CLELY
Regular Member
Category : BWF World Superseries Premier
Venue : Odense Sports Park, Odense-DEN
Total Prize Money : US$700,000
Tournament website : http://badmintondenmark.com/cms/?cmsid=133&pageid=1493
Tournament time-table : http://www.badmintondenmark.com/cms/?&pageid=1668
Daily Schedule/Result/LiveScore : https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=18030112-393D-4D7C-A368-7BAC59A490EE
Live Streaming : - http://videostream.dn.ua/videopage/videoPage.php?g=c2J2b2JoK2F0Y3ZsbmhZ&c=en&i=eWlhaXVidGd1bA№f№f
- BWF YouTube channel (R/16 onwards) =>
Odense time : http://www.worldtimezone.com/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=3780&forma=Find Time
2015 WINNERS : https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/...410764-3F53-4BE8-9FCF-51A92DC74D74&d=20151018
MS : Chen Long (CHN)
WS : Li Xuerui (CHN)
MD : Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Seong (KOR)
WD : Jung Kyung Eun/Shin Seung Chan (KOR)
XD : Ko Sung Hyun/Kim Ha Na (KOR)
QUALIFICATION ROUND (09.00am local time) & MIXED DOUBLES R/32 (07.00pm) Order of Play => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...030112-393D-4D7C-A368-7BAC59A490EE&d=20161018
*R/32 Match Highlights :
- Adcock/Adock (ENG) v Mateusiak/Zieba (POL)
- Kim GJ/Shin SC (KOR) v Lu K/Huang YQ (CHN)
- Lee Chong Wei (MAS) v Wei Nan (HKG)
- Chou Tien Chen (TPE) v Hu Yun (HKG)
- Hans Kristian Vittinghus (DEN) v Son Wan Ho (KOR)
- Shi Yuqi (CHN) v Jan O Jorgensen (DEN)
- Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) v Nitchaon Jindapol (THA)
- He Bingjiao (CHN) v P.V. Sindhu (IND)
- Gideon/Sukamuljo (INA) v Koo KK/Tan BH (MAS)
- Conrad/Kolding (DEN) v Kamura/Sonoda (JPN)
- Liu C/Zhang N (CHN) v Goh VS/Tan WK (MAS)
- Chen QC/Jia YF (CHN) v Jung KE/Shin SC (KOR)
Only Jung/Shin and Ko/Kim will defend their titles in fairytale land as three remaining winners of last year edition are absent. The Olympic Champion Chen Long opts to skip his favourite and lucky ground Denmark after created fantastic story in Rio last August. Li Xuerui is still in recuperating process after knee surgery and Lee Yong Dae announced retirement from international scene in Korea Superseries early this month.
Mixed doubles Olympic Champion Ahmad/Natsir are back to business after missed last two Superseries tourneys, they may face three Chinese pairs in a road to final four, Huang KX/Li YH then Wang YL/Huang DP and seventh seed Lu K/Huang YQ. World number one Ko SH/Kim HN are expected to clear preliminary rounds and will be pitted against three-time champion Fischer/Pedersen. China young guns who seized the limelight lately, Zheng SW/Chen QC have possible quarterfinal scenario to challenge reigning All England champion Jordan/Susanto at last eight.
Some top-guns of men's singles category will find tricky test at opening round, strong favourite Lee Chong Wei has Wei Nan, the man who shocked him here last year in second round while home favourite Jan O Jorgensen will be tested by China talented newcomer, Shi Yuqi. Both 5th & 6th seed, Chou Tien Chen and Son Wan Ho also face tough hurdle and may be denied to pass first round by Hong Kong veteran Hu Yun and local Thomas Cup hero Hans Kristian Vittinghus respectively.
Both Rio gold and silver medalists resume their action here, Carolina Marin will start her campaign against the qualifier while P.V. Sindhu gets Chinese teen sensation He Bingjiao. Barring any upsets, top-seed Marin is slated to meet Sun Yu in last eight and two Japanese leading WS, Nozomi Okuhara and Akane Yamaguchi will cross sword at other quarterfinal stage. On lower-half of draw, second seed Ratchanok Intanon, Sung Ji Hyun, Tai Tzu Ying or Sindhu will be the favourite to secure last round.ticket.
Home men's doubles pairs will be challenged by Indonesians and Chinese who dominate the draw. Rio gold medalist, Fu Haifeng/Zhang Nan have been separated and produced two new experimenting combinations, Fu HF/Xu Chen and Liu Cheng/Zhang N. Indonesia also splits the reigning World Champion, Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan, paired up with younger partner, Angriawan/Saputro. The Chinese rising stars, Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen who cruised into final in back to back Superseries currently will seek another sterling performance here.
Defending champion Jung KE/Shin SC have challenging route, started from early round will take on the reigning World Junior Champion Chen QC/Jia YF and if they pass them, Rio silver medalist and local hero Pedersen/Juhl will wait the Koreans at last eight. Title contender, Matsutomo/Takahashi are expected to overcome newly crowned Dutch Open winner Mapasa/Somerville then may face the in-form Thai pair Kititharakul/Prajongjai next and set up a meeting with either Fukuman/Yonao or Chinese scratch pair Ma Jin/Zhong Qianxin in quarterfinal.
