MS (R16) to be played today (Thursday) Elie Balligand (BEL) Geoffy R Bellingham (NZL) Nicholas Kidd (ENG) Kasper Oedum (DEN) Sairul Amar Ayob (MAS) Andrew Smith (ENG) Marc Zwiebler (GER) Michael Christensen (DEN) Joachim Persson (DEN) Leonard De Pauw Holvy (SUI) Jens-Kristian Leth (DEN) Björn Joppien (GER) Niluka Karunratne (SRI) Eric Pang (NED) Vladislav Druzhchenko (UKR) Niels Chr. Kaldau (DEN) The top half looks pretty light to me, compared to the bottom half. Sairul is the favourite there with Marc his biggest obstacle. The bottom half could very well see a Joppien v Kaldau semi-final.
WS (R16) to be played today (Thursday) Huaiwen Xu (GER) Elena Nozdran (UKR) Anna Larchenko (SUI) Camilla Sorensen (DEN) Anna Rice (CAN) Katja Michalowsky (GER) Petra Overzier (GER) Rachel Van Cutsen (NED) Ikue Tatani (JPN) Juliane Schenk (GER) Larisa Griga (UKR) Elizabeth Cann (ENG) Nicole Grether (GER) Rebecca Bellingham (NZL) Sarah Persson (SWE) Aiying Xing (SIN) Xu will breeze through the top half, while at the bottom half, although Xing is the favourite, she will have to be wary of the Germans Grether and Schenk. After all, she lost to a German in an early round (I think it was to Overzier in the Greek Open) recently.
MD last 16 Shirley/Gordon vs Hansson/Glaser Spitko/Fuchs vs Reuter/Kastens Beres/Milroy vs Wouters/Bosch Bonde/Enriksen vs Konakh/Russkikh Careme/Lo Ying Ping vs Gunawan/Haryanto Yankov/Simeonov vs Mawet/Claes Frandsen/Andersen vs Kehlhoffner/Quéré Rimarcdi/Hirschfeldt vs Hopp/Kindervater
WD last 16 Grether/Schenk vs Berglom/Persson Jacquet/Joerg vs Marinello/Piotrowski Bellingham/Hindley vs Yamada/Matsuo Van Cutsen/Van Dooremalen vs Pedersen/Reimers Runesten-Petersen/Gordon vs Nozdran/Griga Tatani/Wakisaka vs Overzier/Pfeiffer Teubner/Schmidt vs Mette/Hückstädt Boteva/Michalowski vs Lim/Chor
Quarter-Finals MS Geoffy R Bellingham (NZL) v Kasper Oedum (DEN) Sairul Amar Ayob (MAS) v Marc Zwiebler (GER) Leonard De Pauw Holvy (SUI) v Jens-Kristian Leth (DEN) Eric Pang (NED) v Vladislav Druzhchenko (UKR) (Bottom half seeds got devastated. Kaldau ousted by Druzhchenko, Joppien by Leth.) WS Huaiwen Xu (GER) v Camilla Sorensen (DEN) Katja Michalowsky (GER) v Petra Overzier (GER) Ikue Tatani (JPN) v Larisa Griga (UKR) Nicole Grether (GER) v Aiying Xing (SIN) (Good show by Japanese - she is also in the WD - as she took out Schenck.) MD Danial Shirley/John Gordon (NZL) v Roman Spitko/Michael Fuchs (GER) Mike Beres/Wiliam Milroy (CAN) v Rasmus Bonde/Kasper Henriksen (DEN) Tony Gunawan/Halim Haryanto(USA) v Frederic Mawet/Wouter Claes (BEL) Soren Frandsen/Rasmus Mangor Andersen (DEN) v Kristof Hopp/Ingo Kindervater (GER) (No doubt who's the overwhelming favourite here.) WD Nicole Grether/Juliane Schenk (GER) v Sandra Marinello/Kathrin Piotrowski (GER) Seiko Yamada/Shizuka Matsuo (JPN) v Christina