Sunday, October 31, 2010
Jan O vs Taufik
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
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
Laybourn/Juhl vs Robertson/Wallwork
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
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
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
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
World Champion not likely to play in Denmark Super Series
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
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
Thank you for watching, we will be back in 2010.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
9-7: Great/Lucky netplay by Simon
7-5: Jan off to a better start today
Clark/ Kellogg vs Tao/ Zhang
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