Sunday, October 31, 2010

Jan O vs Taufik

First Super Series title to Jan O Jorgensen. Very disciplined performance of the young dane.

21-19: ....a net winner

20-19

20-18: Jan takes a chance and it brings him two matcb points

19-18: Great netplay

19-17: Trick shot hits the corner lines

19-15: Controlled attack does it for Jan. He's winning this one...

18-14: Smash in the middle of the net

17-14: taufik looking tired or uninterested

15-14: jan is playing well at the net. Not controlling but good enough to be ahead in the game

14-14: Return long

13-14: JAN WINS FLATGAME RALLY!!!!

12-14: Mistake flat game

12-13: Long rally goes to Jan

11-12: Same flicker kill as before

11-11: Easy mistakes

9-11: Taufik displays really great defense.

8-10: still think Jan is looking good in this match

7-10: Return winner by Taufik after flick

5-8: taufik attacks. Jan defends well but is eventually hit to the body

5-7: flatgame long

5-6: Jan attacks

4-5: Close call by the linesman

2-5: Precise play now

2-2: Jan losing long rally

1-0: return wide

Clever tactics after the interval, and some quite easy mistake from Taufik sends the first game to the danish side.

21-19: Backhand wide

20-19: Taufik attacks

20-18: wide Two gamepoints

19-18: Loose mistake

19-17: Jan kills at the net. He wants that net!

18-17: Two samshes from Taufiks backhand side

18-15: taufik challenging the net but great lifts from Jan

16-15: lift is long

16-14: Jan i splaying great defénse, forces error

15-14: Taufik has the upperhand in flat game. Uhre calls the shot from his chair

15-13: Taufik netshot

14-13: Jan trapped in flat game

14-12: Smash in the net

13-12: Jan has won 7 of latest 8 rallies

12-12: Taufik unsuccesful with his between-the-legs pick up

11-12: Couple of netshots from taufik as Jan closes the gap

9-12: Super rush to the net

7-12: Jan trapped in flat game

7-11: Smash wide

It has been a little too easy for Taufik to avoid playing long rallies

6-11: Short lift from Jan sets up easy Taufik attack

6-10: Bad call by Jan

6-9: Steep smash from Jan, but Taufik is now playing more like ...... Taufik

5-8: Jan faulted.....ridiculous he replies

4-7: Taufik playing great defense....and this means Jan isn't playing long rallies at the moment

3-5: Jan spinning the shuttle at the net but great lifts from Taufik and Jan smashes wide left

3-4: Taufik is clever and doesn't come along for the long rallies. He's playing flat and close to the net.

1-0: Jan displaying his tactic from the beginning with a very long rally

Men's single coming up

Jan O Jorgensen is playing his second Super Series finale. His opponent is the formidable former Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion Taufik Hidayat from Indonesia.

The Head to Head between the two players is 2-1 in favour of Taufik. However Jan O won their latest match in january in three sets.

Ladies double

Satoko Suetsuna/ Miyuki Maeda beat Shizuka Matsuo/ Mami Naito in two games 21-17 21-14.

Laybourn/Juhl vs Robertson/Wallwork

21-9: And the danes take their second Super Series title this year.

20-9: 11 match points

Not exactly a well played match so far. Many mistakes and quite a lack of defense on both sides.

15-7: Lay tries to shout to influence the linesman and Nathan is clearly frustrated

14-6: Lay flicker faulted

14-5: The danes are taking this one down

12-5: terrible servis

11-5: Another diving recovery, but point for England

Attack is going to win. Jenny's got to take net for England if they want to win this match.

11-4: England side looking a little too tensed

9-3: Flick wide - Nathan watches from the net

9-2: Attack, Attack.....Attack

8-2: And he makes an ace. Short to the side

7-2: Lay very alert end ready now

6-1: Danes not letting go of the attack - seems like agood idea

5-1: Lay called to the umpire - winning attack

3-1: Nathan called to the umpire afterwards easy mistake

2-1: terrible servis

1-1: Nathan follows up at the net

1-0: terrible servis

12-21: Laybourn must step up now. At the moment he's a sitting duck. Uhre on his way with tactical advice.

12-18: Not in these two rallies

10-18: Momentum has changes. Can England maintain discipline?

10-17: Two smashes from Nathan aimed at Lay = english point

10-16: Nathan tries a soft-touch play to net - into the net.

