The first round has seen a number of notable upsets. There should be some potential upsets today. Here's the full lineup with predictions in bold. MEN'S SINGLES Lin Dan vs Martyn Lewis Dicky Palyama vs James Chua Andrew Dabeka vs Wu Yunyong Park Sung Hwan vs Kasper Ipsen Yousuke Nakanishi vs Juergen Koch Roman Spitko vs Xia Xuanze Chen Hong vs Vladislav Druzchenko Lu Yi vs Chan Yan Kit Kang Woo Kyum vs Chen Jin Peter Mikkelsen vs Ng Wei Li Yu vs Eric Pang Jean Michel Le-Fort vs Lee Hyun Il Agus Hariyanto vs Bjorn Joppien Simon Santoso vs Sato Shoji (MATCH OF THE ROUND) Kasper Oedum vs Bobby Milroy Arief Rasidi vs Bao Chunlai -- the most competitive field MEN'S DOUBLES Hwang Ji Man/Han Sang Hoon vs Kristoff Hopp/Ingo Kindervater (the German beat Sang Yang/Guo Zhendong in the first round) Anthony Clark/Robert Blair vs Erwin Hehlhoffner/Thomas Quere Yoo Yeon Seong/Kang Myeong Won vs Robert Adcock/Robin Middleton (another upset in the first round as the 4th seeded Shirley/Gordon were beaten by the young Korean pair) Liu Kwok Wa/Albertus Susanto Njoto vs Travis Denney/Boyd Copper Simon Archer/David Lindley vs Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda (MATCH OF THE ROUND) Geoff Bellingham/Craig Cooper vs Michael Logosz/Robert Mateusiak Simon Mollyhus/Anders Kristiansen vs Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae Roman Spitko/Michael Fuchsvs Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun -- barring a disaster, Fu/Cai should win the title) WOMEN'S SINGLES Zhang Ning vs Eriko Hirose Yao Jie vs Lee Yun Hwa Pi Hongyan vs Hirayama Yu Tracey Hallam vs Zhu Lin Wang Lin vs Mia Audina Tjiptawan Cheng Shao-Chieh vs Wang Chen (MATCH OF THE ROUND) Lu Lan vs Xu Huaiwen Kaori Mori vs Xie Xingfang -- it could be all Chinese (or ex-Chinese) players in the quarter-final WOMEN’S DOUBLES Gao Ling/Huang Sui vs Nina Vislova/Valeri Sorokina Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing vs Claudia Vogelgsang/Steffi Struschka Ha Jung Eun/Hwang Yu Mi vs Carina Mette/Caren Hueckstaedt (the Korean pair beat my favourite Japanese pair Ogura/Shiota…huhu…) Zhang Dan/Zhao Tingting vs Sara Runesten-Petersen/Nicole Gordon Mia Audina Tjiptawan/Lotte Bruil vs Du Jing/Yu Yang (MATCH OF THE ROUND) Birgit Overzier/Michaela Peiffer vs Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen Natalie Munt/Suzanne Rayappan vs Zhang Yawen/Wei Yili Nicole Grether/Juliane Schenk vs Lee Hyo Jung/Lee Kyung Won -- Lee/Lee will have to face 3 Chinese pairs to win the title. MIXED DOUBLES Lee Jae Jin/Lee Hyo Jung vs Kristof Hopp/Birgit Oversier Guo Zhendong/Yu Yang vs Robert Adcock/Jenny Wallwork Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen vs Vladislav Druzchenko/Elena Nozdran Robert Blair/Natalie Munt vs Keita Masuda/Tomomi Matsuda (MATCH OF THE ROUND) Robin Middleton/Sarah Bok vs David Lindley/Suzanne Rayappan Andrew Bowman/Kirsteen Mcewan-Miller vs Daniel Shirley/Sara-Runesten-Petersen Simon Archer/Ella Trip vs Anggun Nugroho/Yunita Tetty Ingo Kindervater/Katrin Piotrowski vs Zhang Jun/Gao Ling -- the quarter-final will offer some mouth-watering clashes
XD Results MIXED DOUBLES ROUND 2 Lee Jae Jin/Lee Hyo Jung bt Kristof Hopp/Birgit Oversier 15-5, 15-2 Guo Zhendong/Yu Yang bt Robert Adcock/Jenny Wallwork 15-5, 15-3 Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen bt Vladislav Druzchenko/Elena Nozdran 15-13, 15-9 Robert Blair/Natalie Munt bt Keita Masuda/Tomomi Matsuda 11-15, 15-3, 15-9 David Lindley/Suzanne Rayappan bt Robin Middleton/Sarah Bok 15-6, 15-4 Daniel Shirley/Sara Runesten-Petersen bt Andrew Bowman/Kirsteen Mcewan-Miller 15-5, 15-12 Anggun Nugroho/Yunita Tetty bt Simon Archer/Ella Trip 15-4, 15-3 Zhang Jun/Gao Ling bt Ingo Kindervater/Katrin Piotrowski 15-4, 15-6 QUARTER-FINAL Lee Jae Jin/Lee Hyo Jung vs Guo Zhendong/Yu Yang Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen vs Robert Blair/Natalie Munt (MATCH OF THE ROUND) David Lindley/Suzanne Rayappan vs Daniel Shirley/Sara Runesten-Petersen Anggun Nugroho/Yunita Tetty vs Zhang Jun/Gao Ling
Simon Santoso (INA) leads Shoji Sato (8) (JPN) 15-8, 7-2. Bobby Milroy (CAN) leads Kaspar Oedum (GER) 15-9 Other MS results: Lin Dan bt Martyn Lewis 15-3, 15-1 Dicky Palyama bt James Chua 15-10, 15-6 Wu Yunyong bt Andrew Dabeka 15-7, 15-8 Park Sung Hwan bt Kasper Ipsen 15-0, 15-7 Yousuke Nakanishi bt Juergen Koch 15-5, 15-2 Lu Yi bt Chan Yan Kit 15-10, 11-15, 15-12 Chen Jin bt Kang Woo Kyum 15-1, 15-8 Ng Wei bt Peter Mikkelsen 15-13, 17-14 Chen Hong bt Vladislav Druzchenko 15-2, 15-12 Xia Xuanze bt Roman Spitko 15-7, 15-8 Li Yu bt Eric Pang 9-15, 15-12, 15-2 Lee Hyun Il bt Jean-Michel Lefort 15-7, 15-3
Simon Santoso bt Shoji Sato 15-8, 15-3. He will face the winner between Agus Hariyanto (HKG) and Bjorn Joppien (GER), currently in the rubber game later. Technically, he should win and face Bao Chunlai in the quarter-final. But, you know Simon....he can play brilliantly in one game and totally screws things up the next game. I am still keeping my fingers crossed. Team Indonesia's performance is better this time round, with one quarter-final placement and possibly one more from Simon. At least Simon beats a seeded player this time round. I hope Anggun/Yunita can at least take a set from the waning Zhang Jun/Gao Ling tomorrow. A semi-final place will be considered a bonus.
