2008 France/French Open


MS
1) Round 1 : Denmark’s Hans-Kristian VITTINGHUS (WR#76) beat England’s Andrew Smith (WR# 19), 21-17 21-12
2) Round 1 : France’s Mathieu LO YING PING (WR# 140) beat Demark’s Martin Bille LARSEN (WR#69), 21-17 21-16


WS
1) Round 1 : Denmark’s Nanna Brosolat JENSEN (WR# 59) beat Japan’s Yu HIRAYAMA (WR# 18), 17-21 21-11 21-19
2) Round 1 : Indonesia’s Maria K. Yulianti (WR# 15) beat China’s Zhu Lin(5th seed, WR# 5), 21-15 21-14
3) Round 1 : Scotland’s Susan Hughes (WR# 34)beatMsia’s Wong Mew Choo (8th seed, WR# 9), 21-12 21-19
4) Round 1 : England’s Eluzabeth Cann (WR# 28) beat Holland’s Yao Jie (WR# 20), 12-21 21-14 21-14


WD
1) Round 1 : England’s OLVER Heather/RAYAPPAN Suzanne (WR# 95) beat Germany/Canada’s GRETHER Nicole/REID Charmaine (WR# 29)


XD
1) Round 1 : England’s Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (new partnership) beat Indonesia’s NUGROHO Anggun/NURSUGIANTI Endang (WR# 72), 21-18 23-21
2) Round 1 : Holland’s DE RUITER Jorrit/VAESSEN Ilse (WR# 56) beat France’s CHOINET Laura/ CAREME Baptiste (WR # 45), 23-21 21-14 (yikes, I’ve never heard of both pairs before this)
3) Round 1 : Germany/Russia’s HOPP Kristof/RUSSKIKH ~ Anastasia (new partnership) beat Indonesia’s MARISSA Vita/RIJAL Muhammad (WR# 58), 21-17 22-20

Minor upset : Msia’s Wong Choong Hann (WR# 22) beat Japan’s Kenichi Tago (WR# 17), 21-14 21-11

Hiyaaa, how come now become 2 threads, it was consolidated to one thread for easier reference & comparision between tourneys.... never mind.

Updated after Round 2 matches (30 Oct 2008) :

MS
1) Round 1 : Denmark’s Hans-Kristian VITTINGHUS (WR#61) beat England’s Andrew Smith (WR# 21), 21-17 21-12
2) Round 1 : France’s Mathieu LO YING PING (WR# 140) beat Demark’s Martin Bille LARSEN (WR#69), 21-17 21-16


WS
1) Round 1 : Denmark’s Nanna Brosolat JENSEN (WR# 57) beat Japan’s Yu HIRAYAMA (WR# 19), 17-21 21-11 21-19
2) Round 1 : Indonesia’s Maria K. Yulianti (WR# 14) beat China’s Zhu Lin(5th seed, WR# 5), 21-15 21-14
3) Round 1 : Scotland’s Susan Hughes (WR# 33)beatMsia’s Wong Mew Choo (8th seed, WR# 7), 21-12 21-19
4) Round 1 : England’s Elizabeth Cann (WR# 30) beat Holland’s Yao Jie (WR# 21 ), 12-21 21-14 21-14

MD
1) Round 2 : China’s FU HF/Shen Ye (new partnership, unranked) beat Denmark’s BOE Mathias/MOGENSEN Carsten (4th seeds, WR# 8), 13-21 21-19 23-21


WD
1) Round 1 : England’s OLVER Heather/RAYAPPAN Suzanne (WR# 95) beat Germany/Canada’s GRETHER Nicole/REID Charmaine (WR# 29)