9-15: Targetting the body of Lay

9-13: Good call by Lay

7-12: Good call by Jenny

5-11: Nathan kills on Laybourn again. Has Coach Jonassen used his knowledge of the danish pair? Seems so. Laybourn can co-sign the blue-pages add.

5-9: Short rallies. Defense mistake by Lay

4-7: Robertson wisely attacks on Laybourn

4-4: Easy kill. Blue pages: Defense wanted urgently!

3-4: Huge mistake........Laybourn

3-3: Diving recovery from ........Laybourn of course...puzzles the english

2-2: Jenny lift long - having difficulties finding the baseline so far

0-2: Great play by Nathan. Patient

bookie quotes 1.06 - 10.00

21-11: It has been very easy for the danes to score their points in this first game. Can England come up with a solution to this huge problem?

20-11: Nathan shows the audience what he thinks of Laybourns serve

19-11: The danes are playing really well. Stronger in both offense and defense

17-11: Laybourn very active and efficient at the net

15-10: Excellent crosscourt lift by Nathan

15-8: National Coach Uhre cheering on the danes, giving small pieces of advice

14-8: Jenny drive is long - danes looking comfortable

13-8: Juhl kills serve from Jenny

12-8: Good call by Nathan

11-6: Nathan working hard at the baseline. Danish gameplan is clear - and it works.

11-5: Artistic turn-behind-the -back shot from Nathan, nut the danes keep their composure and is 6 point up at interval

10-5: Another rush from Juhl

9-5: Nathan dirctly to Juhl forhand

8-5: England playing the backcourt a lot - Laybourn controls

5-4 : Attack is going to win this match.

2-2: Laybourn/Juhl heavy favourites with the bookies 1.18 vs 4.5

Players ready....

Mixeddouble final coming up

The final of the mixeddouble is coming up shortly.

Thomas Laybourn/ Kamilla Juhl is taking on Nathan Robertson Jenny Wallwork.

Laybourn/Juhl is 3-1 up in previous encounters, winning the most recent 21-18 in a hard fought rubber game at the Worlds in Paris.
The only win for Robertson/Wallwork came at home in Birmingham earlier this year.

I personally would like to see the danes as favourites in this match, but after watching both pairs performance throughout this tournament I tend to see the match as nearly a 50-50 game with perhaps a slight edge to the former world champions.

One of the key factors to this game will be the performance of Jenny Wallwork. She played an excellent match yesterday against Sudket/Saralee, however she's facing a much more poweful attck today from as well Thomas Laybourn as Kamilla Juhl.

现场直击:混双决赛


丹麦TV2电视直播

Robertson / Wallwork (英国)vs Laybourn / Juhl (丹麦)

第一局:

1-0 英国组合先到一分
5-6 丹麦组合出现两次主动失误,Robertson的后场点杀颇具威胁,

5-10 丹麦组合也毫不手软,Juhl 的网前封网非常凶狠,连连得分
7-11 Robertson一记很花俏的救球,赢得全场观众的掌声,接着又是后场连续的强攻
8-13 Laybourn接发球强推得手

10-16 英国组合的前半场推扑出界
11-19 丹麦人打得很顺,比分差距扩大
12-21 丹麦组合先胜一局

第二局:

2-2 英国组合开局后是否调整了战术,但两次主动失误还是让比分被追平
4-4 Laybourn的一个鱼跃接球让英国组合不知所措

7-4 Juhl的两次失误让对方领先
11-5 英国队的进攻有明显的加强
14-9 英国组合继续保持领先,Robertson很不满意自己刚才的一个无谓性失误
18-10 Laybourn 打出非常漂亮的一记抢网勾球
21-12 比分战成一比一

第三局:

1-2 Wallwork 在杀球后Robertson的跟进很快,这对丹麦人有很大威胁
1-5 英国组合很不满意司线的两次裁决
2-9 丹麦人将比分优势扩大
4-11 Laybourn加强了前半场的强攻,很有效
5-11 Laybourn再度两次鱼跃接球,将观众情绪带入高潮

6-14 Wallwork的两次主动失误很涨对方士气
8-18 Robertson很不满意Laybourn用叫喊去影响司线的判断
9-21 丹麦人锁定胜局


Saturday, October 30, 2010

Kido/ Setiawan vs Endo/ Hayakawa

21-16: Kidawan enters the final. Hopefully against Boe/ Mogensen. The danes should be able to the Olympic champions a run for the money

19-15: Quite lopsided match

13-10

11-7

9-7: Japam caught up, but then Kido decided it was time to score a point and so he did. Quite easily

5-2: No change in momentum.

