of course she`s not young like saina!! if she`s that young, then she will be competing in the recently concluded WJC already
About the semi-final WS: It is 18:15 for Petya, when she splits/tears thigh muscle on her racket leg... 7-10 days for recovery. Despite that, she and her partner won the WD semifinal and tomorrow they are playing on the final.
Home players dominate today's finale of Russian GP which will be started on 10.00am : MD -- Vitalij Durkin/Alexandr Nikolaenko >< Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov (all-RUS-Final) MS -- Dicky Palyama (NED) >< Stanislav Pukhov (RUS) WD -- Valeri Sorokina/Nina Vislova (RUS) >< Petya Nedelcheva/Dimitria Popstoykova (BUL) WS -- Larisa Griga (UKR) >< Ella Diehl (RUS) XD -- Alexandr Nikolaenko/Valeri Sorokina >< Vitalij Durkin/Nina Vislova (all-RUS-Final)
Nice to see that Dicky won something . The only dutch guy in the tournament. Now let's hope Larisa Griga wins as well (used to play in Holland at the same club as Dicky) and the Bulgarian pair .
2008 Russian Open: Petya Nedelcheva's unfortunate injury . It looks like Petya's injury (torn thigh muscle on her racket leg) is a serious one. .
Another title for the host after Ella Diehl eliminates Ukrainian player Larisa Griga, 21-10 ; 17-21 ; 21-12.
The Winners : MS : Dicky Palyama (NED) WS : Ella Diehl (RUS) MD : Vitalij Durkin/Alexandr Nikolaenko (RUS) WD : Valeri Sorokina/Nina Vislova (RUS) XD : Alexandr Nikolaenko/Valeri Sorokina (RUS) Russian shuttlers almost create clean-sweep at their home tournament...