Anyone have the link to the 2007 Boston Open Draws and Results?

Anyone have the link to the 2007 Boston Open Draws and Results?
...:D;)...no results yet..
http://www.bostonopen.com/

The site has no draw or result information.
I was hoping they would use tournament software to show the draw and results.....:crying:

Hope Chris Lawrence is reading this post.:D

...:D;)...no results yet..
http://www.bostonopen.com/

The site has no draw or result information.
I was hoping they would use tournament software to show the draw and results.....:crying:

Hope Chris Lawrence is reading this post.:D
..maybe this'll help...you want to contact him??..:D;)

For more information or questions, contact Chris Lawrence, Tournament Director

by email

chris.lawrence@bostonopen.com

by phone

(317) 849-3475

Any BC members in the Boston area or watching the game this weekend, please update us with the status of the tournament. Thanks!

I already e-mail Chirs, but no answer yet

Check out this Boston Globe article I just found in
http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/2007/05/05/badminton_its_quite_a_racket/

It's quite a racket
By: Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff

To many people, badminton is considered a sport best played in the backyard during a neighborhood barbecue. But to others, it's a sport that requires superior hand-eye coordination, cardiovascular fitness, and intelligence.

Yesterday at MIT, some 200 competitors in the latter group gathered for the 11th annual Boston Open Badminton Tournament, the largest field ever for the event.

Two of those who will be playing in the junior singles, doubles, and mixed doubles are 15-year-old twins Jenn and Allison Bachner of Marblehead. The freshmen at Marblehead High School play out of the town's youth badminton program. They are coached by Melinda Keszthelyi of Hungary, who will also be playing in the Open.

The tournament committee had hoped to have former Olympians headline the event, but instead there will be some hopefuls who are vying for a spot on the United States team for the 2008 Games in Beijing -- Bob Malaythong, Eric Go, Raju Rai, and Jennifer Coleman.

''It's the biggest tournament of the East Coast,'' said Keszthelyi. ''There are five regional classics plus the Nationals. Because it's $17,000 , everyone comes here. The only higher prize money is the US Open in August in Los Angeles and [last year] that was $25,000. This year, we have a lot of international players, which is great.''

The game is especially prevalent on the West Coast, and Keszthelyi said it's the most popular sport in Asia.

''Most of the top players come from the countries of China, Korea, Malaysia, and Indonesia,'' she said. ''And in Europe, it's maybe Denmark. Everybody else is below them.''

Keszthelyi competed on the national team in Hungary, where [I]''the competition level is very good but because of a lack of facilities it's very hard to rent courts.''

She believes it's an up-and-coming sport in America.

''In 2005, the men's doubles team won the world championships,'' she said. ''That was a very important step for US badminton. We always qualified one or two players for the Olympics but it was very hard.''
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Chandra Kowi/Daniel Gouw lost in MD Semifinal, Daniel got cramp, and couldn't move. But Chandra/Mona (I think?) will play XD final though.

Chandra Kowi/Daniel Gouw lost in MD Semifinal, Daniel got cramp, and couldn't move. But Chandra/Mona (I think?) will play XD final though.

Could you please provide detail info, i.e. the draw or who will be playing in final? We are all in the dark here.

Could you please provide detail info, i.e. the draw or who will be playing in final? We are all in the dark here.

Asked. Waiting for answer.

XD final: Chandra Kowi/Mona Santoso bt Halim Harianto/Angie de Pouw 21-16, 21-17

still playing the other matches...

MD is Halim and Bob vs someone from Boston..

WD is Angie/Mona vs Johena/Grace from California.

MS is Raju Rai vs Mike Beres.

How about WS, yannie? I called them but no answer

unconfirm WS

Johanna beats Mona in WS final

Confirmed:

WS: Johanna won.

MD: Halim and Bob won.

WD: Angie and Mona won.

XD final: Chandra Kowi/Mona Santoso bt Halim Harianto/Angie de Pouw 21-16, 21-17

still playing the other matches...

MD is Halim and Bob vs someone from Boston..

WD is Angie/Mona vs Johena/Grace from California.

MS is Raju Rai vs Mike Beres.

Confirmed:

WS: Johanna won.

MD: Halim and Bob won.

WD: Angie and Mona won.

...yannie:cool: ...hmm, Raju is back...wow, a bit surprised to see Halim & Angie go down in straight sets to Chandra & Mona...Wow, Halim & Bob playing together??..:rolleyes: :p

in MD Chandra apparently had cramps and lost to Vincent Lobo (PA) and anil nair (Boston), both ex international players, I play with Vincent pretty regularly thats how I know, finals was bob and haleem won 21-15, 21-12.

XD final: Chandra Kowi/Mona Santoso bt Halim Harianto/Angie de Pouw 21-16, 21-17...

Thanks for the update, everyone...
WOW, Halim/Angie lost to Chandra/Mona in a straight set?

After all, all I can say is: What an Impressive Lady Mona Santoso is!!!!!!

