Comments on the FINALS at the 2010 Australian Open GP
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Some BCer sent an email to me asking me to comment on the FINALS at the
2010 Australian Open GP.
With little time on hand, I shall give a little comment on each of the 5 matches;
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Womens Singles:
Seo Yoon Hee (KOR) defeated Minatsu Mitani (JPN)
22-20, 14-21, 21-19 in 58 minutes.
This was the first (and also the best) of the 5 matches to watch. Both SYH and MM showed us how much fighting spirit they have. The match could end up with either player winning. On MM's part, she showed more emotion (frustration and determination) whenever she was winning or losing a rally. SYH was more experienced; therefore she did not allow emotion to play a part in her match. She was fully concentrating and determined to play at her very best.
MM later told me that she couldn't believe that she'd lost and missed out on the US$3,750 prize money.


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Mixed Doubles:
Cho Gun Woo/Kim Min Seo (KOR) defeated Hajime Komiyama/Sayuri Asahara (JPN)
21-14, 21-10 in 31 minutes.
Both CGW and KMS were focusing to attack SA. But SA did some incredible defence. It was HK who could not inject enough stink in his attack when SA defended so well. Anyway, KMS also played better than her partner, CGW. Being such a tall woman, KMS could return most shots that the JPN players sent to her.
Cho Gun Woo/Kim Min Seo deserved to win the US$3,950 prize money.
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Mens Singles:
Nguyen Tien Mimh (VIE) defeated Yogendran Krishnan (MAS)
21-14, 21-11 in 36 minutes.
In his match, YK did not try to play his spinning netplay against NTM. YK played quite well against NTM, even though the score-line doesn't indicate it. It was NTM's consistency to return all YK's shots (mainly excellent dropshots from the back of YK's court) that surprised YK.
Somehow, during the second game, YK felt dizzy. He wanted some break (to towel down), but the umpire was too unforgiving; not allowing YK to have any break at all.
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Mens Doubles:
Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN) defeated Kang Woo Kyum/ Park Tae Sang (KOR)
21-15, 21-16 in 36 minutes.
This was an exciting match. I was quite surprised that KWK/PTS arrived at the venue so late (less than an hour, before this match was to commence).
Funny that players have so much problems in this match (2 broken racket frames and 4 broken strings). Both the Korean players had their rackets (frames) broken. And Japanese player, KH, broke his strings for 3 of his rackets. At one rally, KH ran out of court to pick up another racket when he realised that his string was broken.


I, together with the Japanese team, was hurrying to get KY's rackets restrung ASAP.


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Womens Doubles:
Lee Kyung Won/Kim Min Seo (KOR) defeated Kang Hae Won/ Seo Yoon Hee (KOR)
21-17, 21-17 in 26 minutes
This was just a 'demonstration' match. With experienced LKW on one side, we all knew the outcome of this match before it began. So, I took time to move to the Korean camp to talk to Hwang Hye Youn. She told me that she is still having problem with her right foot. It is actually a pain at the bottom of her right foot heel that is causing her discomfort; not her ankle, that many BCers thought was her problem.
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