XD
1) Round 1 : England’s Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (new partnership) beat Indonesia’s NUGROHO Anggun/NURSUGIANTI Endang (WR# 66), 21-18 23-21
2) Round 1 : Holland’s DE RUITER Jorrit/VAESSEN Ilse (WR# 56) beat France’s CHOINET Laura/ CAREME Baptiste (WR # 41), 23-21 21-14 (yikes, I’ve never heard of both pairs before this)
3) Round 1 : Germany/Russia’s HOPP Kristof/RUSSKIKH ~ Anastasia (new partnership) beat Indonesia’s MARISSA Vita/RIJAL Muhammad (WR# 59), 21-17 22-20
4) Round 2 : Indonesia’s FITRIAWAN Devin Lahardi/NURLITA Lita (WR# 22) beat Scotland/England’s BANKIER Imogen/BLAIR ~ Robert (WR# 11), 21-19 15-21 21-19
5) Round 2 : England’s Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (new partnership, unranked) beat team team mates ADCOCK Robert/OLVER Heather (WR # 93), 6-21 21-19 21-10
6) Round 2 : China’s Xu Chen/Pan Pan(new partnership) beat England’s LINDLEY David/ RAYAPPAN Suzanne(8th seeds, WR# 13), 21-18 9-21 21-19
7) Round 2 : Msia’s Koo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty (unranked) beat Denmark’s LAYBOURN Thomas/ RYTTER JUHL Kamilla (3rd seed, WR# 5), 21-19 21-14



Minor upset : 1) Round 1 :Msia’s Wong Choong Hann (WR# 19, according to 30 Oct list, last week’s list WCH was 22) beat Japan’s Kenichi Tago (WR# 18), 21-14 21-11
2) Round 2 : Denmark’s Joachim PERSSON (WR# 8) beat Indonesia’s Sony DK (4th seed, WR# 5), 21-6 21-14

Round 2 matches in green, minor upsets not counted, you all can count them if you wish. There were 5 upsets in Round 2

Hiyaaa, how come now become 2 threads, it was consolidated to one thread for easier reference & comparision between tourneys.... never mind.

Updated after Round 2 matches (30 Oct 2008) :

MD
1) Round 2 : China’s FU HF/Shen Ye (new partnership, unranked) beat Denmark’s BOE Mathias/MOGENSEN Carsten (4th seeds, WR# 8), 13-21 21-19 23-21

6) Round 2 : China’s Xu Chen/Pan Pan(new partnership) beat England’s LINDLEY David/ RAYAPPAN Suzanne(8th seeds, WR# 13), 21-18 9-21 21-19

7) Round 2 : Msia’s Koo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty (unranked) beat Denmark’s LAYBOURN Thomas/ RYTTER JUHL Kamilla (3rd seed, WR# 5), 21-19 21-14



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Yes ...... These are the 3 good unranked pairs making themselves known, namely:

(1) China’s FU HF/Shen Ye,
(2) China’s Xu Chen/Pan Pan, and
(3) Malaysia’s Koo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty

It shouldn't take long for them to move into the Top 20 World Rankings.

:):):)
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Yes ...... These are the 3 good unranked pairs making themselves known, namely:

(1) China’s FU HF/Shen Ye,
(2) China’s Xu Chen/Pan Pan, and
(3) Malaysia’s Koo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty

It shouldn't take long for them to move into the Top 20 World Rankings.

:):):)
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fu/cai will back together after FO...
xu/pan not consistence
koo/wong also 1 tourney patnership nia...:D

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:confused::confused::confused: Just found out that there are 2 threads for this same topic:

(1) http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61901 , and
(2) http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62208 (which is this one).

:):):)
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Mr chris@ccc, the former (http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61901) is mistitled. Eaglehelang and I already informed the mods to change it back to "Denmark Open 2008 Upsets".

That was my bad...............

change to correct one now though

That was my bad...............

change to correct one now though



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Thanking jamesd20 for making the correction. :):):)
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Updated after QF


MS
1)Round 1 : Denmark’s Hans-Kristian VITTINGHUS (WR#61) beat England’s Andrew Smith (WR# 21), 21-17 21-12
2)Round 1 : France’s Mathieu LO YING PING (WR# 140) beat Demark’s Martin Bille LARSEN (WR#69), 21-17 21-16
3)QF : Denmark’s Peter Gade (8th seed) beat China’s Chen Jin (3rd seed),21-10 21-15


WS
1)Round 1 : Denmark’s Nanna Brosolat JENSEN (WR# 57) beat Japan’s Yu HIRAYAMA (WR# 19), 17-21 21-11 21-19
2)Round 1 : Indonesia’s Maria K. Yulianti (WR# 14) beat China’s Zhu Lin(5th seed, WR# 5), 21-15 21-14
3)Round 1 : Scotland’s Susan Hughes (WR# 33)beatMsia’s Wong Mew Choo (8th seed, WR# 7), 21-12 21-19
4)Round 1 : England’s Elizabeth Cann (WR# 30) beat Holland’s Yao Jie (WR# 21 ), 12-21 21-14 21-14