Final result:

XD: Mona/Chandra
LS: Johanna
MS: Mike Beres
WD: Angie/Mona
MD: Halim/Bob

XD - Chandra made a big difference. He played really well.
LS - Mona's doulbe attacking style didn't work here.
MS - Mike is very very steady. I only counted 6 unforced error from him. Raju made a lot of those.
WD - match of the day.
MD - The MA pair was not at the same level of Halim/Bob. However, they did put up a good fight.

nice pictures

Anybody has video to share???

much appriciated

Thanks in advance

...and sharing them w/us, HiddenPower...anymore to share??..;) :cool:
Chandra & Mona could team up again for the upcoming U.S. Open later this summer..:cool:

I got the video of XD and WD final, just need more time to convert to a smaller format. Maybe this Thursday. :)

Oh yeah!! Mona !!! Quite a great player^_^ AMazing!
The WD is great one, however only 2 sets. Were they four girls all from same club in CA? All pre-nationals?!! Really impressive games & feed our eyes^^
Too bad WS wasn't as exciting as expected, wondering if Mona really played seriously against JH. Lee..... =)
And... Lili Zhou seemed not that intested in defending her champion title:eek:

Can anyone share more pic): Thanks :D

There you go, some pictures from my friend's camera.

Oh yeah!! Mona !!! Quite a great player^_^ AMazing!
The WD is great one, however only 2 sets. Were they four girls all from same club in CA? All pre-nationals?!! Really impressive games & feed our eyes^^
..all four WD Finalists are SGVBCers in Los Angeles(San Gabriel Valley Badminton Club, home of our NGP) and all 4 are coaches...;) :cool:

Is that Mona has tattoo on her leg??

Is that Mona has tattoo on her leg??
...and they're real..;)

..all four WD Finalists are SGVBCers in Los Angeles(San Gabriel Valley Badminton Club, home of our NGP) and all 4 are coaches...;) :cool:

Actually 3 out of 4. Grace Peng, Johannah Lee and Mona Santoso coach at SGVBC. Angie DePauw is in NorCal. :)

Actually 3 out of 4. Grace Peng, Johannah Lee and Mona Santoso coach at SGVBC. Angie DePauw is in NorCal. :)
...that's correct:cool: ...Just checking if our NGP can confirm it..:p :D ;)

...that's correct:cool: ...Just checking if our NGP can confirm it..:p :D ;)

Angie is coaching in Nor Cal at Smash City. That I know :)

Wayne

Angie is coaching in Nor Cal at Smash City. That I know :)

Wayne
..thanks for confirming it also, wlum..;)

..thanks for confirming it also, wlum..;)

Hey ctjcad -- was that you I met on top of the OCBC bleachers at Adult Nationals? If it was, you were recording with your digital camera/camcorder.

I do have some photos from Adult Nationals and 2007 Boston Open, but don't know what I'll do with them yet. I don't have much time to process the photos. I can either have my friend David (Bay Area Open) put them up on his photos.bayareaopen.org site, or talk to Kwun about his www.16feathers.com (http://www.16feathers.com) site again... Any interest?

Here's a photo of me sitting next to the Women Champions -- maybe they can take me out to dinner some time :) Yes -- very good time!

Wayne

Hey ctjcad -- was that you I met on top of the OCBC bleachers at Adult Nationals? If it was, you were recording with your digital camera/camcorder.

I do have some photos from Adult Nationals and 2007 Boston Open, but don't know what I'll do with them yet. I don't have much time to process the photos. I can either have my friend David (Bay Area Open) put them up on his photos.bayareaopen.org site, or talk to Kwun about his www.16feathers.com (http://www.16feathers.com) site again... Any interest?

I'm also trying to figure out how to attach a photo... Tried the manage attachments without success...

Wayne

Wayne, nice pic!

processing photos takes a very long time, it is possible to spend as much time processing photos as taking them!

if you got some good ones, feel free to post them here. we will probably be closing the sale section of 16feathers.com in the near future, we are paying more money to run the site than we have income. the site will keep running with some nice photos we took for others to enjoy, but not much more than that.

Hey ctjcad -- was that you I met on top of the OCBC bleachers at Adult Nationals? If it was, you were recording with your digital camera/camcorder.
..that's me, the chap you saw recording w/my digicam & camcorder:p ...Nice to meet you too...Sorry, i wasn't able to "formally" meet & greet you that time...However i had a hunch you were Wayne cos kwun mentioned something about your camera(and if not mistaken you had a Smash City t-shirt, forgot?); if not i would have no clue whatsoever..:p ;) :D :cool:

Wayne, nice pic!

processing photos takes a very long time, it is possible to spend as much time processing photos as taking them!

if you got some good ones, feel free to post them here. we will probably be closing the sale section of 16feathers.com in the near future, we are paying more money to run the site than we have income. the site will keep running with some nice photos we took for others to enjoy, but not much more than that.

Kwun -- thought I was going to be your 3rd photographer :)

More Day 1 Photos!

