Venue : North Shore Events Centre, Auckland-NZL
Total prize-money : US$120,000
Tournament website : http://www.nzbadmintonopen.com/
Tournamentsoftware link : http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=1185B01B-43DF-4F43-AF62-EB96BFFE03CB
Live Streaming info : http://www.nzbadmintonopen.com/interact/watch-live-stream/
Auckland time : http://www.worldtimezone.com/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=4594&forma=Find Time
2014 WINNERS => http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/s...DB75F4-0C61-4521-9BC8-31266BC4242A&d=20140419
MS - Wang Tzu Wei (TPE)
WS - Nozomi Okuhara (JPN)
MD - Selvanus Geh/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)
WD - Tang He Tian/Renuga Veeran (AUS)
XD - Alfian Eko Prasetya/Annisa Saufika (INA)
BWF GP Gold series spread globally and the new destination is Auckland as New Zealand Open has been upgraded a rung from GP level last year. When most of top echelons are preparing for Sudirman Cup, let's take a look a showcase of upcoming and second stringer players here.
Both Hsu Jen Hao and Vincent Wong Wing Ki are pre tournament favourites based on their seeding position but some dangerous darkhorses may play protagonist role such as Lee Hyun Il, Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka, Simon Santoso. We'll looking forward to follow several back-ups and juniors from CHN, INA, MAS.
In WS, China promising star He Bingjiao who succeeded in Changzhou recently is predicted to get another sparkling performance. Other notable participants are 2013 Asian Junior Champion Aya Ohori, Turkish young talent Neslihan Yigit and two INA seasoned campaigners Ardianti Firdasari and Maria Febe Kusumastuti.
MD draw looks full of INA and MAS pairs, one of them may hope to crown the title on Sunday. However the frontrunners in this department are Chrisnanta/Triyachart, Goh VS/Tan WK, Angriawan/Saputra, Li JH/Liu YC and second seed Chinese Taipei winner Adistia/Gunawan.
China new partnership Xia Huan/Zhong Qianxin and reigning WJC Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan will be WD pairs to watch beside top-seed Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth/Rizki Amelia Pradipta. Seven pairs get first round bye due to lack of participant in this discipline.
The most competitive category mixed doubles will see some potential pairs to shine here, Widianto/Dili, Chrisnanta/Neo, Kido/Bernadeth, Chan PS/Goh LY and Chinese youngsters Zheng SW/Chen QC.
This tournament will kick off tomorrow with qualification round (10.00am local time, 4 courts) => http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...85B01B-43DF-4F43-AF62-EB96BFFE03CB&d=20150428