The draw as released through BWF website : http://www.bwfbadminton.org/file.aspx?id=493683&dl=1 Only 9 WD pairs and 15 MD pairs will participate RUS Open, it's really silent tournament.
hey sis, you surprised me you know? haha... I thought only WD and MD in this tournament. After clicking the link, I found MS, WS and XD. Akane Yamaguchi and Aya Ohori will be playing though.
Sorry, it's misunderstanding with my posting Too bad the talented and newly-crowned JPN SS winner Akane has withdrawn but Aya is playing. No qualification round due to lack of participants, the main draw will be kicked off tomorrow : http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=10FE1479-143A-4A54-A2F9-5DD61FE53DC1
Easy win for Japanese young talent Aya Ohori in this tournament, Vladimir Ivanov and his MD partner Ivan Sozonov bagged 2 titles in MS and XD disciplines respectively : http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...FE1479-143A-4A54-A2F9-5DD61FE53DC1&d=20130929
I wonder why not more overseas players enter this tournament. After all, it looks like a good place to pick up ranking points. How easy is it to get a visa into Russia?
It's too expensive for most European players who aren't funded to travel to Vladivostok. Visa's tend to be fairly strictly controlled but not too difficult if you're "clean"
it's close to Japan, therefore, some Japanese players there. it's close to China and Korea too, but CHN and KOR players are controlled by their teams, they cannot play any tournaments upon their own willingness.
