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原来JULIA昨天也受伤了....
BWF SUPER SERIES 2008 - YONEX KOREA OPEN
Withdrawals rule in 2nd round
25 January 2008
By Raphael Sachetat. Pix by BadmintonPhoto
NOless than four players were injured and forced to withdraw, amongstwhich Britta Andersen, who injured her knee pretty badly, concedingDenmark’s sole loss of the day as the drama continued in the secondround of the Yonex Korea Open.
MalaysianOpen winner Lee Chong Wei conceded a walkover because of influenzaagainst Lee Hyun Il of Korea, after both shuttlers were even at onegame all. The rematch of last week’s final going in favour of theKorean this time.
 ButMalaysia suffered two other losses; Julia Wong, beaten by Zhang Ning,injured her ankle on match point. Chew Choon Eng, on his side, also hadto withdraw because of a leg injury, in the middle of the third game,leaving Korea’s Jung Jae Sung-Lee Jae Jin to qualify for the men’sdoubles quarter-finals.
However, the mostspectacular injury was contracted by Denmark’s Britta Andersen. Theshuttler and her partner Joachim Fischer Nielsen were in the lead onegame up against Muhammad Rizal-Greysia Polii of Indonesia, whenAndersen suddenly collapsed, holding her knee.
“Sheheard a click on her knee,” said Fischer, while she was gettingtreatment. The Dane couldn’t move off the court and was lying infrustration and pain while things were organised for her way out – shewas finally carried by her coach Thomas Stuer Lauridsen and KennethJonassen.
This injury may have a lot ofconsequences for the Danes, who were expecting to participate in theOlympics, with a good 13th world ranking spot and a shot at aquarter-final here again in Korea. Instead, they now have to wait forthe doctor’s verdict and pray that this injury doesn’t keep Britta awayfrom the courts too long, or else, the qualification for Beijing’sOlympic will be difficult.
 Denmark,until then, had a perfect day, without a single defeat. The biggestupset of the day was the win from Jonas Rasmussen-Lars Paaske overworld champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan, in straight games, 21/18,21/12, avenging their loss in the final of last week’s Malaysia Openfinal.
“We were better prepared this time, wehad learned from last week. We were able to break their rhythm thistime as they are very good at playing quickly and moving just as quickto the next point. The first game was tight, and I had expected them tofight back in the second but it seemed like they had lost confidence,which made it easier for us,” said Ramsussen.
“Weare now clearly back on track now. The real breakthrough came withlast’s year’s victory against Cai and Fu in Japan. We have since thenbanked on that to build up our confidence, and we are peaking now,playing well last week and this week again,” said Rasmussen.
Earlierin the day, both Peter Gade and Kenneth Jonassen got their tickets forthe quarter-finals, beating Ng Wei (Hong Kong) and Andrew Smith(England) respectively, while both mixed doubles – ThomasLaybourn-Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Jens Eriksen-Helle Nielsen as well asthe men’s doubles pair of Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen had rather easyrounds to make it to the last eight, for a day which would have beenperfect if it wasn’t for Andersen’s injury.
 Oneof the highlights of the day was the match between China’s Bao Chunlaiand Malaysia’s Wong Choong Hann. Both players have been in the circuitlong enough to know each other’s game by heart, and it was a thrillingperformance they gave in front of a half filled Jangchoon Gymnasium.
TheChinese was in the lead after the first game, but Choong Hann, veryfocused as usual, made it clear that he was in for a tough fight,hoping to get some crucial points to get away from the 16th and lastpotential qualifying spot for him as Malaysia’s second best. He istrailed by 3 compatriots and was hoping that a quarter-final berthwould give him a solid lead.
And he was veryclose to winning this match against the Chinese, who had ended his longtitle drought here in Korea in 2006, when he had beaten Roslin Hashimin the final. Choong Hann was in the lead in the last game at 19/18,but failed to convert his chance to make it to the last eight, whileBao ended up as the winner, scoring three points in a row, for a final21/14, 15/21, 21/19 win.
 Lateron, Malaysia lost their last men’s single in what was expected to bethe other highlight of the day, when Lee Hyun Il took on Lee Chong Weifor a revenge of last week’s final in Kuala Lumpur. The two playersworked well around the corner with two really different styles of play.
The Malaysian took the first game 21/19, beforeHyun Il got even at 17/21. Chong Wei was coughing for a while and, whenthe two players switched sides, he decided to give up, as his sicknesswas obviously too much to cope.
Lee Hyun Ilwill then have a face to face talk with his compatriot Park Sung Hwanin the quarter-final, assuring a semi-final qualification for hiscountry. This tie however will be symbolic as Lee Hyun Il was theformer Korean number one, before his injury and break from the Nationalteam – a time which Park enjoyed to peak and rob the number one spot.The latter beat Simon Santoso in three hard fought games in order toset the meeting with his elder compatriot.
 Therewill be some super quarter-finals in the men’s single event, with LinDan against Sony Dwi Kuncoro for another revenge of the WorldChampionships finals – the Chinese had already beaten Dwi Kuncoro,since then, in Paris. Peter Gade will play Bao Chunlai while KennethJonassen will take on Chen Jin.
There was a lotof frustration in Judith Meulendijks’s eyes few minutes after hersecond round loss to Lu Lan of China. Firstly, because the Dutch hadhad an incredible opportunity to nail the world’s number 4.
Playingremarkably well, Meulendijks was in the lead all through out the match.Winning the first game 21/15, then leading 19/18 in the second game butshe let that one go, but got an even better chance in the third, whereshe led 9/0, then 12/2, before watching her opponent catch back pointafter point.
At 17/12, it was almost a donedeal, but once again, a lack of focus and the talent of Lu Lan made thedifference, when the Chinese fought back to score no less than 9 pointsin a row and end up as a winner 21/17.
 “Icannot lose a match like this. Of course, she’s a world class player,but I had proven before I could go all the way, and this specific matchwas crucial to me, because of our own national regulation to qualifyfor the Olympics.”
The Dutch National OlympicCommittee, as in 2000 and 2004, has given drastic target to theirshuttlers : they not only need to be in the Olympic qualifying listgiven by BWF, but also, qualify for two quarter-finals of a SuperSeries or a semi-final of the European Championships. “It would havebeen a good start for me to have nailed this first quarter-final, thisis why I am so frustrated. Right now, I just can’t take anythingpositively from this loss, even if I probably will later,” said theDutch.
The women’s singles will see someunexpected quarter-finals, like for instance, the top quarter, opposingJuliane Schenk to Cheng Shiao Chieh, instead of the rematch between XieXingfang and Wong Mew Choo as the first draw indicated. Lu Lan willtake on Wang Chen, while Zhou Mi, who beat her compatriot Yip Pui Yin,stands in the way of Zhang Ning.
If the day wasgood for Denmark in general, it was the total opposite for Malaysia,who will have only one pair left in the quarter-final – Wong Pei Ttyand Chin Eei Hui in the women’s doubles. |
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