thought lost 1st game will be the end ok Koo/Tan, fortunately they survived by winning 2nd game & the decider, next SF opponent will be easy one, hope they take 2 straight games, no rubber game...
SEMIFINALS (02.00pm local time, 2 courts) => http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...5D6F33-A17F-461A-BAB0-2048BE7147A3&d=20151010 Some upsets have been created yesterday, the most notable is XD top-seed Fuchs/Michels lost to Mateusiak/Zieba, this comeback Polish pair shows their real quality as they had won top tier tournament, INA Superseries back to 2010 edition. Mixed fortune for IND and MAS MS at quarterfinal stage, former Asian Junior champion succumbed to Danish #5 Emil Holst but Goh Soon Huat knocked out Danish #4 Persson. The similar case happened to Indian player, Gurusaidutt lost to Estonian Raul Must while defending champion Ajay Jayaram keeps the chance alive after defeated Zainuddin in three games. Interesting semifinal tie between Holst v Must, Jayaram is favoured to eliminate Malaysian back-up Goh SH. The faves are on course to book final ticket, Scottish talent Gilmour will face TPE Hsu YC and German experienced WS Schnaase will be challenged by Danish young star Kjaersfeldt. Both Gilmour and Schnaase didn't drop any game en route to last four, they may meet in tomorrow finale. Koo KK/Tan BH looks unstoppable to reach last round once again after THA GP Gold last Sunday, they will up against TPE less experienced pair Lee JH/Lee Y. Second seed Attri/Reddy has advantage to overcome English pair Ellis/Mills, rematch of last week Bulgarian IC quarterfinal. Home favourite Muskens/Piek has really good start to enter semifinal and two steps closer to defend their title here. Stoeva sisters, Gabriella and Stefani will up against the unseeded Indonesian new WD partnership, Bernadeth/Lejarsari. We'll see whether GER or INA pair could deny the final script. Former top ten XD, Mateusiak/Zieba has bright prospect to book final ticket against French pair Labar/Lefel. A close tie will be expected when two pairs have equal chance to progress,Thai veteran pair Sudket/Saralee v local hopeful Arends/Piek.
So good news for Malaysian MD and MS. Goh Soon huat and Koo/ tan have a chance to win the medal now. Koo / tan I believe can win the gold medal. They are unstoppable right now. Goh soon haut lets see his performance today.
I am surprised Zieba/Robert lost and Selena/Arends lost after doing so well 30-29 are you kidding me that's too much to take... Ajay you made us proud again.. Let's go Manny/Reddy make it to your yet another final... This 2 months have been really productive for them the new coach has done his first task comprehensively they are choosing right tourneys
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thank god KKK/TBH reached to final by defeating TPE pair in 3 games, however they better be careful if they want to win the title as I watched them play, they ain't play as aggressive as Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Seung...
FINALS (12.30pm local time) => http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...5D6F33-A17F-461A-BAB0-2048BE7147A3&d=20151011 Two defending champions are on course to extend their title, Jayaram and Muskens/Piek. IND has two final representatives alongside another Asian shuttlers from MAS and THA against their European rivals. XD, Thai XD Sudket/Saralee become the only unseeded shuttlers through to last round and they have slight advantage to top podium against 4th seed French combo Ronan Labar/Emilie Lefel who knocked out Mateusiak/Zieba in marathon match last night. WD, home hopeful Eefje Muskens/Selena Piek is strong favourite to bag title at homesoil once again, as predicted their final hurdle none but second seed Stefani & Gabriella Stoeva. The Bulgarian pair needed much more energy before eliminated Indonesian Bernadeth/Lejarsari in 88 minutes gruelling and thrilling semifinal clash. MS, Indian Ajay Jayaram continues his good run after managed second position at KOR SS last month and expected to defend his title against sensational Estonian Raul Must. Must showed well development recently to be runner-up of RUS Open GP and won Bulgarian Int.series also semifinalist at Prague IC as well. WS, An intriguing WS final contest between German #1 Karin Schnaase v Scottish rising star Kirsty Gilmour, head to head statistics is 2-2 for both players, Gilmour won their last meeting and may repeat her successful once again to overcome her more experienced opponent today based on her positive trend lately. Gilmour is one of European best talent currently and expected to follow the phenomenal Spaniard Carolina Marin who stunned world badminton last year. MD, former world number one and All England champion Koo KK/Tan BH may redeem their final defeat last week in Thailand to prevail here despite this comeback Malaysian pair is still far from their best. They will face tricky final test, second seed Attri/Reddy who had pretty good outcome in this year.
