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The Olympics: Preview ladies doubles

(26 juli 2012)

Only one of the six Beijing ladies doubles medallists will participate in London. Olympic Champion Yu Yang from China will try to defend her title together with Wang Xiaoli. This pair is top favourite for gold. These ladies became world champion in 2011 in Wembley and those who want to beat this pair should make a tremendous effort.

The ladies who have the best chances versus this super combination are their country(wo)men Zhao Yunlei and Qing Tian, the numbers 2 of the world. At the All England they have already shown that they are able to beat them when especially Wang did perform very badly.

Naturally there are also outsiders who could come far but a final between these two pairs seems to be more or less certain. The European Champions Juhl and Pedersen fortunately are an excellent European counterweight but for a good result they should first get through the group stage which will require a significant effort.

Also the Koreans have a very good pair. Ha Jung Eun and Kim Min Jung could have a surprise in store. They are in a relatively easy group with pairs from Australia and Africa, so the quarter finals are within reach for them but will they be strong enough to get a medal?

My prediction:

Gold: Yu Yang/Wang Xiaoli

Silver: Zhao Yunlei/Qing Tian

Bronze: Jung Kyung Eun/Kim Ha Na

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World championships preview of the matches of Dutch players: Ladies doubles

(3 augustus 2011)

In this event two Dutch pairs have qualified for the World Championships. Lotte Jonathans and her partner Paulien van Dooremalen and Selena Piek with Iris Tabeling.

Lotte and Paulien are seeded 13th and in the first round they have a bye. This means that they will either play against Chan and Chau from Hong Kong or Agathangelou and Olver from England. Considering the ranking of both pairs Lotte and Paulien should not have much to fear. They have never met the Hong Kong Chinese before but against the English the mutual position is 2-2. An interesting detail is that all four matches were decided in three games. Still I believe that Lotte and Paulien can cope better with the English than with the Chinese way of playing. If they manage to win this second round than they will most probably be confronted with the Japanese pair Matsuo and Naito.

Selena and Iris have a successful year behind them and they have qualified themselves for their first World Championship. They have drawn the Canadian girls Michelle Li and Alex Bruce which is not bad at all. Although the Canadians are 13 points better in ranking I consider our pair to stand a good chance provided Iris is without injury and fit to play next week. A few months ago, during the Sudirman Cup at Qingdao, Iris, at the time together with Samantha Barning, played against these two girls and then the Canadians grabbed the win in two close games. It is going to be an interesting match. If Selena and Iris win they will meet the Koreans Ha and Kim in the second round.

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