Lin Dan, Chen Jin, Chen Long and Gong Weijie is all in the top draw. The last of the 5 chinese players, Bao Chunlai, is in the bottom draw together with the 3 best danish players at the moment. A scary draw anyway for the danes as Bao was the recent winner in Japan Super Series, and most likely will be the man to beat to make the final.
Peter Gade is seeded second and is projected to meet Bao already in the quarterfinal.
In that case it would be a rematch of the quarterfinal from Japan where Bao had an easy win.
However there might be obstacles on the way for the danish ace. Former All England champion
Hafiz Hashim is trying to relaunch himself after a long run of poor performances. His new coach, the former indonesian world champion Hendrawan, is working hard with Hafiz to get him back into contention for the biggest titles. If he survives his first round draw against talented dutchman Eric Pang, he might be able to spring a surprise in a second round matchup with Gade.
Theres a chance of an all danish second round matchup between Jan O and Joachim Persson. The last encounter of the two brought victory to Jan, who is looking to continue his impressive form from the worlds and the win in Bitburger Open.
German Marc Zwiebler is extremely talented, but seems to have trouble in “putting it all together”, and therefore he suffers some “unexplainable” losses against players he should easily beat. However it is my opinion that he has the ability to play at a very high level, though it probably isn’t high enough to beat Sony DK. The indonesian top gun will be the biggest challenge to Jan or Joachim for a semifinal spot.
The top draw is going to be a chinese affair if they all show up. Players that could spoil it for the chinese is Simon Santoso, who seems to be on his way up again after a dreadful year, and young japanese Kenichi Tago. They meet up in the first round, and no matter what, they will have a difficult time beating Lin Dan in the quarters, that is if they survive upcoming Chen Long.
However there might be obstacles on the way for the danish ace. Former All England champion
Hafiz Hashim is trying to relaunch himself after a long run of poor performances. His new coach, the former indonesian world champion Hendrawan, is working hard with Hafiz to get him back into contention for the biggest titles. If he survives his first round draw against talented dutchman Eric Pang, he might be able to spring a surprise in a second round matchup with Gade.
Theres a chance of an all danish second round matchup between Jan O and Joachim Persson. The last encounter of the two brought victory to Jan, who is looking to continue his impressive form from the worlds and the win in Bitburger Open.
German Marc Zwiebler is extremely talented, but seems to have trouble in “putting it all together”, and therefore he suffers some “unexplainable” losses against players he should easily beat. However it is my opinion that he has the ability to play at a very high level, though it probably isn’t high enough to beat Sony DK. The indonesian top gun will be the biggest challenge to Jan or Joachim for a semifinal spot.
The top draw is going to be a chinese affair if they all show up. Players that could spoil it for the chinese is Simon Santoso, who seems to be on his way up again after a dreadful year, and young japanese Kenichi Tago. They meet up in the first round, and no matter what, they will have a difficult time beating Lin Dan in the quarters, that is if they survive upcoming Chen Long.
Lin Dan has some resistence in the early rounds from Wacha, though he seems to be far from form, and Sho Sasaki. However they should not pose real threats to perhaps the best player of all times. The challenges to him is from countrymen Chen Jin or Gong Weijie, and from Gade or Bao in the bottom draw.
Prediction to meet in final: Lin Dan vs Bao Chunlai Outsider: Peter Gade
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