I have to say I had an AMAZING time watching the quarter finals yesterday. Three out of the 4 matches were incredible, but the most exciting ones were Soni Dwi Kuncoro (Indonesia) vs Yan Kit CHAN (Hong Kong) and Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia) vs Peter Gade (Denmark). These two matches made the crowd E lectric.. it was almost deafening every time an Indonesian player won a point.
The first of the two matches was Soni Dwi and Yan Kit. These two players are so strong physically and are like bulls on the court. It was one diving save after the other and incredible attacking strokes. Yan Kit showed a lot of strength in the first game by staying with Soni as much as possible and then pulling away in the end to take it 21-18. However in the next two games Soni Dwi was just getting one too many over the net and was lethal with his cross court forehand smash. Which means that Soni Dwi won the match 18-21 21-17 21-10.
The second match between Taufik and Peter Gade was even more breath taking. I was able to speak with Peter Gade hours before his match and I asked him to make sure that he makes it a crowd pleasing game…He did not disappoint 
This was a battle of owning the net and flats, flats and more flats. Taufik took the first game 21-19, it was very close all the way through. The second game Peter took quite a big lead and then it looked like Taufik saved his energy for the third and final game. He sure needed it. The third game was tight all the way through. It was sooo nerve wrecking, Taufik had two match points at 20-18 which Peter Gade managed to save. But then Taufik took the next two points with the final rally being one of the best rallies of the match. The crowd went crazy and you could see that Taufik was VERY happy and relieved
I am leaving back for Europe today so I will not be able to watch the semi finals and finals, but I will be watching online I have also taken some video footage of the crowd and will upload it as soon as i have time.
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