 2002 when Ha Tae Kwon and Kim Dong Moon snatched the title. And what about my country Indonesia? Since 2003 by Candra/ Sigit, our team will return home empty handed. On final Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir became the last players to fall, going down to Chinese Zheng Bo and Gao Ling in the finals in Birmingham, England, on Sunday. They took the opening game 21-18 despite being forced to overcome some nerves early on. But they lost the remaining two games, 21-14, 21-9. Nova/ Lily not so embraced I think.
On semifinal Widianto/ Natsir succeed to disappointing the home crowd after beating the silver champion of Olympic Games 2004, the host, Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms in 2 sets. On final against Bo/ Gao Ling the Indonesian slip 5-13 but win 21-18 in first set. The defeat added to a series of failures for Indonesia in the world's oldest competition after Taufik Hidayat and his compatriot Sony Dwi Kuncoro exited in quarterfinals.

Source: badzine.info, http://thebadmintonblog.blogspot.com, and thejakartapost