The Finalists from different nations [TABLE="class: ruler matches"] [TR="bgcolor: #FDFDFD"] [TD][/TD] [TD]1. [/TD] [TD]Starting at 12:30 PM [/TD] [TD]XD [/TD] [TD="align: right"] [TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Ronan Labar [4] [/TD] [TD][FRA] [/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Emilie Lefel [/TD] [TD][FRA] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]- [/TD] [TD] [TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: #FDFDFD"] [TD][THA] [/TD] [TD]Sudket Prapakamol [5] [/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][THA] [/TD] [TD]Saralee Thoungthongkam [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]2. [/TD] [TD]Followed by [/TD] [TD]WD [/TD] [TD="align: right"] [TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Eefje Muskens [1] [/TD] [TD][NED] [/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Selena Piek [/TD] [TD][NED] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]- [/TD] [TD] [TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][BUL] [/TD] [TD]Gabriela Stoeva [2] [/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][BUL] [/TD] [TD]Stefani Stoeva [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]3. [/TD] [TD]Followed by [/TD] [TD]MS [/TD] [TD="align: right"] [TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Raul Must [12] [/TD] [TD][EST] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]- [/TD] [TD] [TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][IND] [/TD] [TD]Ajay Jayaram [3] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]4. [/TD] [TD]Followed by [/TD] [TD]WS [/TD] [TD="align: right"] [TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Karin Schnaase [3] [/TD] [TD][GER] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]- [/TD] [TD] [TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][SCO] [/TD] [TD]Kirsty Gilmour [5] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][/TD] [TD]5. [/TD] [TD]Followed by [/TD] [TD]MD [/TD] [TD="align: right"] [TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Kien Keat Koo [7] [/TD] [TD][MAS] [/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD="align: right"]Boon Heong Tan [/TD] [TD][MAS] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]- [/TD] [TD] [TABLE] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][IND] [/TD] [TD]Manu Attri [2] [/TD] [/TR] [TR="bgcolor: transparent"] [TD][IND] [/TD] [TD]B. Sumeeth Reddy [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Interestingly, except for India which has representatives in 2 events, the rest are from different countries. For a change it is refreshing to see the lesser known countries, at least for fans in Asia, competing for the Dutch Open titles: France Bulgaria Estonia, and Scotland Only the WD performed to form, NED#1 versus BUL#2. In MS, Raul Must EST#12 has acquitted himself well to reach the final but his advance may well be stopped by Ajay IND#3, who is not only ranked higher but has been more active in the international circuit. Malaysia's three young hopefuls for "gold, silver and bronze", as one fan predicted, were unfortunately eliminated. But MAS has KKK and TBH still standing in MD against their young Indian aspirants, Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy, seeded higher at #2. When it comes to 3 games, I hope the Malaysians will be better prepared, fitness-wise. On the other hand, if India's newly appointed Malaysian coach has been training the Indian pair, the end for the MAS team may come sooner since he is more acquainted with the Malaysians' game.
Well one thing about the reason for other countries to emerge and no representative from asia is because, unlike usual series, which usually consist of 3 tournaments in a roll, thia time there is 4. And even for a worls class player, playing 3 is already too tiring, let alone 4.comparing to bitburger, which is a gpg, this tournament looks lackluster. Good thing of course, is with this tournament, and swiss ic next week, essentially gives2nd string players choices of participation
Ever since Bitburger moved it's date to after the French Open, this Dutch Open has had less quality players but the organisation has not responded to it. Then again it's still in the lead-up position to two SS ...
