CLELY
Regular Member
Venue : Sports Centre Olympic Boulevard, Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney-AUS
Total prize-money : US$750,000
Tournament website : http://www.australianbadmintonopen.com.au/
Tournamentsofware link : http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sp...4-9A933DBA0736
Tournament time-table : http://www.australianbadmintonopen.com.au/schedule
Sydney time : http://www.australianbadmintonopen.com.au/schedule
Some big surprises coloured first round tournament as seeded shuttlers were sent packing, several title contenders at the brink of losing and got scare from their lower rank opponent. The stunning defeat should be defending champion and one of strong fave Lin Dan and MD second seed Ahsan/Setiawan.
In MS, China top seed Chen Long dropped 1 game and pushed into the limit by Indian qualifier Gurusaidutt while third seed Jorgensen was pretty smooth to clinch last sixteen spot. Srikanth saved four match point to avoid early exit here against Vittinghus, similar case with Wang ZM who opposed Kashyap. Former Thai #1 Boonsak Ponsana stunned Son Wan Ho who shows negative trend lately. Three intriguing clashes tomorrow, first seed Chen Long will face the evergreen Hu Yun who defeated him twice in their last two meetings, can the world champion take revenge tomorrow? Also Indian leading MS Srikanth v Tian HW whom eliminated world #4 in Malaysia last April and Danish young star Axelsen who created headline to beat Lin Dan will take on China promising talent Xue Song.
Tai TY and Intanon suffered early losing while Wang YH stretched into tiring three games against Sindhu and another tricky rival is waiting for her, Sayaka Takahashi. Wang SX v Busanan and Nehwal v Sun Yu possibly will be close ties tomorrow. Carolina Marin is expected through to last eight and Li Xuerui as well.
Two Korean MD, top-seed Lee YD/Yoo YS and reigning world champion Ko SH/Shin BC made perfect start here while their compatriot 8th seed Kim GJ/Kim SR succumbed to Hashimoto/Hirata. Two interesting duels in this department, Lee SM/Tsai CH will meet Koo KK/Tan BH also Endo/Hayakawa v MAS #1 Goh VS/Tan WK.
Minor upsets in WD as 7th & 8th seed have been ousted, all faves are going to the script. Two highlights tomorrow, Maheswari/Polii v Gutta/Ponnapa and Chang YN/Jung KE v Ma J/Tang YT.
XD top three seeds displayed shaky performance at R/32, two Chinese combos Xu/Ma and Lu/Huang will take on Korean scratch pair Shin BC/Chae YJ and Choi SG/Eom HW respectively. Jordan/Susanto once again will face their nemesis Lee CH/Chau HW.
ORDER OF PLAY (01.00pm local time, 4 courts) => http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...7622D8-C646-4BEE-8754-9A933DBA0736&d=20150528