Pedersen/Line Reimers (DEN) Sara Petersen/Nicole Gordon (NZL) v Ikue Tatani/Aya Wakisaka (JPN) Carina Mette/Caren Hückstädt (GER) v Pek Siah Lim/Hooi Yee Chor (MAS) XD Danial Shirley/Sara Runesten-Petersen (NZL) v Ingo Kindervater/Kathrin Piotrowski (GER) Mike Beres/Valerie Loker (CAN) v Rasmus Bonde/Christina Pedersen (DEN) Michael Fuchs/Sandra Marinello (GER) v Wiliam Milroy/Tammy Sun (CAN) Vladislav Druzhchenko (UKR)/Johanna Persson (SWE) v Jacob Chemniz/Julie Houmann (DEN)
Predictions (winners in bold) MS Geoffy R Bellingham (NZL) v Kasper Oedum (DEN) Sairul Amar Ayob (MAS) v Marc Zwiebler (GER) Leonard De Pauw Holvy (SUI) v Jens-Kristian Leth (DEN) Eric Pang (NED) v Vladislav Druzhchenko (UKR) (Bottom half seeds got devastated. Kaldau ousted by Druzhchenko, Joppien by Leth.) Sairul could nick another 1* title. WS Huaiwen Xu (GER) v Camilla Sorensen (DEN) Katja Michalowsky (GER) v Petra Overzier (GER) Ikue Tatani (JPN) v Larisa Griga (UKR) Nicole Grether (GER) v Aiying Xing (SIN) (Good show by Japanese - she is also in the WD - as she took out Schenck.) Final between Xu of GER and Xing of SIN MD Daniel Shirley/John Gordon (NZL) v Roman Spitko/Michael Fuchs (GER) Mike Beres/Wiliam Milroy (CAN) v Rasmus Bonde/Kasper Henriksen (DEN) Tony Gunawan/Halim Haryanto(USA) v Frederic Mawet/Wouter Claes (BEL) Soren Frandsen/Rasmus Mangor Andersen (DEN) v Kristof Hopp/Ingo Kindervater (GER) (No doubt who's the overwhelming favourite here.) Agreed....Tony/Halim to win the title WD Nicole Grether/Juliane Schenk (GER) v Sandra Marinello/Kathrin Piotrowski (GER) Seiko Yamada/Shizuka Matsuo (JPN) v Christina Pedersen/Line Reimers (DEN) Sara Petersen/Nicole Gordon (NZL) v Ikue Tatani/Aya Wakisaka (JPN) Carina Mette/Caren Hückstädt (GER) v Pek Siah Lim/Hooi Yee Chor (MAS) Japanese could rule this time... XD Danial Shirley/Sara Runesten-Petersen (NZL) v Ingo Kindervater/Kathrin Piotrowski (GER) Mike Beres/Valerie Loker (CAN) v Rasmus Bonde/Christina Pedersen (DEN) Michael Fuchs/Sandra Marinello (GER) v Wiliam Milroy/Tammy Sun (CAN) Vladislav Druzhchenko (UKR)/Johanna Persson (SWE) v Jacob Chemniz/Julie Houmann (DEN) The WC semi-finalist to win the title.
MX Semi-finals Shirley/Runesten-Petersen (NZL) vs Bonde/Pedersen (DEN) Milroy/Sun (CAN) vs Druzchenko/Persson (UKR/SWE)
Finals: WS: Huaiwen Xu (GER) vs. Aiying Sing (SIN) MS: Kasper Oedum (DEN) vs.Leonard De Pauw Holy (SUI) MX: Danial Shirley / Sara Runesten-Petersen (NZL) vs. Vladislav Druzhchenko (UKR) / Johanna Persson (SWE) WD: Nicole Grether / Juliane Schenk (GER) vs. Ikue Tatani / Aya Wakisaka (JPN) MD: Mike Berres / Wiliam Milroy (CAN) vs. Tony Gunawan / Halim Haryanto (USA)
Yes! Tony & Halim won the Bit Burger Finals defeating Beres & Millroy 15-3, 15-6. Tony & Halim didn't drop a set in the Tourney. And to think, Tony & Halim were seeded 5th.
