European Badminton Championships 2006 - Semifinal Round

[peace]

Here comes my prediction for the Semifinal round (in bold) :

Men's Singles :
Peter Gade (DEN) vs Joachim Persson (DEN)
Niels Christian Kaldau (DEN) vs Kenneth Jonassen (DEN)

Women's Singles :
Juliane Schenk (GER) vs Mia Audina (NED)
Yao Jie (NED) vs Xu Huaiwen (GER)

Men's Doubles :
Jens Eriksen/Martin Lundgaard Hansen (DEN) vs Robert Mateusiak/Michael Logosz (POL)
Robert Blair/Antony Clark (ENG) vs Carsten Mogensen/Mathias Boe (DEN)

Women's Doubles :
Donna Kellogg/Gail Emms (ENG) vs Elin Bergblom/Johanna Persson (SWE)
Lena Frier Kristiansen/Kamilla Juhl (DEN) vs Juliane Schenk/Nicole Grether (GER)

Mixed Doubles :
Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk (POL) vs Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Juhl (DEN)
Antony Clark/Donna Kellogg (ENG) vs Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager (DEN)

[seawell]

I think Xu Huaiwen have more chance to beat Yao Jie!

[Mag]

I say Boe/Mogensen will beat Blair/Clark, by quite a margin.

[yuval_ba]

I say Boe/Mogensen will beat Blair/Clark, by quite a margin.
I vote the same

[yuval_ba]

the poles XD lost to the danes in a very close match 21-16 14-21 23-21, what a shame for the poles very close ...

Xu Huaiwen got a W/O from Yao Jie, any idea why ?

[yuval_ba]

WOW :eek: Gade nearly loosing the first set to Joachim PERSSON, 24-22 !!!
I hope he will be more dominant in the 2nd set
it really seems that the 21pt system is minimzing the superiority of the top seeds. games are too short for big come backs.

[webob]

21-10 in the second game for PG!
But what a close first game ...

[jamesd20]

I vote the same

Make that three!

[J_M_V]

21-10 in the second game for PG!
But what a close first game ...

Gade was already 20-21 behind in the first set. Persson plays extremely aggressively (saw him in Finnish Int'l Championships), so perhaps that surprised Peter? Danes are 6/6 final spots in events where men are involved :eek:

[Mag]

Blair/Clark certainly put up a valiant fight against Boe/Mogensen...