Bad Badminton

I like how they they fly when they bash each other up. Hilarious.

BMW Malaysia Open 2012

Date: 27th February - 4th March 2012

Venue: Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort

Winner of a complimentary season pass baby!! Wish it was a pair of ticket. Could bring a friend along.

the not so punctual shuttle bus service for Menara Maybank Bangsar.

the ball boys and ball girls had to manually dry the centre court.

and they did that for hours.

Finally the match starts. That is Eleni Daniilidou of Greece

That is Su Wei Hsieh from Taiwan

Su-Wei Hsieh won that match 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 when Daniilidou was clearly not in tip top form having played a quarterfinal match on the same day.

 fans waiting for the second semifinal.

Between Petra Martic of Croatia

and Jelena Jankovic of Serbia

to the fan dismay, the match was cancelled again because of rain. Meaning Petra and Jelena had to play the seminal during final's day. 

4th March 2012- Final's Day.

Women's doubles match between Chinese Taipei pair Chang Kai-Chen/Chuang Chia-Jung vs Chinese Taipei and Japan pairing of Chan Hao-Ching/Rika Fujiwara.

Looks like a spectator is feeling the heat too. Notice the white towel drape over the head? 

Fujiwara of Japan in action

Its the Chinese Taipei duo that won the match. Congratulations to the two.

After playing a three set match against Jelena Jankovic for almost 3 hours, Petra Martic had only a few hours to recuperate and continue on with the finals.

Petra on the left and Hsieh on the rain, waiting for the outcome of the coin toss from the umpire.

and sad to say Su-Wei Hsieh won(2-6,7-5,4-1) the whole damn tournament when Petra had to retired because of physical exhaustion. Can't blame her. She had to play two matches in one day.  Su-Wei Hsieh is one lucky B**cH*. If she and Petra had a re-matched, I think she will be floored by her.

Tennis candlelight

A promotional event for the Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2012

Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur 2011

this is what greets you at the entrance

thank you for the organizers for giving out free tickets to watch the tournament

One of the autograph sessions. Nikolay Davydenko signing for the ballkids.

facepainting

Say peace!!!!

marcos vs. victor

and the game commences!!!

torpedo serve yo!!

another semifinal match

GO NISHI!!!

the samurai going down to eventual champion Tipsarevic, 6-4, 6-3

the player from Serbia!!!

the lucky Astro subscriber who get to officiate the match with a coin toss

and my crazy pal Alvin who volunteer at the speed serve both doing his crazy pose

It was a highly entertaining finals. I wish the singles match could go to a third set, but it was not meant to be with Tipsarevic winning against Baghdatis in two sets 6-4, 7-5.  I think it was Tipsarevic aggressive play and consistency on shots that made him win today.

Meanwhile the doubles  event saw  the pairing  of Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer beating Frantisek Cermak and Filip Polasek, 6-1, 6-3 in an equally entertaining  match that involve very heavy and intense net play from both pair.

I had fun just like the previous edition.Special shoutout to the organizers for providing me with a pair of free tickets and special shoutout to the speed booth team that provided me with some entertainment before and after the match. I would have died of boredom...lol. Overall it was commendable effort from the team and I hope it will be an awesome one next year.