(here's the latest infos i've received from the organizer)..apparently they are scheduling it until Saturday, the 11th, not Sunday. 2009 Yonex/OCBC U.S. Open Grand Prix Championships July 7-11, 2009 Participating countries: Athletes from China, Denmark, Indonesia, England, Korea, Wales, Chinese Taipei, Jamaica, India, Canada, Malaysia & U.S.A. Championship schedule: (Possible qualifying round - Monday, July 6...12 noon-9pm ***NOT confirmed) Tues July 7..........9am- 9pm 1st round Wed July 8..........2pm- 9pm 2nd round Thurs July 9........... 4pm-9pm Quarter Finals Fri July 10.......... 6pm-10pm Semi-Finals Sat July 11.......... 6pm-10pm Finals ..more infos on the players participating in the coming days..
Official poster.. ..and guess who else is coming from CHN?? Yup, Gao Ling! (perhaps as part of her honeymoon vacation)??..
Latest news... ..(as per the tourney's organizer): Other big names/teams are scared off by Swine flu fears. Taufik is planning to make an appearance at SGVBC the Monday of US Open week. Arrangement is through Yonex. He may also make appearance at Bay Badminton Club during their $25K tournament (->->for all of you NorCal baddy followers). Yonex is also promoting tickets to be purchased at other badminton clubs. They are giving away a t-shirt (limited supply) with US Open ticket purchase..Clubs need to preorder their tickets soon to get this deal. ..stay tuned for the list of participating players..
ENTRY LIST/// Very weak entry indeed : MS: Taufık Hıdayat Dıcky Palyama Carl Baxter Rajıv Ouseph Aston Chen Derek Wong Andrew Dabeka Stefan S Davıd Snıder Zhang Kaılaı Dan Kaı, Lee Hock Laı Martın Bılle Larsen Alıstaır Casey Shueh Shuan Yı Harıawan ( TH,s sparıng partner) Lu Chı Yuan Bobby Mılroy
WS: only 18 players...no Laurent Todt Eva Lee Chen Kuı Ya Mıchele lı Charöeın Reıd Anna Rıce Sarah Thomas Rachel Thomas
ın MD... Not ınterestıng ..only Tony and Howard Jurgen Koch and Peter Alvın Lau and Zhang Kaı Laı No Chınese and Korean players
Update.. ..i can't confirm & there's no confirmation she's not coming either; as i was going by what's shown on the poster. ..from what i received as of today (from the organizer), the list of players shown @ tournamentsoftware.com is a partial list/not complete. Currently it's showing 97 players, but there should be around 150 players registered. As for Lauren Todt participating, the last time i got in touch with her she mentioned that she's going to play (before heading back to Denmark, after the U.S. Open, to continue her Danish League action). Also, hopefully Holvy DePauw will come and participate. Stay tuned til Friday/Saturday for another update...and cross your fingers there won't be any further withdrawals.. U.S. Open tourney info is up @ tournamentsoftware: http://tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=EE3E4B3F-1EDD-4ADA-80EB-31422C5D1F3D
She's still a go.. ..currently, as per the tourney's organizer's & Hiro's (from Yonex) info, yes, Gao Ling is still scheduled to come..
Poster update.. ..one very minor update on the tourney's poster. It's now showing the inclusion of India with the rest of the visiting countries staying the same. Hope this will be it.
^^The only one so far..^^ ..representing M'sia is Lee Hock Lai (who also competed last yr).. There are a couple of S'porean players representing: Ashton Chen & Derek Wong
Updated list of players.. ..barring any last minute cancellation, the list of participating players has been updated (see above link to tournamentcentral.com). Other than the recent withdrawal of the 2 S'pore players (due to Swine flu), there are 161 players participating. Some big, well known players outside of North America who'll come are: Taufik H., Tine Rasmussen, Gao Ling, Dicky Palyama, Andrew Baxter, Rajiv Ouseph, Simone Prutsch.. Gao Ling will only play Women's Doubles, with Wei Lili. Here they are, starting with the U.S. Open's most loyal and biggest contingent, our neighbor the Canadiens.. CANADA: Bruce, Alex Chan, Phyllis Cloutier, Milaine Dabeka, Andrew Foley, Kyle Gao, Grace Grether, Nicole Huang, Ruilin Kai, Dan Ko, Stephanie Lau, Alvin Li, Kevin Li, Michelle Lian, Jianxue Liang, Melody Mckee, Fiona Mckee, Tommy Milroy, Bobby Milroy, William Ng, Derrick Ng, Toby Reid, Charmaine Rice, Anna Rogers, Joseph Snider, David St. Jacques, Valerie Wojcikiewicz, Stefan Yang, Sun Zhang, Kailai INDIA: Abdul Raheem, Aditya elango Gangani, Aravind Ghosh, Sabyasachi DENMARK: Bille Larsen, Martin Chemnitz, Jacob Juhler K, Camilla Klose, Mikkel Pedersen, Mette katrine Rasmussen, Tine Wiyaja, Agus Yrfelt, Jacob ENGLAND: Baxter, Carl Bhokanandh, Arak Cann, Elizabeth Ellis, Andrew George, Dean Ouseph, Rajiv WALES: Morgan, Joe Phillips, James Sheppard, Kerry Ann Thomas, Rachel Thomas, Sarah Vaughan, Richard CHINA: Gao, Ling Wei, Lili INDONESIA: Hariawan Herlina, Reni Hidayat, Taufik AUSTRIA: Koch, Jurgen Prutsch, Simone Zauner, Peter CHINESE TAIPEI: Hsueh, Hsuan Yi Lu, Chi Yuan AFGHANISTAN: Waiz, Syed Abdul Jalil NETHERLANDS: Palyama, Dicky KOREA: Lee, Haeng Ham (playing with the Canadian team) NEW ZEALAND: Ellis, Thomas JAMAICA: Pyne, Charles SCOTLAND: Casey, Alistair
Ah, I could've confirmed w/ Lauren if I read this sooner, I saw her at Smash City with her mom a few days ago.
After absent in last three SS tourneys, Tine will participate this GP. Absolutely she's overwhelming favourite to win WS title.
^^You can do a search in this forum for Lee HL..^^ ..under '2008 U.S. Open'. His pics and videos should be aplenty.