21-15 : Indonesians in complete control throughout the game. It seems the japanese are not able to apply any pressure in their attack

19-13: No chance for Japan. Kidawan too talented

16-13: Traffic Jam at the net...both Indo's rushing forward, shuttle on baseline

15-10: Kidawan looking casual and comfortable

11-7: Indo controlling the servis situation - as expected

4-4 even start ...short rallies

Players warming up....

Robertson/Wallwork vs Saralee/Sudket


21-16: Return winner from Jenny and we have an all-european final tomorrow!

Match point

19-13: Sudket faulted in his serv

18-12: Thais in trouble

16-11: service fault Nathan... like yesterday

16-10: Looking good for England.

14-6: Thais breaking the rythm, and gets the court wiped

12-5: Saralee making mistakes while trying to challenge jenny at the net

11-5

10-5: Jenny totally dominating the net

No matter how this match ends, it should bring self confidence to the english pair especially Wallwork

8-2: another decisive action by Jenny at the net

6-1: Sudket laughing...probably at himself

3-1: Good start from Jenny, alert at the net

18-21: Bad call from Nathan as the shuttle lands safely in the deep left corner. One set all...

18-20: Smash from Sudket

16-19: Sudket has really taken the drivers seat, with jumpsmashes....very efficient

16-17: Bad flicker killed by Sudket

16-16: ..and the players dry their faces

14-14: Sudket having a discussion with himself whether he bothers to continue. Decides in favour and makes immediate winner

13-12: Sudket wants a shuttle change... but no luck

10-11: crucial point of the match right now. 4 or 5 very important rallies to come

8-10: England has lost 6 of the last seven rallies

8-8: Thai's level the game...without anyone noticing

7-4: Attacking game makes a load of points for Nathan/Jenny

4-3: Sudket/Saralee comitting unforced errors

21-16 : England takes the first game and possible gets approval from coach Jonassen

19-15: Great netplay from jenny sets up a winner from Nathan

17-15: Thais closing in. Managing to get the attack

17-11: Long rally. Thai's trying to put more pressurre on Jenny chasing her 'round the court

16-10: England playing well controlling the net and maintain balance

11-9: Couple of easy mistakes

The winner of this match wil play Kamilla Juhl/ Thomas Laybourn in the final.

11-5 : The english side controlling the game so far keeping the attack

7-3: Great play by Jenny ...rushes to the net

5-3: Nathan looking poised from the beginning

Players warming up....

Maeda/Suetsuna vs Sorokina/Vislova

This assures that Japan will take the title in ladies double, as the other semifinal is all japanese

21-9 and Maeda/ Suetsuna only needed 35 mins to book their spot in tomorrows final

18-8

15-8: .....but are simply lacking the weapons to challenge Maeda/ Suetsuna

11-7: The russians are fighting back

11-4 : No changes in momentum

7-3: Easy mistake by Vislova

6-3: Monster long rally won by Japan

5-1: Looks like an easy win for Japan. Russians playing similar style of ladies double, just not quite as well

2-0: Pattern from first game continues. A lot of pressure on Vislova


Park Joo Bong giving expert advice to Maeda/Suetsuna

21-11

19-10: Easy first game to Japan. Vislova making lots of errors

16-10: The russians can play long rallies but they're struggling to score

12-7 A commanding lead for the japanese girls. They're starting off much more confident than yesterday.

Saturdays semifinal session has started

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Nathan Robertson

Nathan Robertson will be visiting the live stream commentators in an hours time 1 pm CET

Catch the live stream here www.badmintondenmark.livecast.dk

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

World Champion not likely to play in Denmark Super Series

Danish young gun Victor Axelsen surprised the world by claiming the first ever non-asian World Junior Championship in men's single.
Still he's not able to participate in the Denmark Super Series hosted by his native city Odense.


It was by all means a fairy tale when Axelsen, 16 years old at the time, won the gold medal at the World Junior Championship in 2010 in Mexico city.
And without any doubt whatsoever he, even at his young age, would be able to draw a significant audience to the preliminary rounds of the Denmark Super Series.

But he's not allowed to participate.

Once again it's obvious that the BWF should introduce the use of Wild Cards in the Super Series.
It's hilarious to this signature that players who potentially brings tremendous press coverage to the events, or established stars suffering long lasting injuries is excluded from participating in the Super Series if they do not live up to the required world ranking acces limit.

