Russian Open 2007

I thought they will win too....but...this is a GP Gold event...so...the learning curve is pretty steep for the young Pelatnas pair.

 

Ingo Kindervater/Katrin Piotrowski are also forced to a rubber...29-30 in the second set...interesting Well, I hope Anggun/Lia can qualify for the QF...the furthest they can possibly go now.

 

kindervater/piotrowski had won the third set, now the road to qf is nearly free

 

Both Maria Elfira Christina and Fransisca Ratnasari have progressed to R16.

 

Fira has a good chance to reach QTR...I hope Nana can defeat Cheng to reach QTR...who would have thought that Nana has improved since her slump last year and this year...

 

Rumbaka goes to R16....opponent is injured...

 

Look's like this thread is going to be populated by only INA fans.....with no MAS participation

Yup, Maria Elfira Christina faces Katie Tolmoff tomorrow in a winnable tie.
It will be tough for Fransisca Ratnasari against Cheng Shao-Chieh, but, for her to win 1 match in the main draw is already a good enough result

 

Oh? News-flash from someone in the stadium?

 

It's really good that Russian Open decides to adopt tournamentsoftware at the last minute...now we can have the luxury of live-scores

 

Yes....thats right!

 

Cheng Shao Chieh has not performed well..so Nana should take her chances...

 

Ok...MD will start shortly....with Rian/Yoke and Anggun/Tantowi.

 

what the hell happened to juliane schenk? how could she lose against yu hirayama? i hope she just had a bady day and is not injured as her doubles "mate" nicole grether

 

Rian/Yoke lost the second set 19-21, despite leading 14-10 They took the first set easily 21-10.

Meanwhile, Anggun Nugroho/Tantowi Akhmad have beaten their opponent in rubber-sets 21-9, 17-21, 21-14. They will entertain the 4th seed Mike Beres/William Milroy tomorrow.

 

It was an unconvincing start for Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki as they beat Evgenij Dremin/Alexej Vasiljev 21-10, 19-21, 23-21. The Russian pair actually had a match point at 21-20 before Rian/Yoke finished them off with the final 3 points of the match. What a close shave......

They better play better if they are to stand a chance against the vastly improving Tsai Chia-Hsin/Hu Chung-Hsien tomorrow

 

As expected, Bona Septano/Mohd Ahsan are still inexperienced as they lost 17-21, 16-21 to the 5th-seed Kristof Hopp/ Ingo Kindervater.

 

are bona/mohd youth players? how old are they?

 

Bona/Ahsan are both 20 yo.

 

Rendra Wijaya/Fran Kurniawan also progress to R16 after a straight-set victory over Chris Langridge/Richard Eidestedt 21-18, 21-14. They will face the second-seed Michal Logosz/Robert Mateusiak tomorrow. A tough match is in store

In the WD, Yulianti/Nathalia Christine Poluakan are forced into rubber-set

 

Yulianti/Nathalia Christine Poluakan have progressed after a rubber-set 21-13, 15-21, 21-10 victory over a Russian pair. They will face the top-seed Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing tomorrow.