After the 3rd phase of invitation

**hcyong** · 06-22-2005, 02:10 AM

Men's singles
All 63 entries (plus 1 more wild card by the host) have been confirmed. The lowest-ranked entry (62nd entry) by merit is ranked 124. The lowest entry (63rd entry), being the top representative from Africa, is ranked 130.

No one significant turned down his invitation.

This means no invitation for Kuan BH and Xia XZ.

**hcyong** · 06-22-2005, 02:21 AM

Women's singles
5 entries yet to be filled. Lowest-ranked invitee is ranked 131. Lowest-ranked entry is the African representative, ranked 160.

Significant invitations turned down are Tine Rasmussen (injured), Jun Jae Youn (unknown reason) and Seo Yoon Hee (unknown reason). Korean places taken up by Lee Yun Hwa and Hwang Hye Youn. There seems to be no Danish representatives as all invitations to them are turned down.

For Gong Ruina to be invited, 7 out of the next 11 invitations have to be turned down.

**hcyong** · 06-22-2005, 02:41 AM

Men's doubles
10 entries yet to be filled.

Invitations have gone back up to the top of the ranking list. New invitations at the top of the ranking are:
Laybourn/Steffensen (as 4th Danish pair)
Limpele/Hian (as 4th Indon pair)
Chew/Choong (as 4th Malaysian pair)
Sato/Sasaki (as 3rd Japanese pair)
Archer/Clark (as 3rd English pair)
Trueman/Palethorpe (as 4th English pair) - never heard of them
Ha TK/Yim BE (as 3rd Korean pair)

If any of the 10 invitations are turned down, the next in turn to be invited are:
Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo
Choong/Lee (if Chew/Choong decline)
etc.

Interestingly, Chew/Choong can decline their invitation and hope that one other pair do the same (which is quite likely). Then, Choong/Lee (the supposedly stronger combination) will get the invitation. Of course, Guo/Xie will also be invited.

**hcyong** · 06-22-2005, 05:25 AM

Women's doubles
11 entries yet to be filled. Apparently, Olsen/Schjoldager have decided to accept the invitation after initially refusing it.

Invitations have gone back to the top of the rankings, but Du/Yu still cannot be invited as the China already has the maximum of 4 entries. Amazingly, Japan, Malaysia and England will have 4 entries as well if those invited in this phase accept the offer.

**hcyong** · 06-22-2005, 05:29 AM

Mixed doubles
11 entries yet to be filled.

Invitations have gone back to the top of the rankings, so England and Denmark looks likely to have 4 entries each. There is a danger of not having the full draw here.

**seven** · 06-22-2005, 06:15 AM

Originally Posted by hcyong

Significant invitations turned down are Tine Rasmussen (injured), Jun Jae Youn (unknown reason) and Seo Yoon Hee (unknown reason). Korean places taken up by Lee Yun Hwa and Hwang Hye Youn.

Jun Jae Youn is still injured (for a while), I don't know about Seo Yoon Hee...

**seven** · 06-22-2005, 06:18 AM

Originally Posted by hcyong

Apparently, Olsen/Schjoldager have decided to accept the invitation after initially refusing it.

Well, Rikke Olsen has retired now so either she will be replaced by an other player to pair with Mette (if this is possible?), or they will finally decline the invitation...

**hcyong** · 06-22-2005, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by seven

Well, Rikke Olsen has retired now so either she will be replaced by an other player to pair with Mette (if this is possible?), or they will finally decline the invitation...

She's also down to play in the mixed with Mogensen. Maybe she changed her mind? In the first phase, Olsen/Schjoldager declined, and in the most recent phase, they accepted it.

It is not possible to change partners per se. But you can decline an invitation and let another pair down the ranking list get invited. But I don't know what happens when you withdraw after you have accepted.

**krantikt** · 06-23-2005, 03:14 PM

<QUOTE>The website also says that there are no more additions to the mens Single's event, as all the entries are finalized.

Which means no chance for Xia

</QUOTE>

oops...sorry...just saw that, you already posted the info on the post.