In ladies singles Nanna Brosolat, injured for 18 months following her breakthrough tournament at the All England, is so far down the list of reserves that participation seems highly unlikely.
And so again the tournament, the event, the sponsors, the media and the fans are deprived of an interesting story in a sport that desperately needs all media coverage possible.

BWF ....it goes without saying, this is simply not good enough.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Welcome to Denmark Super Series 2010

Last year we promised to be back. Now we're here to keep our promise.

The Worlds in Paris has finished and we have a bunch of chinese World Champions. Hopefully they dare to come to the Fairytale City of Odense to give the rest of the world a rematch.

As we follow the Super Series in China and Japan the entries starts coming in for Denmark Super Series, and we have great expectation for the 2010 edition.

We're gonna blog, we're gonna post on our YouTube channel, and we're gonna give you live streaming with the best matches and interesting comments and interview.

Our final blogger and commentator team is not quite finalized, but we're happy to receive your wishes and suggestions. Comment on this blog, on facebook or mail us @ denmarkopen@yahoo.dk

Remember you can be part of planning the matches we stream. Send us your request and we will do out best to make it happen.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Bye for now

Denmark Super Series 2009 is over. That means this blog is closing down.
Thank you for watching, we will be back in 2010.

For comments and suggestions please mail dbf@badminton.dk and denmarkopen@yahoo.dk

Congratulations to all the winners and to all the players "Good luck in Paris next week".
Follow the action in Paris

Simon Santoso - Marc Zwiebler

21-5: Brilliant tournament from Simon, but somewhat of an anticlimax

20-5: Simon on the verge of winning his first Super Serie

18-4: Lost 3 more

15-4: Achtung, Achtung we're fresh out of fuel.

11-4: Seems like everybody wants this game to finish as soon as possible

9-4: Shuttles incredibly slow. No matter how this goes Marc Zwiebler has still played the tournament of his life life - probably following in the footsteps of youth rival Joachim Persson as the runner up

8-2: Zwiebler trying and trying but the slow shuttles doesn't help him



6-1: Still Simon in control

21-14: Some of the audience has left now when there no more danes playing, a pity cause Simon is playing at a high level.

20-14: good rally by zwiebler

20-11: Outplayed

19-11: Simon in control, Zwiebler having scoring problems

Problems with the zipper of the court

14-8: Simon cruising as expected

Koo/ Tan vs Boe/Mogensen

Interview: Danes very disappointed - Mogensen blaming the service judge, I don't think he should as he himself has a very questionable service. Reporter letting them off the hook. These comments would have resulted in a fine in many other professional sports.

21-17: Tan kills at net - danes ran out of steam and looked to have a hard time - the malaysians looked like having fun

20-17: Tan Smashes for 3 match points 75 minutes pplayed

19-17: return fault Mogensen

18-17: Misunderstanding

17-17: Good return by Koo forces Boe mistake

16-17: Kill by Mogensen

16-16: mishit by Mogensen

He is now being warned for wanting the ref on court - that s wrong

Big discussion Mogensen took to ball, he catched it but the umpire didn't see it

15-16: Crooscourt smash from Tan

14-16: Coaches cheering

14-15: Danes dominating netplay

14-14: Fast reaction from Mogensen at net - danes flicking a lot now

14-13: Tan mistake - no more smiles

14-12: Tan long - still smiling

14-11: Boe smash long

13-11: Mogensen in the net from level

12-11: Boe dominating the net

12-10: Great return from Boe

12-9: Tan plays smart and succeeds

11-9: Boe killing it

11-8: Tan plays smart but is unsuccesful

11-7: danes having trouble in offence when being moved

10-7: Koo dominating at the net atm

7-7: Pointexchange

5-5: Koo at the net

4-5: Great follow up by Mogensen

4-4: Danes in fierce attack eventually Mogensen smash in net

2-4: Good variation from danes

2-3: Boe wide from below net

1-3: Tan lob long

0-2: Danes play well after service

21-14: Who has the most power - who's in luck today

20-14: Strange rally each pair daring the other to smash with short high lobs

19-13: Boe in the net

18-13: Koo read Mogensen and kills it on Boes nose

17-13: Mogensen wide again but Tan returns it and Boe kills

17-12: Mogensen wide

16-12: Long rally Mogensen defense wide

15-12: boe dominating Koo at net !!!

