Venue : Sports Hall Olympic, Vladivostok Category : Grand Prix Total prize-money : US$50,000 Draw date : 15 June 2010 M/Q Report version 1 (updated 07 June 2010) -- http://www.internationalbadminton.org/tournamentcalendar_event.aspx?id=3752&calendarid=73 2009 Winners MS -- Vladimir Malkov (RUS) WS -- Ella Diehl (RUS) MD -- Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov (RUS) WD -- Valeria Sorokina/Nina Vislova (RUS) XD -- Vitalij Durkin/Nina Vislova (RUS)
Schedule & Result ts link -- http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=91F5563E-42F1-4324-A206-8CF46F46AC0C
Wow.....1st round toughie opponents for 2 higher ranked WS from Russia, Diehl and Bibik, they face tricky Chn challenges...
Tournament Dates (taken from the invitation of Russian Open GP 2010) : 29th June (Tuesday) : Arrival day, Team Managers meeting 30th June (Wednesday) : Qualification Round 1st July (Thursday) : Preliminary Round, Opening Ceremony 2nd July (Friday) : Preliminary Round & Quarterfinals 3rd July (Saturday) : Semifinals 4th July (Sunday) : FINALS 5th July (Monday) : Team Managers meeting, See Walk
Japanese shuttlers won 2 titles through MS (Takuma Ueda) and WS (Ayane Kurihara), meanwhile home players dominated doubles discipline with 3 titles, MD-WD-XD.
Here are a few: http://www.badm.ru/news/federation/1297 And two galleries I just found/read about http://primbadminton.ru/index.php?option=com_datsogallery&Itemid=0&func=viewcategory&catid=22 http://primbadminton.ru/index.php?option=com_datsogallery&Itemid=0&func=viewcategory&catid=23 And some more: http://vestiregion.ru/2010/07/02/vo...badmintonu-russian-open-grand-prix-2010-foto/
..demo??..when did that name come into effect??.. thanks for scouring the internet for the pics, demolidor!..now we need our Russian BCer, Dmitry, to do all the translation on those pages.. Btw, i noticed some of the JPN players who played in the Russian Open are listed in the upcoming U.S. Open GP Gold..