HELEXPO THESSALONIKI WORLD GRAND PRIX 2005 - 2* - 26/09 to 02/10

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Official web site :
http://www.badminton.gr/Information%20Helexpo.htm

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MS - Danish domination
Niels Christian Kaldau 1* v Bobby Milroy 4*
Anders Boesen 5* v Bjoern Joppien 3*
(Boesen took out 2nd-seeded Sairul Amar Ayob in QF. Kendrick Lee ousted by Juergen Koch in R16.)
My prediction for title: Boesen

WS - Germans on rampage
Xu Huaiwen 1* v Sutheaswari Mudukasan
Petra Overzier v Julianne Schenck
(Mudukasan took out 4th seed Elizabeth Cann, Overzier took out 3rd seed Xing Aiying and Schenck ousted 2nd seed Nedeltcheva.)
My prediction for title: Xu (well, who else?)

MD - mixed nationalities
John Gordon/Daniel Shirley 1* v Anthony Clark/Robert Blair
Mike Beres/William Milroy 4* v Roman Spitko/Roman Fuchs
(Clark/Blair ousted 3rd-seeded Hopp/Kindervater, while Spitko/Fuchs got the German revenge by eliminating 2nd-seeded Lindley/Rice.)
My prediction for title: Clark/Blair

WD - all seeds survive
Gail Emms/Donna Kellogg 1* v Nicole Grether/Julianne Schenck 3*
Liza Parker/Suzanne Rayappan 2* v Chor Hooi Yee/Lim Pek Siah 4*
My prediction for title: Clark/Blair

XD - English domination
Robert Blair/Natalie Munt 1* v David Lindley/Suzanne Rayappan 4*
Anthony Clark/Donna Kellogg 3* v Ingo Kindervater/Katrin Piotrowski
(Kindervater/Piotrowski upset 2nd-seeded Shirley/Runesten-Petersen.)
My prediction for title: Blair/Munt

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WD - all seeds survive
Gail Emms/Donna Kellogg 1* v Nicole Grether/Julianne Schenck 3*
Liza Parker/Suzanne Rayappan 2* v Chor Hooi Yee/Lim Pek Siah 4*
My prediction for title: Clark/Blair

Emms/Kellogg, I mean.

[SmartCivet]

MS - Danish domination
Niels Christian Kaldau 1* v Bobby Milroy 4*
Anders Boesen 5* v Bjoern Joppien 3*
(Boesen took out 2nd-seeded Sairul Amar Ayob in QF. Kendrick Lee ousted by Juergen Koch in R16.)
My prediction for title: Boesen

XD - English domination
Robert Blair/Natalie Munt 1* v David Lindley/Suzanne Rayappan 4*
Anthony Clark/Donna Kellogg 3* v Ingo Kindervater/Katrin Piotrowski
(Kindervater/Piotrowski upset 2nd-seeded Shirley/Runesten-Petersen.)
My prediction for title: Blair/Munt

BOESEN Anders lost to KALDAU Niels Christian.
CLARK Anthony/KELLOGG Donna beat BLAIR ~ Robert/MUNT Natalie.

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BOESEN Anders lost to KALDAU Niels Christian.
CLARK Anthony/KELLOGG Donna beat BLAIR ~ Robert/MUNT Natalie.

Well, 3 out of 5 is not bad. And I made the predictions even before the semi-finals took place.

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Well, 3 out of 5 is not bad. And I made the predictions even before the semi-finals took place.

Yes, good predictions!!

Nice to see more and more countries can find the money to organize GP events.
A 2* event in Greece was hard to imagine a few years ago!