15-10: Mogensen smash in net

14-10: Mogensen looking tired

13-10: And kills from net

12-10: Tan goes wild and hits it in the net

12-8: Mogensen mistake at net

11-8: Boe faulted in service

10-7: Hmm..

7-7: Could be neck to neck from now on. In that case the danes has the advantage of being one game up

5-5: Long rally - both pairs very patient now

3-4: Malaysian tries to keep shuttle low

1-3: Danes very patient in their attack

0-2: Koo in the net

0-1: Mogensen powerattack

20-22

20-20: Boe defense in the net

19-20: Koo defense long

19-19: Great block from Mogensen. Koo throws himself invain

19-18: Boe long in a show rally with tricky shots - very different style of mens doubles due to the shuttles

18-18: Mogensen long

17-18: Mogensen into the net

16-18: Long rally Boe puts it to the net. Slow slow shuttles

15-18: Defense forces malaysian mistake

15-17: Great play in service situation by danes

15-16: Mogensen squashes the shuttle into the net - danes leading 15-7 since their awful start

14-15: Shuttles are slow, winners are going to work hard

13-13: Powerful attack by Mogensen

13-12: Boe puts it wide

12-12: Easy point for danes

12-11: Great shots by both malaysians

10-11:

10-9: The danish defense is better now

10-8: Boe hits Koo in the face

9-6: Flick by Mogensen, crosscourt kill by Boe

9-5: Koo smash in the net

8-3: Kill from Mogense hits the net

6-1: Koo/Tan controlling the beginning of the match

Joachim/ Christinna vs Clark/ Kellogg

21-17: And some happy danes - this was a really great match from both pairs . Joachim now stripping throwing his t-shirt to the crowd.

20-17: Chris kills on Donna

19-17: Donna kill after pressure on Chris

19-16: Mistakes from Donna, and she takes it out on one of the commercial boards, and receives a warning

18-15: Lob is long from Clark

17-15: Danes trailing but clark drop in net

15-15: Clark kills it on Chris

15-14: Long rally Clark smash is long

14-14: Return straight to Chris' racket, who was surprised to win it

12-14: Chris into the net from below net

12-13: Joachim unintendantly breaks a racket

12-12: Return to Chris' body

11-11: Big credit to the english pair who seems very hard to beat. Giving their best in every rally

11-10: Gap closed

11-8: Chris block just tumbles over the net

10-8: Wise play by Clark

9-7: Again push wide by Chris

8-5: Chris push under net

8-4: English trying to close the gap



8-2: Kill from Chris - Shuttles seems to be extremely slow

7-2: Joachim all fired up now.

6-2: Clark saves but Donna misjudges at baseline

5-1: Clark misses big opportunity. Joachim Screaming WORK! to Chris- and she does

4-1: One more time

3-1: Joachim kills it crosscourt, angrily staring at everyone

2-1: Long rally crazy saves and shots from you know who

25-27: Donna sets up the kill for Clark

25-26: Donna kills it, Joachim claims he saved it before hitting floor

25-25: Clark hits net, Donna hits net too much to handle

25-24: Donna wide, Joachim shouting loud

24-24: Fischer flick Donna smash

24-23 Flick wide

23-23: Great return and follow up by clark

23-22: Chris kills at net - now is the time....

22-22: Donna hits it too

22-21: Chris hits the net

21-21: Chris blocking long.

21-20: Donna kills it in her own foot!!

20-20: great english play, flicking Chris and Donna killing it

20-19: Saved one

20-18: two easy mistakes

18-18: Chris service fault - Joachim looking disgusted at the guy in the audience

18-17: Misjudgment on baseline Joachim talking to guy in the audience shouting " you have a good partner"

17-17: Couple of mistakes from Chris

15-17: Great english play

17-14: Mind the gap

16-14: great rally, crowd cheering wildly

15-14: patient play from danes

14-14: Chris is flicked but kills it second time

13-14: Donna suddenly shows up out of nowhere

13-13: Great rally saved by Clark - Joachim waving it out though he wasn't near the shuttle

13-11: Joachim with smart attack

12-11: chris ditto

12-10: Clark pushes it long

11-10: Too close to call right now. Danes not able to pull away.

