From BWF drawing, there are two MAS participants for this upcoming tourney : James Chua (MS-qualification) and Salim Sameon (MD-qualification) who will be paired with Finland player.
Ouch...Krisna must be disappointed WS Q2 matchups: Fransisca Ratnasari vs Evgenia Dimova or Kamilla Augustyn Sylvinna Kurniawan vs Chen Jiayuan or Linda Zechiri Maria Elfira Christina vs Alesia Zaitsava or Tatjana Bibik
Nana won and thru main draw ( defeating Linda Zechiri) Silvi lost to Zechiri in 2nd round Fira def Bibik in 2 round, now playing with Olga galvanova, 21-15, now in 2nd set ( Olga leading 6-3)
Not bad....Nana seems to have shown some improvements? Early defeat for most of Djarum's WS players....sigh....
Hau-Ge, Fransisca Ratnasari will now play your friend, Filipa Lamy in the first round. Quite a winnable match for Nana, she will probably face Cheng Shao-Chieh [8] for a place in the last eight. If Maria Elfira Christina wins, she will face a tough tie against Eriko Hirose [3] in R32 tomorrow. Meanwhile, any news on MXQ where Anggun Nugroho/Nathalia Christine Poluakan are also playing today?
Eriko Hirose withdrew...Fira in the 3rd set....leading 14-5...Olga looked tired.......do not know who replacing Hirose...
Russian Open Day 2: 06/12 Tomorrow will see quite a number matches involving Team INA and Djarum, with predicted winners in bold. MEN'S SINGLES R64 Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka vs Klaus Raffeiner Q3 vs Andreas Adityawarman Q2 vs Tommy Sugiarto Alamsyah Yunus vs Luka Petric MEN'S SINGLES R32 (to be played tomorrow too) Sho Sasaki [6] vs Ari Yuli Wahyu Hartanto Andre Kurniawan Tedjono [8] vs Michal Matejka Andreas Adityawarman vs Tommy Sugiarto -- if both win their R64 match. Raju Rai vs Alamsyah Yunus -- if both win their R64 match. MEN'S DOUBLES R32 Tantowi Akhmad/Anggun Nugroho vs Q2 Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki [8] vs Evgenij Dremin/Alexej Vasiljev -- a tricky tie against the home pair, I hope Rian/Yoke can progress at least to the Semi-Final. Bona Septano/Mohd Ahsan vs Kristof Hopp/Ingo Kindervater [5] -- an unlucky tie against the 5th seed German pair, who is more experienced than Bona/Ahsan. It will be a good progress for them if they can upset the German pair. Rendra Wijaya/Fran Kurniawan vs Chris Langridge/Richard Eidestedt -- also a tricky one for Rendra/Fran, but, they should manage. WOMEN'S SINGLES R32 Filipa Lamy vs Fransisca Ratnasari -- will this mark a comeback for the former INA no 1 player? WOMEN'S DOUBLES R32 Yulianti/Nathalia Christine Poluakan vs Panushkina Anastasia/Irina Hlebko -- the INA pair should be able to pass their first test in Moscow. MIXED DOUBLES R32 Andrew Bowman/Sarah Bok vs Tantowi Akhmad/Yulianti -- a reasonable first test for INA's most promising XD pair.
In that case, Fira should take it. There should be quite a number of withdrawals, esp if the Koreans decide not to participate after the tiring Super Series matches in the past fortnight.
Anggun/Nathalia goes to main draw due to withdrawal.. Maria elfira def Olga galvanova in 3 sets and she will meet Olga Konon who replaces Hirose...could be tough...hope Fira prevails...
Good news for INA fans...the Russian Open is in tournamentsoftware.com, with live score, although it's not working yet as of now Probably tomorrow when the main draw begins! As expected, the Korean team has withdrawn, and there's no Andreas Adityawarman in the MS draw Lee Hyun Il's withdrawal makes it a good opportunity for Tommy Sugiarto to reach the QF or even SF if he can beat Lu Yi. Additional matches: WOMEN'S SINGLES R32 Olga Konon vs Maria Elfira Christina -- another tricky tie for Fira, of course, we hope she can win. MIXED DOUBLES R32 Anggun Nugroho/Nathalia Christine Poluakan vs Chris Adcock/Gabrielle White -- with Anggun's experience, I think they should beat the ENG pair. If both INA pairs win tomorrow, one QF spot is guaranteed.
I doubt that Yuyang and Du Jing will be there..but their XD coach said that they should go there...lets see!