MD
1) Round 2 : China’s FU HF/Shen Ye (new partnership, unranked) beat Denmark’s BOE Mathias/MOGENSEN Carsten (4th seeds, WR# 8), 13-21 21-19 23-21


WD
1)Round 1 : England’s OLVER Heather/RAYAPPAN Suzanne (WR# 95) beat Germany/Canada’s GRETHER Nicole/REID Charmaine (WR# 29), 21-12 21-19
2)QF : China’s Zhang Yawen/Zhao Ting Ting (6th seeds) beat Indonesia’s Vita MARISSA (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=25025&player=148)/Liliyana NATSIR (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=25025&player=147)(2nd seeds), 21-17 21-10


XD
1)Round 1 : England’s Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (new partnership) beat Indonesia’s NUGROHO Anggun/NURSUGIANTI Endang (WR# 66), 21-18 23-21
2)Round 1 : Holland’s DE RUITER Jorrit/VAESSEN Ilse (WR# 56) beat France’s CHOINET Laura/ CAREME Baptiste (WR # 41), 23-21 21-14
3)Round 1 : Germany/Russia’s HOPP Kristof/RUSSKIKH ~ Anastasia (new partnership) beat Indonesia’s MARISSA Vita/RIJAL Muhammad (WR# 59), 21-17 22-20
4)Round 2 : Indonesia’s FITRIAWAN Devin Lahardi/NURLITA Lita (WR# 22) beat Scotland/England’s BANKIER Imogen/BLAIR ~ Robert (WR# 11), 21-19 15-21 21-19file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/pre-user/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image001.gif (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/match.aspx?id=25025&match=317)
5)Round 2 : England’s Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (new partnership, unranked) beat team team mates ADCOCK Robert/OLVER Heather (WR # 93), 6-21 21-19 21-10
6)Round 2 : China’s Xu Chen/Pan Pan(new partnership) beat England’s LINDLEY David/ RAYAPPAN Suzanne(8th seeds, WR# 13), 21-18 9-21 21-19
7)Round 2 : Msia’s Koo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty (unranked) beat Denmark’s LAYBOURN Thomas/ RYTTER JUHL Kamilla (3rd seed, WR# 5), 21-19 21-14



Minor upset : 1) Round 1 :Msia’s Wong Choong Hann (WR# 19, according to 30 Oct list, last week’s list WCH was 22) beat Japan’s Kenichi Tago (WR# 18), 21-14 21-11
2) Round 2 : Denmark’s Joachim PERSSON (WR# 8) beat Indonesia’s Sony DK (4th seed, WR# 5), 21-6 21-14


Couldnt load the WR page in BWF website, will update the WR for the 2 upsets later. The other matches were higher rank beat lower ranked or both stratch/new pairs.

3) QF : Denmark’s Peter Gade (8th seed) beat China’s Chen Jin (3rd seed), 21-10 21-15



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Peter Gade is in great form at this French Open SS 2008.

It looks like PG[8] could defeat KJ[5] at the MS SF today.

:):):)
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Updated after SEMI FINALS

MS
1)Round 1 : Denmark’s Hans-Kristian VITTINGHUS (WR#61) beat England’s Andrew Smith (WR# 21), 21-17 21-12
2)Round 1 : France’s Mathieu LO YING PING (WR# 140) beat Demark’s Martin Bille LARSEN (WR#69), 21-17 21-16
3) Round 2 : Denmark’s Joachim PERSSON (WR# 8) beat Indonesia’s Sony DK (4th seed, WR# 5), 21-6 21-14
4)QF : Denmark’s Peter Gade (8th seed, WR# 7) beat China’s Chen Jin (3rd seed, WR# 3),21-10 21-15
5)Semi : Indonesia’s Taufik Hidayat (7th seed, WR# 11) beat Msia’s Lee Chong Wei (1st seed, WR # 1), 16-21 21-14 21-12



WS
1)Round 1 : Denmark’s Nanna Brosolat JENSEN (WR# 57) beat Japan’s Yu HIRAYAMA (WR# 19), 17-21 21-11 21-19
2)Round 1 : Indonesia’s Maria K. Yulianti (WR# 14) beat China’s Zhu Lin(5th seed, WR# 5), 21-15 21-14
3)Round 1 : Scotland’s Susan Hughes (WR# 33)beatMsia’s Wong Mew Choo (8th seed, WR# 7), 21-12 21-19
4)Round 1 : England’s Elizabeth Cann (WR# 30) beat Holland’s Yao Jie (WR# 21 ), 12-21 21-14 21-14
5)Semi : China’s Wang Lin (WR# 12) beat her senior, Lu Lan (1st seed, WR# 2), 23-21 21-16