10-10: Chris wide

10-9: Interception by donna

10-8: Chris kills around-the-back defense from Clark

9-8: seems that better is todays choice, but still too early to tell

8-7: Nice shot by Donna who's about to play better or get furious

8-5: The english are not playing well but still within striking distance

8-4: clarky being moved=> mistakes

7-4: couple of mistakes

7-2: Donna wide

6-2: Joachim controlling the rest

5-2: Chris controlling the net

4-2: Serve-ace by Chris

1-0: Long

21-15: Nice game by the danes. Joachim is more dangerous than Clark, who needs to come up with solutions for winning own points

20-15: Chris is at the backcourt killing it - ( get away joachim!!)

19-15: Chris excellent netplay

18-15: Service fault

17-15: Chris return wide

17-14: Clark plays Chris forehand->backhand

16-13: Donna kills at net

16-12: Clark attack Chris puts it long

15-11: Jochim being moved sideways

15-10: Chris puts it directly to the head of Donna

14-10: Clark attack on Joachim

14-9: Return from Joachim

13-9: England kept to work hard for the money

13-8: Mistake Clark backhand

12-8: Long rally pushed long by denmark. Chris' block defense working well atm

12-7: Kellogg misjudges on baseline

11-7: Clark smash is wide

9-7: Good english defense, again outmanouvering Joachim

9-6: Deception from Clark and strong attack

8-4: Again good defense from Chris but Joachim outplayed

8-2: Excellent defense from Chris

7-2: Power start from Joachim

Players warming up.....

Tine Rasmussen vs Wang Yihan

Interview: Tine thought she played at a very high level, she makes her own points and sometimes this causes mistakes. Reporter asks "How does it feel to kill the last shuttle here in Odense?" Tine replies "I think it was her who put it wide wasn't it?"

Seems fitting Tine wins her first Danish Super Serie here in Odense, where danish writer Hans Christian Andersen wrote the fairy tale "Ugly Duckling". No doubt she can look in the water now and be content with what she sees...........

21-14: Fantastic comeback in the third game!!

20-14: Tine trailing

20-13: Smash in the net 7 matchpoints

19-13: Nice controlled crosscourt

18-12: Come on 3 more - keep playing technical

17-12: Tine railing but hits a winner to the sideline - just barely

16-12: Mistake

15-12: Attack Yihans backhand

13-12: terrible error again going for the winner - but its also thanks to the defense of Yihan

13-11: Long rally questionable line call

13-10: And one more- get on a roll!!

12-10: Beautiful error from Yihan

11-10: Dreadful errors come on now

11-9: return wide

11-8: Same play as gamepoint 2nd game

11-7: Tine plays a more technical game now, and its working and it saves energy

10-7: Super return

9-7: Yihan outplayed but lob is long

9-6: questionable line call

7-5: tine a bit lucky

6-4: Yihan still has upper hand in drives

5-3 excellent shotmaking from Tine

Unless Tine comes up with something really brilliant Yihan is going to win this quite easy. Tine seems out of power.

19-21: Wide defense

19-20: long

18-20: Last chance

18-18: Tine going all out to win in straight games, I'm afraid she wonøt be able to make it

17-17: Clear right in the corner - Tine looks tired

17-16: Easy mistake from below net

17-15: Tine tears a string as she was ready to win the rally

17-14: Crossnetdrop again

16-14: Smashdrop wide

16-13: Yihan controlling the pace

16-11: Racket ready for drives this time => winner

15-11: Another mistake from Yihan, but very wise play from Tine

14-11: Hold on now!!

13-11: and Yihan makes one immediately

12-11: Nice dropshot from Tine. I have a bad feeling right now regarding easy mistakes

11-10: Racket movement in drives not fast enough

11-9: Excellent netplay

10-9: Yihan seems to play faster than Tine right now

10-8 Good flick serve from Tine, but pushes wide later in rally

9-7: Yihan with a little upperhand in flat strokes atm

9-6: Cross smash on the line

8-6: Servide return to middle net

8-5: Both players challenging the net

8-4: wide

7-4: Misjudging again.

6-4: Yihan put ting pressure in flat game but pushes it wide

4-4: Tine not trying to reach a dropshot - worrying ??

4-3: Another sharp netdrop

3-3: Crossnetdrop is a winner for Tine

21-18: Lob is long and Tine takes the first game.

