Indonesia might have Hendrawan playing first singles indtead of teenager Taufik Hidayat.
Even tough Hendrawan (28) is slower than Taufik (19) he haas the mental strength, assistant coach Hadi Nasi says.
For both players it's their first apperance in Thomas Cup!

"Danish doubles spell trouble" - It's well known that Denmark has had good singles players in Thomas Cup but the doubles have often been the weak link. Maybe this has changed this year! Depends on the form on the day!
Martin Lundgaard/Lars Paaske, has made a giant jump by winning Danish Open 1999 and reaching the semifinal at All England 2000But will they be able to stand the pressure?
They didn't stand the pressure at the recent Millennium European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland! Especially in the Team final where Archer/Robertson, England, used the Danes as plasticine!
Jens Eriksen/Jesper Larsen on the other hand shows stability and their gold medal at the European Championships has given them even more selfconfidence they still can profit from during the Thomas Cup!

Malaysian doublesplayer Yap Kim Hock is reported fit for fight after a calf injury 3 weeks ago. He was tarining fully Tuesday 9.5.00.

Rexy Mainaky (32), part of the best Men's Doubles quite a few yesrs, may be Assistant coach in Malaysia -witt Park Joo-Bong - when he stops plaing after the Sydney Olympics in September.

Malaysian Rashid Sidek (32) thinks that this is the year for Malaysia if they are to retain the Thomas Cup again! Malaysia has not won the trophy since 1992.
Rashid think taht in two years time the Malaysians will not be as strong as they are now since a lot of players will have stopped as players - himself included!

* Former Thomas -/Uber Cup:
Thomas -/ Uber Cup, HongKong 1998

* Latest Worldranking from IBF

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