MD
1)Round 2 : China’s FU HF/Shen Ye (new partnership, unranked) beat Denmark’s BOE Mathias/MOGENSEN Carsten (4th seeds, WR# 8), 13-21 21-19 23-21
2)Semi : China’s Cai Yun/Chen Yu (6th seeds, but not in ranking list, new partnership) Denmark’sPAASKE Lars/RASMUSSEN Jonas (2nd seeds, WR # 3), 21-18 21-9


WD
1)Round 1 : England’s OLVER Heather/RAYAPPAN Suzanne (WR# 95) beat Germany/Canada’s GRETHER Nicole/REID Charmaine (WR# 29), 21-12 21-19
2)QF : China’s Zhang Yawen/Zhao Ting Ting (6th seeds, unranked, new partnership) beat Indonesia’s Vita MARISSA (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=25025&player=148)/Liliyana NATSIR (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=25025&player=147)(2nd seeds,WR# 7), 21-17 21-10


XD
1)Round 1 : England’s Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (new partnership) beat Indonesia’s NUGROHO Anggun/NURSUGIANTI Endang (WR# 66), 21-18 23-21
2)Round 1 : Holland’s DE RUITER Jorrit/VAESSEN Ilse (WR# 56) beat France’s CHOINET Laura/ CAREME Baptiste (WR # 41), 23-21 21-14
3)Round 1 : Germany/Russia’s HOPP Kristof/RUSSKIKH ~ Anastasia (new partnership) beat Indonesia’s MARISSA Vita/RIJAL Muhammad (WR# 59), 21-17 22-20
4)Round 2 : Indonesia’s FITRIAWAN Devin Lahardi/NURLITA Lita (WR# 22) beat Scotland/England’s BANKIER Imogen/BLAIR ~ Robert (WR# 11), 21-19 15-21 21-19
5)Round 2 : England’s Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (new partnership, unranked) beat team team mates ADCOCK Robert/OLVER Heather (WR # 93), 6-21 21-19 21-10
6)Round 2 : China’s Xu Chen/Pan Pan(new partnership) beat England’s LINDLEY David/ RAYAPPAN Suzanne(8th seeds, WR# 13), 21-18 9-21 21-19
7)Round 2 : Msia’s Koo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty (unranked) beat Denmark’s LAYBOURN Thomas/ RYTTER JUHL Kamilla (3rd seed, WR# 5), 21-19 21-14
8)Semi : England’s CLARK Anthony/KELLOGG Donna (4th seeds, WR# 9) beat Indonesia’s NATSIR Liliyana/WIDIANTO Nova (1st seeds, WR# 1), 25-23 23-21



Minor upset : 1) Round 1 :Msia’s Wong Choong Hann (WR# 19, according to 30 Oct list, last week’s list WCH was 22) beat Japan’s Kenichi Tago (WR# 18), 21-14 21-11
2) Semi : Denmark’s Peter Gade (8th seed,WR# 7) beat his compatriot Kenneth Johanssen (5th seed, WR# 6)- WR only 1 placing diference due to PG winning DO last week.


4 upsets in Semi, 1 minor upset not counted.

<yawn> Finally it's done.

MS
1)Round 1 : Denmark’s Hans-Kristian VITTINGHUS (WR#61) beat England’s Andrew Smith (WR# 21), 21-17 21-12
2)Round 1 : France’s Mathieu LO YING PING (WR# 140) beat Demark’s Martin Bille LARSEN (WR#69), 21-17 21-16
3) Round 2 : Denmark’s Joachim PERSSON (WR# 8) beat Indonesia’s Sony DK (4th seed, WR# 5), 21-6 21-14
4)QF : Denmark’s Peter Gade (8th seed, WR# 7) beat China’s Chen Jin (3rd seed, WR# 3),21-10 21-15
5)Semi : Indonesia’s Taufik Hidayat (7th seed, WR# 11) beat Msia’s Lee Chong Wei (1st seed, WR # 1), 16-21 21-14 21-12
In Finals, although PG is 8th seed & Taufik 7th seed, I don’t consider it an upset PG beat Taufik by WR. Cos PG’s WR# has gone up to no 7 since winning Denmark SS last week.