20-18: yihan trailing but mistake from tine

20-17: Bullets from Tine but not smashes - very sharp dropshots

19-17: Push to body on service return

19-16: and easy mistake

18-16: great recovery from Yihan

17-15: Deception at net from Tine, Yihan unable to reach

16-15: great crosscourt attack from Tine

15-14: Yihan playing a lot to Tines backhand corner

14-14: Misjudgment on the baseline

13-14: Mistakes from both players

11-10: Great start for Yihan but Tine has caught up. Tine has a big taping on her right leg. The heal injury troubling her again

Yawen/Pan vs Frier/ Juhl

21-12: China a bit lucky to steal the first game, but clearly the strongest side in the decider, good effort by the danish girls.

18-11: The gap is too wide

17-10: danes trying to scramble with tricky plays

17-8: Only glimpses of correct danish play in this third game

15-8: Lack of determination in danish attack

13-8: tricky return from Juhl

13-7: Chinese in control

12-6: danes looking tired now.

11-6: Wild return by frier. Pan is allowed to relax and that has proven costly.

Danes not putting the proper pressure on Pan

9-6: Strong play by Pan

7-6: Juhl tricky winner

7-5: Juhl mistake power smash

6-5: false start Pan but no ruling

5-5: Danes attacking with variation

5-4: Mistake Yawen

5-3: Frier wild at net

4-3: Mistake from Pan

4-2: Danes attack Pan, and keep attacking

4-1: Chinese attack

2-1: Frier fast and lucky at net

1-0: Chinese attack

18-21: Defense from frier and the danes force a deciding game

17-20: Line call correction this time against China

17-18: Powersmash from Pan

15-18: mistake from Yawen

15-17: Long rally with some funny saves from the danes. Danes looking tired. Yawen is going to be the factor now

14-17: Powerful smash down the middle

14-15: Juhl not using power => too easy for China

12-15: Correction of line call - a result of the bad line call in first game

11-15: Great saves from danes - mistake from Yawen

11-14: Danes looking strong

11-12: Great creative play from Frier

10-11: Powerful crosscourt smash from Juhl

8-8: The chinese are attacking now

4-7: The danes must rush forward when they have chances to counterattack

3-6: The danes continue to play well and to put pressure on Pan, but its a difficult task to do for a very long time.

0-2: Mistakes from Pan

22-20: Pan trying to put her defense all long now, danes a bit too eager to win in a hurry

20-20:

19-20: Exciting and nervous rallies

15-16: Pan Pan crumbling under pressure - amazing

15-13: The danes putting more pressure on now, and that's the right ting to do

14-8: Yawen dominating the court

11-7: Lots of rallies but no easy points for the danes, they must put pressure on the chinese pair

8-7: Bad line call against china

7-3: Quite easy lead for China due to powerful attack

1-0: Long long rally for starters

Fast predictions for the finals

WD: Zhang Yawen/ Pan Pan
Kamilla and Lena have done well in the last two matches, however it has been long and tiring matches, and today the opponents are chinese. The two danes have only beaten one chinese pair in their career, Pan Pan and Qing Tian. Today Pan Pan has a new partner - a world champion, and that seems to me as the deciding factor.

WS: Tine Rasmussen
Rematch of the final in this years All England where Yihan won. In my opinion she was in better shape back then, but that might go for Tine as well. However I think Tine has raised her current level during the last four games she's played. Yihan has also raised her game but I still give Tine the edge.

XD: Joachim Fischer/ Christinna Pedersen
Joachim/ Christinna lost the last encounter in Liverpool, but they were really nervous then, and they've improved a lot since then. Donna Kellogg is probably the key to the match. She can play extremely well, and she can look as if she was just bypassing the Arena and borrowed a racket from someone ;-)


MD: Carsten Mogensen/ Mathias Boe
If both pair is at top level I'd go with Malaysia. This week the danes have looked more ready, like they want to prove that the last couple of month lacking results is over. Tan/ Koo scrambled into the quarters where they easily beat Lars/Jonas and the semi was also an easy match.


MS: Simon Santoso
Simon looks to be the better player of the tournament. He has been quite impressive so far and hasn't conceded a game. Zwiebler was lucky against Hafiz and is on a roll, but his victory yesterday was against a Sony that was struggeling, who didn't have the speed required throughout the game. When he had it it was actually quite easy for him to neutralize the german attack

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Tine Rasmussen vs Yao Jie

21-14: And we have the dream final between Tine and Wang Yihan

19-13: Tine is moving very well as in the last four games I've seen

18-13: Jie looking tired, but of course she always does, and still dangerous

17-11: Now easy mistakes from Jie, she's under pressure

15-11: Still Tine in control, but some mistakes along the way, which is actually OK.

