. Today, Friday 14-Oct-2011, we are at the Quarter-Finals. For the Schedule of Matches, here is the link; http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=60389B26-7D2A-4EFC-831F-5D94C1BB1911 For the Time in the Netherlands; http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_NL.aspx The 2 top seeds of each event are still in contention; * WS: Porntip Buranaprasertsuk [1] Yao Jie [2] * MS: Ajay Jayaram [2] Przemyslaw Wacha [3] * WD: Duanganong Aroonkesorn/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul [1] Shinta Mulia Sari/Yao Lei [2] * MD: Ingo Kindervater/Johannes Schoettler [1] Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov [2] *XD: Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam [1] Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul [2] .
The Indian contingent lost a lot of their people in the round 16, yesterday. But their main contenders are still alive. In the MS, Ajay Jayaram leads the seedings, and is up against local hero and 5th seed Eric Pang. Also in MS, Arvind Bhat is up against TienChen Chou of Taiwan; both are very close in ranking, so it could be a very hard-fought game. Or not! If both Ajay and Arvind win their respective matches, they will end up playing one another in the semis! In the WS, P V Sindhu is up against 45-ranked Jeanine Cicognini of Switzerland, but as we know by now, the opponent's higher ranking means nothing to Sindhu! In the MD, Pranav/Akshay are up against 4th seeds and Dutch pair Ruud/Koen. Is this the end of the line for the Indian pair? In the WD, Pradnya/Prajakta are up against Thai pair and top seeds, Duanganong/Kunchala. End of the road here too?
2011 Dutch Open GP: Live Streaming from BadmintonEurope.TV . Found that BadmintonEurope will be providing Live Streaming. Good for some who could receive it; http://www.badmintoneurope.tv/ The first match will be starting in 40 minutes' time. .
The P. V. Sindhu (IND)-vs-Jeanine Cicognini (SUI) match . Let's follow P. V. the Sindhu (IND)-vs-Jeanine Cicognini (SUI) match. Game 1 PVS-JC: 0-0 (JC to serve) .
. Game 1 PVS-JC: 06-11 (Interval at the 5th minute) JC is doing well; She has never allowed PVS to lead after the first 3 points. .
. Game 1 PVS-JC: 06-11 (Interval at the 5th minute) PVS-JC: 21-18 (Game over at the 14th minute) Smash Winner PVS-JC: 04-05 Net Winner PVS-JC: 01-01 Clear Winner PVS-JC: 04-00 .
. Game 1 PVS-JC: 06-11 (Interval at the 5th minute) PVS-JC: 21-18 (Game over at the 14th minute) Smash Winner PVS-JC: 04-05 Net Winner PVS-JC: 01-01 Clear Winner PVS-JC: 04-00 Game 2 PVS-JC: 11-05 (Interval at the 21st minute) Smash Winner PVS-JC: 00-01 Net Winner PVS-JC: 01-03 Clear Winner PVS-JC: 01-00 .
. Game 1 PVS-JC: 06-11 (Interval at the 5th minute) PVS-JC: 21-18 (Game over at the 14th minute) Smash Winner PVS-JC: 04-05 Net Winner PVS-JC: 01-01 Clear Winner PVS-JC: 04-00 Game 2 PVS-JC: 11-05 (Interval at the 21st minute) PVS-JC: 21-09 (Match over at the 27th minute) Smash Winner PVS-JC: 00-03 Net Winner PVS-JC: 02-04 Clear Winner PVS-JC: 01-00 .
. The match happening now is the XD; Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul [2]-vs- Danny Bawa Chrisnanta/Yu Yan Vanessa Neo SA/KV won Game 1; 21-16 in 14 minutes. .
. Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul [2] are too strong for Danny Bawa Chrisnanta/Yu Yan Vanessa Neo. SA/KV won 21-16, 21-10 in 29 minutes. .
Interesting scoreline here for this MD: Russian going into the break 11-8, up to 13-8. Then 8 straight by the Danes to lead 16-13. One back for the Russians followed by another 4 for the Danes to go up 20-14. Last ditch fightback to 20-19 but in vain as the Danes takes the first 21-19. Interesting note on the side: Sozonov now playing with Yonex, used to be Babolat (both with VT80 ).
. The other XD Quarter-Finals match just completed is the; Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA) [1]-vs- Mikkel Delbo Larsen/Lena Grebak (DEN) SP/ST won without problems; 21-14, 21-17 in 31 minutes. .
Thanks Chris, for the updates!!! Sindhu either took some time waking up in the first game, or she was stumped by Jeanine's game! Either way, she got herself out of trouble, by the looks of it. ...Wish we could have someone record these matches and upload!!!
**Slap! Slap!** Hey! Wake up!!! Karina of Denmark took the first game 21-14 from Kristina of the Czech Republic!
Eventually, the Danes took the match in the rubber, again 21-19, giving away the second game 18-21 to the Russians...
....and Tien Chen Chou of Taiwan prevalied over Arvind Bhat of India in 3 games. So it was a hard-fought match in the end, but it appears from the scoreline that Bhat ran out of gas...
