Ucb / Gg Open 2007 $8888!!

Just got back after the XD quarters. Some good action here and there, especially the XD. Jinadasa/Yeh defeated Lili Zhou and her partner (never seen him play before, James Young) in straight sets. Hotly contested battle between Chandra/Santoso and Shu/Lee, with the former winning in straight sets. Santoso was as impressive as last year with very quick reactions at the net, putting away many a smash/drive return.

Semis to be played tomorrow:
Su/Chow vs Jinadasa/Yeh
Chandra/Santoso vs Gouw/Yeh

MD, it will be an all GGBC matchup with Chandra/Gouw and Yang/Guo in one semi (both teams advanced easily), and De Pauw/Setiadi vs Hales/Milevschi in the other. I'm placing my bets on a finals battle between the coaches (De Pauw of Smash City, Chandra of GGBC), with De Pauw prevailing.

MS, not too much to report, Holvy De Pauw easily advanced to the quarters, and should handily win come the championships tomorrow.

WD, Lee/Santoso dominated in their half, as did Yeh/Yeh; the former should have no trouble come tomorrow

Didn't stay for the WS semifinals, but Kwun and a few other photogs were around, taking many a battle pic, so we should be well covered there.

 

Thanks again for the quick report..

..again, monto!
..hmm, me think Chandra should've played MS; who knows he might meet/play against Holvy in 2 events..Yeah, Holvy is probably 1 level ahead of everyone else, should be in the same league as Chandra..

 

Thanks for the pics..

..kwun....Saw all 199 of them and they all look fabulous!! Lots of different pics and players with a variety angles & closeups..I reckon you must've really enjoyed your new camera & lens..
* Saw a pic of one of our Viper2005
* Holvy has some resemblances to his sister, Angie
* Saw the tattoo-on-the leg pic
* Mike and Sally seemed to be enjoying this tourney..

The Finals lineup looks pretty much as expected..

 

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Hi Motto,
Can you also post the completed draw sheets against for all the flights ?

Thank you.

 

That's me coaching Che-Chang Cheng in the first set of pictures in his game against Arnold. Me, Arnold and Holvy are all good friends (we both trained in Djarum) but I felt that I needed to support Che-Chang Cheng, especially considering we drove up together!

 

nice pictures .... a lot of familiar faces from different clubs .... but don't know their names though .... congratulations .... opening a branch in NJ soon??

 

In the final, Holvy beat Piotr Mazur (ranked no. 1 in singles in the USA) 21-3 in the first game. He is ridiculously good. Watch out America!

 

Yes, please.

And another vote for using tournamentsoftware.com for future tournaments.

Thanks, - eduard/o

 

It might have been Arnold and Holvy ??? My guess .... !!!

 

Great to see the Yeh sisters went to the final!

 

Yeah, Arnold and Holvy won MD. Kwun, you missed the best match of the tournament! It wasn't incredibly close, but there were some amazing rallies. Really high-level badminton.

 

Hmm..

..hmm, perhaps the next time around, hopefully Holvy can meet up and play against the current U.S. National MS champion, Howard Bach (who happened to beat Piotr in the recent U.S. Nationals)..

..we'll be waiting for them, kwun..

 

^^Thanks..^^

..for the making the rest of the pics available-all of them look fantastic!..

 

Hi, I have some pics for Saturday.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wengcloophotography/sets/72157602328503592/

Enjoy!