A breakdown by countries: MS: JPN 1, MAS 1 WS: CHN 1, THA 1 MD: JPN 2 WD: JPN 1, MAS 1 XD: JPN 1, THA 1 Total: JPN 5, MAS 2, THA 2, CHN 1 By continent: ALL ASIAN
MS Final Wong Choong Hann (MAS) [8] vs. Sho Sasaki (JPN) [6] Road to the final: Wong Choong Hann (current World Ranking: 24) R64: def. Ashwant Gobinathan (AUS) [Q]....21-6, 21-10 (17 minutes) R32: def. Yuichi Ikeda (JPN).....................21-19, 21-16 (43 minutes) R16: def. Mathieu Lo Ying Ping (FRA) [14]...13-21, 21-18, 21-14 (57 minutes) QF: def. Takuma Ueda (JPN).....................21-11, 21-12 (34 minutes) SF: def. Tommy Sugiarto (INA) [9].............21-16, 21-19 (46 minutes) Tournament achievements this year: SF (Swiss Open GPG), R32 (All England Open SSP, Korea Open SSP, Malaysia Open SS) Sho Sasaki (current World Ranking: 26) R64: def. Michael Fariman (AUS) [Q]................21-7, 21-9 (23 minutes) R32: def. Lino Munoz (MEX)............................21-11, 21-12 (25 minutes) R16: def. Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (MAS) [10]...21-17, 21-11 (35 minutes) QF: def. Nguyen Tien Minh (VIE) [2]................21-19, 7-21, 21-18 (1 hour and 5 minutes) SF: def. Chan Yan Kit (HKG) [15]....................13-21, 21-16, 21-11 (54 minutes) Tournament achievements this year: QF (Swiss Open GPG), R32 (Korea Open SSP, Malaysia Open SS) Head to head: 1-0 in favor of Sho Sasaki (def. Wong Choong Hann 21-17, 21-18 at the 2010 Thomas Cup)
WS Final Liu Xin (CHN) [1] vs. Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA) [6] Road to the final: Liu Xin (current World Ranking: 6) R32: def. Kaori Imabeppu (JPN)..............17-21, 21-16, 21-18 (1 hour and 7 minutes) R16: def. Fu Mingtian (SIN)...................17-21, 21-12, 21-14 (1 hour) QF: def. Sayaka Sato (JPN) [8]..............21-19, 21-10 (42 minutes) SF: def. Inthanon Ratchanok (THA) [7]...15-21, 22-20, 21-12 (1 hour and 8 minutes) Tournament achivements this year: Winner (German Open GPG), QF (Malaysia Open SS), R16 (All England Open SSP), R32 (Korea Open SSP) Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (current World Ranking: 21) R32: def. Fransiska Ratnasari (INA)...17-21, 21-18, 21-18 (1 hour and 12 minutes) R16: def. Aprilia Yuswandari (INA).....21-19, 21-12 (36 minutes) QF: def. Tai Tzu Ying (TPE) [4]........21-17, 21-16 (35 minutes) SF: def. Wang Lin (CHN) [PFQ].........14-21, 22-20, 21-17 (59 minutes) Tournament achievements this year: SF (Korea Open SSP), R32 (All England Open SSP, German Open GPG) Head to head: 0-0
MD Final Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN) [5] vs. Naoki Kawamae/Shoji Sato (JPN) [4] Road to the final: Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (current World Ranking: 19) R32: def. Danny Bawa Chrisnanta/Hendra Wijaya (SIN)....21-9, 16-21, 21-9 (45 minutes) R16: def. James Eunson/Oliver Leydon-Davis (NZL).........21-14, 21-10 (24 minutes) QF: def. Gan Teik Chai/Tan Bin Shen (MAS) [3].............21-11, 21-12 (34 minutes) SF: def. Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata (JPN) [1]...21-19, 18-21, 21-7 (1 hour and 1 minute) Tournament achievements this year: R16 (All England Open SSP), R32 (Swiss Open GPG, German Open GPG, Korea Open SSP, Malaysia Open SS) Naoki Kawamae/Shoji Sato (current World Ranking: 16) R32: def. Wesley Caulkett/Raymond Tan (AUS) [Q].........................21-13, 21-7 (21 minutes) R16: def. Terry Yeo Zhao Jiang/Yi Liu (SIN)...................................21-10, 21-12 (22 minutes) QF: def. Chan Chong Ming/Lee Wan Wah (MAS).............................21-17, 21-14 (36 minutes) SF: def. Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) [2]...14-21, 21-8, 21-12 (44 minutes) Tournament achievements this year: SF (Malaysia Open SS), QF (German Open GPG), R16 (Swiss Open GPG, All England Open SSP, Korea Open SSP) Head to head: 0-0