11-9: couple of easy mistakes

11-7: Good variation in Tine's game today

9-7: Jie is trying to play long rallies close to net and lines

9-5: Tine seem to have excellent feeling today

4-3: Tine a bit more attacking and with better speed

21-18: Tine took a close fought first game

Kidho/Setiawan vs Boe/Mogensen

19-21: Lefthand-Boe kills it Danes in the final

18-20: Danes much better in rallies

18-18: Nail-biter everything's decided in serv-return

16-17: Good attack from Mogensen

15-13: Indons gaining a little advantage in serv-return

11-10: Some very good rallies, strong defense by indons - must unusual

8-10: Kidho gets flicked and stays at the net

7-8: Kidho faulted for overhand serv. Should be faulted a lot more times in my opinion

7-6: There's almost no rallies

16-21: Boe tears a string, hits the net and win the rally

14-18: The danes more than matching indons in serv now. Mogensen looking strong

11-14: Good rush by Mogensen

8-11: The danish pair has matched the indonesians in the serv-return game, if this continues they have a big winning chance

Marc Zwiebler vs Sony Kuncoro

21-15: Great win for the talented german player

20-15: Five match points

19-15: and one more

18-15: Easy mistake - very important point there

17-15: Sony's in control now, pace is going up

16-10: Still long rallies, Sony cannot kill his attack

15-10: Fantastic play from the german outmaneouvering Sony

14-10: Sony unable to close the gap. Patient attack from Zwiebler

13-9: Long long rally - pace still OK for Zwiebler but he cannot lose his temper

12-9: Zwiebler angry 3 times F***

12-7: Change of side and change of Sony ?

11-5: Zwiebler outplaying Sony with great patience

8-4: Sony playing too slow now, then try to change pace but makes mistake

7-3: Fats attack from Sony and immediate point

5-2: Pace is slow now - Zwiebler must love this chance

4-2: Sony's looking strange once again

16-21: Sony's going to win this match and create an all indonesian final - ready for third game.

16-20: Sony's trying out strokes but seems confident

12-16: Sony's running away, seems to have read the german player

11-13: Misjudgement from Zwiebler

9-12: Zwiebler remains patient but must beware of attack

8-11; fast attack from Sony is a strong weapon

6-7: Sony looks better now but still has problems reading the german deceptions

4-2: Sony tring to get back into the match, more speedy but still not like yesterday

21-10:

17-9: Something's wrong with Sony, no speed at all

13-5: Zwiebler shows great feeling - Sony looks a bit slow atm

9-4: Zwiebler continues his impressive play from yesterday

Simon Santoso vs Jan O Jorgensen

21-13: Too many errors gives Simon an easy win. Jan could not put any pressure on the indonesian player

18-13: Mistakes from Jan but also strong attack from Simon

15-13: Jan must be patient

13-12: Simon increase the pace but Jan follows and counterattack

13-10: Defense seems shaky today

11-9: 3 shuttles on the line by Simon, Jan not quite satisfied with linejudges

9-9: Kenneth Jonassen cheering behind the court

9-7: Simon's not giving away easy points

3-3: Jan controlling, but still error prone

21-13: Jan is having difficulties controlling the clears and lobs on this side. Easy game for Simon.

20-12: More errors

17-12: Simon the more steady of the two, capitalizing from easy mistakes

14-12: Patient play from Jan now



13-8: Now it looks more like the first days



11-7: Couple of mistakes from Jan

9-7: Great/Lucky netplay by Simon

7-5: Jan off to a better start today

Clark/ Kellogg vs Tao/ Zhang

21-17: The english pair through to the final, most likely against Joachim/Christinna who took the first game against Poland

19-15: Zhang staging a comeback

18-11: decisive lead for Clark/Kellogg

15-9: Clarky playing really well

11-9: China must bring Zhang into play, and get Donna away from net

9-8: Donna and Zhang qaurrel with umpire over shuttle change - it is changed

8-8: Chess game right now

4-3: Donna just made one of usual stunt-fall on court. Nothing happened :-)

21-18: England Must keep Zhang out of the game, she's lethal.

17-16: Zhang playing excellent at the net

16-11: Tao is not really dangerous from backcourt. Looks like an english win

11-8: England controlling the game now, leading the last period 10-2

6-6: China off to a good start, but England catching up with soft play