MEN'S SINGLES ROUND 3 Lin Dan vs Dicky Palyama Xia Xuanze vs Wu Yunyong Chen Hong vs Park Sung Hwan Yousuke Nakanishi vs Lu Yi Chen Jin vs Ng Wei Li Yu vs Lee Hyun Il Bjorn Joppien vs Simon Santoso Kasper Oedum vs Bao Chunlai
up sets lots of up sets in the 2nd day, 2 seeds from holland bow out by younger oppenent from china. Mia audina and yao jie surprisingly lost 3 sets to up comming chinesse top WS. MS also create some up sets. simon santonso from indonesia show exit to the 8 seeds shato soji from japan. mean while Li, yu from china sent back seeds numebr 14 Eric Pang from netherlands. and also the young danish kaspar oedum won over canadian which seed number 9, bobby milroy.
from your predection i'll say that this will be chinese national competation? hehehhe chinese book 6 out of 8 place in quater final... what a country
nice work by the young england players adcock and middleton.. taking the korean pair in three games.. coops
Hmm...I observe that Team England seems to have a good stock of young and upcoming players in the doubles, especially in mixed. Besides Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms, which I currently rate as the no 1 pair in mixed, Team England have 2 other solid senior pairs in Robert Blair/Natalie Munt and Anthony Clark/Donna Kellogg. There are also other young pairs such as David Lindley/Suzanne Rayappan. They should be in the top 20s within the next 1-2 year.
A couple of upsets in WS and as I mentioned earlier, it's almost an all-Chinese field. WOMEN'S SINGLES QUARTER-FINAL Zhang Ning vs Lee Yun Hwa Pi Hongyan vs Zhu Lin Wang Lin vs Wang Chen (MATCH OF THE ROUND) Lu Lan vs Xie Xingfang
Pi Hongyan just lost to Zhu Lin 2:11, 3:11 last week at Swiss open Recent results from Swiss open last week also indicated: Lu Lan > Xu HW > Wang Lin > Mia Lu Lan > Xu HW > Zhu Lin > Pi HY is Lu Lan better than Wang Lin and Zhu Lin ? Some posts said Zhu Lin is the China's #3. I'm wondering why? Wang YH looks best fit to me. but she skipped the current 3 opens
MEN'S DOUBLES QUARTER FINAL Hwang Ji Man/Han Sang Hoonvs Anthony Clark/Robert Blair Robert Adcock/Robin Middleton vs Liu Kwok Wa/Albertus Susanto Njoto Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda advances to the semi-final --> WO against Michael Logosz/Robert Mateusiak Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong DaevsFu Haifeng/Cai Yun (MATCH OF THE ROUND)
WOMEN’S DOUBLES QUARTER-FINAL Gao Ling/Huang Sui vs Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing Ha Jung Eun/Hwang Yu Mi vs Zhang Dan/Zhao Tingting Du Jing/Yu Yang vs Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen Zhang Yawen/Wei Yili vs Lee Hyo Jung/Lee Kyung Won (MATCH OF THE ROUND) -- again, it could be an all-Chinese affairs in the semi-final.
A bad start by Simon, he was trailing Bjorn Joppien 7-1 before he leads 8-7. It's also pretty tight for the other 2 matches between Lee Hyun Il vs Li Yu (12-13) as well as for Kaspar Oedum vs Bao Chunlai (7-9). Chen Jin continues his impressive form by taking the first set against Ng Wei 15-6.
Lee Hyun Il (KOR) leads Li Yu (CHN) 15-13 Kaspar Oedum (DEN) leads Bao Chunlai (CHN) 15-11 Simon Santoso (INA) leads Bjorn Joppien (GER) 15-11. Chen Hong and Chen Jin also progressed to the quarter-final after beating Park Sung Hwan and Ng Wei respectively.
I don't know. The match is not on live-score anymore. One of the player must had retired?? Once again, Bjorn Joppien leads 7-1 in the second set. Simon is stuck at his first point for very very long!
