Venue : Stade Pierre de Coubertin Total prize-money : US$200,000 Tournament website : http://www.yonexifb.com/en/ Tournament time-table : http://www.yonexifb.com/en/events-in...ment-schedules Tournamentsoftware link : http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...B21748-662E-4EEF-B832-1ED615C74E3B&d=20131024 FRA time : http://www.worldtimezone.com/time/wt...ma=Find%20Time Round of 16 will be kicked off on 10.00am local time, using 4 courts. Host France has 1 representative in second round, Sashina Vignes Waran who will take on 7th seed Wang Shixian, will she upset the off-form Chinese player? DEN, INA, JPN have secured 1 QF slot each in MS category through Jorgensen v Vittinghus, Rumbaka v Kuncoro and Tago v Sasaki respectively. Looking forward to these matches below : - The battle of young talent : Gilmour v Sindhu. - World Championships QF rematch : Bae YJ v Nehwal - DEN SSP R/16 rematch : Sugiarto v Chen YK - Defending champion Mitani v Germany #1 Schenk - DEN SSP winner v Thai pair Jongjit/Puangpuapech
Add to list of possibly interesting match: - Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir vs Lee Yong Dae/Shin Seung Chan Tow/Butet always reach at least SF in all international tournaments this year (except Korean PSS when they stopped in QF). Last week, LYD and partner forced XC/MJ into third game. Hopefully today match between INA and KOR will be tough and close. INA should be careful as newly formed KOR XD pair can raise an upset.
Tontowi/Liliyana vs LYD/SSC would be a test of their capability to alter the fab 4 of XD into fab 5. SSC is extremely aggressive at the net and not making too much unforced errors. LYD, beyond doubt, is as brilliant as ever. Both of them are brilliant in placing the shuttle and both could smash quite well.
All the while, while Sony vs Hayom, the resurgent senior vs the inconsistent junior are still tight 12-11
The round one defeats of Daren Liew and Chong Wei Feng were expected as they were drawn against Boonsak Ponsana (S6) and Sho Sasaki (S5) but not that of Gu Juan who lost to a qualifier Chloe Magee and Sung Ji Hyun (S6) last week’s Denmark Open finalist who lost to P V Sindhu. Obviously SJH was clearly affected by her long 1.23 hours' match against WYH last week. LYD/YYS continued to shine in their match against FHF/HW and ChrisAdcock/Andrew Ellis were the surprise winners over Cai Yun/Chai Biao but the new Chinese pairings have not done badly as they managed to engage their opponents in 3-game sets.
The English pair did it! Well played [TABLE="class: ruler matches"] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]Chris ADCOCK[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]Andrew ELLIS[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: center"]-[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"]Ki Jung KIM [6][/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"]Sa Rang KIM[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"]22-20 19-21 21-18[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: ruler matches"] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD="align: right"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Ki Jung KIM [6][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Sa Rang KIM[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]-[/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]Chris ADCOCK[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Andrew ELLIS[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD]20-22 21-19 18-21[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Adcock/Ellis again beat another quiet good pair, look at the net winner 21 : 31, Adcock was just so good at the net, Also Adcock is the one who can push the koreans to lifting up the shuttle cock and Ellis just smash it down. Quite impressive i hope they can maintain their level of play to challenge the top pair [TABLE="class: ruler"] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Well, I personally prefer Sony to win. Hayom still has a long way to go to boost his career while Sony merely has handful of years left haha
[TABLE="class: ruler matches"] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]Dionysius Hayom RUMBAKA[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: center"]-[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"]Sony Dwi KUNCORO[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"]21-15 17-21 24-22[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] After 1:21 hour! So..now on court Soldier Schenk vs. Mitani
Were Sony and Hayom Chinese, I bet this tight rubber game won't transpire. Most presumably one of them would withdraw, or win in an easy two-set
Schenk is out [TABLE="class: ruler matches"] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]Minatsu MITANI[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: center"]-[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"]Juliane SCHENK [3][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: transparent"]21-18 21-14[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]