WS
1)Round 1 : Denmark’s Nanna Brosolat JENSEN (WR# 57) beat Japan’s Yu HIRAYAMA (WR# 19), 17-21 21-11 21-19
2)Round 1 : Indonesia’s Maria K. Yulianti (WR# 14) beat China’s Zhu Lin(5th seed, WR# 5), 21-15 21-14
3)Round 1 : Scotland’s Susan Hughes (WR# 33)beatMsia’s Wong Mew Choo (8th seed, WR# 7), 21-12 21-19
4)Round 1 : England’s Elizabeth Cann (WR# 30) beat Holland’s Yao Jie (WR# 21 ), 12-21 21-14 21-14
5)Semi : China’s Wang Lin (WR# 12) beat her senior, Lu Lan (1st seed, WR# 2), 23-21 21-16
6)Finals :China’s Wang Lin (WR# 12) beat her senior, Xie Xing Fang (2nd seed, WR# 4), 21-18 13-21 21-11



MD
1)Round 2 : China’s FU HF/Shen Ye (new partnership, unranked) beat Denmark’s BOE Mathias/MOGENSEN Carsten (4th seeds, WR# 8), 13-21 21-19 23-21
2)Semi : China’s Cai Yun/Chen Yu (6th seeds, but not in ranking list, new partnership) Denmark’sPAASKE Lars/RASMUSSEN Jonas (2nd seeds, WR # 3), 21-18 21-9


WD
1)Round 1 : England’s OLVER Heather/RAYAPPAN Suzanne (WR# 95) beat Germany/Canada’s GRETHER Nicole/REID Charmaine (WR# 29), 21-12 21-19
2)QF : China’s Zhang Yawen/Zhao Ting Ting (6th seeds, unranked, new partnership) beat Indonesia’s Vita MARISSA (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=25025&player=148)/Liliyana NATSIR (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=25025&player=147)(2nd seeds,WR# 7), 21-17 21-10


XD
1)Round 1 : England’s Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (new partnership) beat Indonesia’s NUGROHO Anggun/NURSUGIANTI Endang (WR# 66), 21-18 23-21
2)Round 1 : Holland’s DE RUITER Jorrit/VAESSEN Ilse (WR# 56) beat France’s CHOINET Laura/ CAREME Baptiste (WR # 41), 23-21 21-14
3)Round 1 : Germany/Russia’s HOPP Kristof/RUSSKIKH ~ Anastasia (new partnership) beat Indonesia’s MARISSA Vita/RIJAL Muhammad (WR# 59), 21-17 22-20
4)Round 2 : Indonesia’s FITRIAWAN Devin Lahardi/NURLITA Lita (WR# 22) beat Scotland/England’s BANKIER Imogen/BLAIR ~ Robert (WR# 11), 21-19 15-21 21-19
5)Round 2 : England’s Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (new partnership, unranked) beat team team mates ADCOCK Robert/OLVER Heather (WR # 93), 6-21 21-19 21-10
6)Round 2 : China’s Xu Chen/Pan Pan(new partnership) beat England’s LINDLEY David/ RAYAPPAN Suzanne(8th seeds, WR# 13), 21-18 9-21 21-19
7)Round 2 : Msia’s Koo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty (unranked) beat Denmark’s LAYBOURN Thomas/ RYTTER JUHL Kamilla (3rd seed, WR# 5), 21-19 21-14
8)Semi : England’s CLARK Anthony/KELLOGG Donna (4th seeds, WR# 9) beat Indonesia’s NATSIR Liliyana/WIDIANTO Nova (1st seeds, WR# 1), 25-23 23-21



Minor upset : 1) Round 1 :Msia’s Wong Choong Hann (WR# 19, according to 30 Oct list, last week’s list WCH was 22) beat Japan’s Kenichi Tago (WR# 18), 21-14 21-11
2) Semi : Denmark’s Peter Gade (8th seed,WR# 7) beat his compatriot Kenneth Johanssen (5th seed, WR# 6)- WR only 1 placing diference due to PG winning DO last week.


A total of 23 upsets for 2008 French SS. This time, the most no of upsets came from XD dept. Cheerios