More Day 1 Photos

Day 1 was Men's and Women's singles -- up to quarter finals...

are you going to be sharing your videos too?

are you going to be sharing your videos too?

I probably won't be sharing videos for a few reasons. One is that I recorded in HDV (High Definition) format and don't know how to convert to DVD or lower resolution yet...

I also don't have much time to process the video. Any volunteers with HDV experience (in the Bay Area)?

The other reason is that the Boston Open rented a bunch of camcorders to produce their own retail DVDs -- the profit from the sales of those DVDs help support the next Boston Open. I wouldn't want to hurt their sales...

Lastly, I spent time taking photographs as well, so I missed some of the play by not "unpausing" after breaks...

Thats my initial thoughts...

Wayne

Thanks all for the sharing!!

i WENT there late, and missed games played earlier. Actually Jessica Zhang is a quite good player as well, how come she lost early^^? Maybe i'm not that professional, but i like her footwork, like ballet dancer:)
Is she pre-prof. Chinese player too? Is she coaching as well:D ?


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I probably won't be sharing videos for a few reasons. One is that I recorded in HDV (High Definition) format and don't know how to convert to DVD or lower resolution yet...

I also don't have much time to process the video. Any volunteers with HDV experience (in the Bay Area)?

The other reason is that the Boston Open rented a bunch of camcorders to produce their own retail DVDs -- the profit from the sales of those DVDs help support the next Boston Open. I wouldn't want to hurt their sales...

Lastly, I spent time taking photographs as well, so I missed some of the play by not "unpausing" after breaks...

Thats my initial thoughts...

Wayne
Wayne, just a few comments from me, if you don't mind..;)

Re your 1st reason, personally, i haven't converted an HDV file to a standard DV format yet. However, i have done a similar compression from a regular DV format(Mini-DV). As an example, if you haven't noticed in one of the 2007 Tournament's sub-forum, there's a thread titled 2007 U.S. Nationals. I have some links to some videos, which i had compressed and uploaded to Google, in one of the posts.
I would assume you are using one of the Sony HDV camcorder?? And you have a HDV tape. If so, in order for you to convert/compress the HDV format, you'd have to import the file from your camcorder using a firewire cable. I would guess your camcorder should have some features which will allow you to import the HDV files. Once you've imported the files to your computer, from there you can then edit or compress/convert the files into DVD or lower resolution format file(ie. mpeg, mpeg2, wmv)--->roughly similar process as compressing from DV format to lower resolution formats..;)
Anyways, if you want more info about this, you can go to:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=758918 or
www.videohelp.com........tons of help there..;) :cool:

Re your 2nd reason, to be frank with you, yes, the whole process will be quite time consuming, which include the uploading of the videos..Depending on the size of the file you are uploading and your connection speed, the uploading process should be either a breeze or a "pain"..:p

Re your 3rd reason, yes, i can understand that..:cool:

Re your last reason, yes, i can understand that too...:cool:

Thanks all for the sharing!!

i WENT there late, and missed games played earlier. Actually Jessica Zhang is a quite good player as well, how come she lost early^^? Maybe i'm not that professional, but i like her footwork, like ballet dancer:)
Is she pre-prof. Chinese player too? Is she coaching as well:D ?


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jessica's footwork is very good, she was on the Fujian provincial training team when she was in China. She won a couple of national collegiate champs (B league, no pros) when she attended Jimei University where she received daily pro training.

i dont think she played singles this year, she paired up with Hsin-I Lu from Harvard for womens doubles, Hsin-I is actually as good as Jessica but she is just kinda loosy nowadays. shes from taiwan and competed competitively back in high school and college.

Thanks all for the sharing!!

i WENT there late, and missed games played earlier. Actually Jessica Zhang is a quite good player as well, how come she lost early^^? Maybe i'm not that professional, but i like her footwork, like ballet dancer:)
Is she pre-prof. Chinese player too? Is she coaching as well:D ?


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Jessica used to be our coach (Boston U). I used to be able to beat her but prolly not anymore after she picked up her training with the daphne chang gang.

i think her weak point is her endurance and power, and sometimes her mental strength is questionable as well. she lost to caroline anderson at the Boston invitational tournament. Caroline anderson is not supposed to be at the same level as jessica, BU's first lady's player Lily Fan(lili Zhou's partner at Boston Open) actually defeated caroline at the 2006 bay state game in both singles and doubles (jessica didnt play). and jessica can beat lily very easily in singles, supposely.

Kwun -- thought I was going to be your 3rd photographer :)
of course you are! we will continue to go out to take badminton photos regardless of what the website will become.

Hi, Wayne:
Thanks for sharing the nice pictures you took. I was the guy watched your expensive equipment when you went out to bathroom in the final games.
You looked very good with all the woman double players from CA. :D
Bruno

the results were posted on their website

http://www.bostonopen.com/Draws.htm

http://www.ggbadminton.com/main/images/Chandra_Mona.jpg

http://www.ggbadminton.com/main/images/Chandra_Mona_Champion.jpg

http://www.ggbadminton.com/