WD Final Chin Eei Hui/Wong Pei Tty (MAS) vs. Shizuka Matsuo/Mami Naito (JPN) [4] Road to the final: Chin Eei Hui/Wong Pei Tty (current World Ranking: 67) R32: def. Louisa Ma/Tara Pilven (AUS)...............21-12, 21-4 (21 minutes) R16: def. Christina Aicardi/Claudia Rivero (PER)...21-10, 21-8 (19 minutes) QF: def. Mizuki Fujii/Reika Kakiiwa (JPN) [1]........21-18, 15-21, 21-14 (1 hour and 13 minutes) SF: def. Poon Lok Yan/Tse Ying Suet (HKG)........25-23, 21-18 (41 minutes) Tournament achievements this year: none Shizuka Matsuo/Mami Naito (current World Ranking: 10) R32: def. Jacinta Joe/Victoria Na (AUS)..........21-7, 21-7 (22 minutes) R16: def. Fu Mingtian/Gu Juan (SIN)..............21-9, 21-10 (28 minutes) QF: def. Leanne Choo/Renuga Veeran (AUS)...21-14, 21-8 (32 minutes) SF: def. Ou Dongni/Xiong Rui (CHN)...............21-19, 21-14 (46 minutes) Tournament achievements this year: SF (All England Open SSP, German Open GPG), QF (Swiss Open GPG), R32 (Korea Open SSP, Malaysia Open SS) Head to head: 0-0
Sho Sasaki is in the final? That's great. I've always admired his speed and determination. Just wondered about his tactics. Should be a very entertaining final if WCH is in his fiesty mode.
XD Final Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Mizuki Fujii (JPN) [5] vs. Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA) [2] Road to the final: Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Mizuki Fujii (current World Ranking: 37) R32: def. Michael Fowke/Amanda Brown (NZL)............................21-8, 21-8 (25 minutes) R16: def. Pei Tianyi/Ou Dongni (CHN)........................................21-14, 16-21, 21-13 (52 minutes) QF: def. Wong Wai Hong/Chau Hoi Wah (HKG) [4].......................21-16, 21-19 (40 minutes) SF: def. Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA) [1]...10-21, 21-19, 21-12 (56 minutes) Tournament achievements this year: R32 (All England Open SSP, German Open GPG, Korea Open SSP) Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (current World Ranking: 11) R32: def. Kai Lu/Dong Yourong (CHN)........................21-16, 21-18 (29 minutes) R16: def. Kenichi Hayakawa/Matsutomo Misaki (JPN)...21-17, 21-13 (31 minutes) QF: def. Tan Bin Shen/Ng Hui Ern (MAS)...................17-21, 21-18, 21-11 (42 minutes) SF: def. Shintaro Ikeda/Reiko Shiota (JPN) [3]...........21-12, 21-12 (27 minutes) Tournament achievements this year: SF (German Open GPG), QF (Malaysia Open SS), R32 (All England Open SSP, Korea Open SSP) Head to head: 1-1 (the JPN pair prevailed most recently, 14-21, 24-22, 24-22 at the 2010 Badminton Asia Championships)
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beeing off for my own battles now, just wanna wish all the best to Uncle Wong! Hope he can win veteran's battle - would be great! and next he hopefully becomes German champ! Go uncle go!!!
Sho Sasaki [6] def. Wong Choong Hann [8] 21-11, 12-21, 21-19 Liu Xin [1] def. Porntip Buranaprasertsuk [6] 21-14, 21-9 Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa [5] def. Naoki Kawamae/Shoji Sato [4] 21-17, 21-18 Shizuka Matsuo/Mami Naito [4] def. Chin Eei Hui/Wong Pei Tty 21-18, 21-11 Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul [2] def. Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Mizuki Fujii [5] JPN 3, CHN 1, THA 1 No real time updates since I just woke up
Sayang, the Malaysian MS and WD players lost to the Japanese in the last hurdle. Notwithstanding that, they did well to reach the final. Uncle WCH gave a good account of himself losing in a tight match.
Good for the Japanese players and good for Japan. Japan needs a break from the daily doses of bad news.
