Sevilla 2001 - WC 4. day

VII Suridman Cup & XII World Championships

28. may - 10. june, San Pablo Sports Stadium, Seville, Spain

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4. day

All results

No. 1, LD 1/4 final

   Huang Sui/Gao Ling, CHN
   - Chikako Nakayama/Mika Anjo, JPN               15-4, 15-5

No. 2. MS 1/4 final

   Chen Hong, CHN
   - Pulella Gopichand, IND                        15-10, 15-10

A rematch of the All England final? Well - This time Chen Hong won. Gopi did start out strong, but Chen Hong played some fantastic plays, particular towards the end. A few times he was down on his knees and hands after tough returns, but was up and in control again, before Gopi could get his return over the net.

No. 3. XD 1/2 final

   Dong Moon Kim/Kyung Min Ra, KOR
   - Michael Sogaard/Rikke Olsen, DEN              15-7, 15-9

Michael and Rikke never got their game going, and made a lot of errors. Michael had trouble clearing the net, and Rikke was often caught, when smashed at directly.

No. 1. LD 1/4 final

   Zhang Jiewen/Wei Yili, CHN
   - Deyanna Lomban/Indarti Issolina, INA          15-8, 15-8

No. 2. MD 1/4 final

   Choon Eng Chew/Chong Ming Chan, MAS
   - Lars Paaske/Martin Lundgaard, DEN             15-13, 15-2

Lars and Martin had full control of the game until 12-9. Then something happende, Martin said after the match, because they only scored 3 point in the rest of the match. Maybe it was some unprovoked errors, that made them nervous and think too much. Choon/Chong had also improved themselves very much in anticipation of this match, Martin felt.

No. 3. LS 1/4 final

   Zhang Ning, CHN
   - Kanako Yonekura, JPN                          9-11, 11-1, 11-0

No. 1. MS 1/4 final

   Taufik Hadayat, INA
   - Hyun Il Lee, KOR                              15-12, 4-15, 15-5

No. 2. LS 1/4 final

   Gong Ruina, CHN
   - Mia Audina Tjiptawan, NED                     6-11, 11-8, 11-8

No. 3. MD 1/4 final

   Halim Haryanto/Tony Gunawan, INA
   - Yong Sung Yoo/Dong Soo Lee, KOR               15-12, 15-9

No. 1. MD 1/4 final

   Wan Wah Lee/Tan Fook Choong, MAS
   - Pramote Teerawiwatana/Tesana Panvisvas, THA   17-14, 15-13

No. 2. MS 1/4 final

   Peter Gade, DEN                                 
   - Agus Haryanto, HKG                            15-4, 15-8

Peter did not have much difficulty with Agus Haryanto. Peter felt, that Agus in this game was too nervous about comming this far, and then play "center court" on TV. But do not underestimate him, Peter said. Agus is a very good up and coming player.

No. 3. MS 1/4 final

   Hendrewan, INA
   - Xia Xuanze, CHN                               15-7, 15-5

No. 1. LS 1/4 final

   Gong Zhichao, CHN
   - Dai Jun, CHN                                  11-9, 11-2

No. 2. XD 1/2 final

   Zhang Jun/Gao Ling, CHN
   - Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager, DEN           15-2, 15-12

No. 3. LS 1/4 final

   Zhou Mi, CHN
   - Mette Sorensen, DEN                           11-3, 11-2

No. 1. LD 1/4 final

   Jiang Xuelina/Chen Lin, CHN
   - Rikke Olsen/Helene Kirkegaard, DEN            7-15, 15-3, 15-7

This game was - almost - ignored because of the game on court 3, even though they where more or less in sync. A close match - dominated by the danes in 1. game, by the chinese in 2. game, and the danes leading 4-0 and 6-3. But from then on Jiang/Chen won every deciding play until 15-7. A great comeback.

No. 2. LD 1/4 final

   Kyung Min Ra/Kyung Won Lee, KOR
   - Yang Wei/Huang Nanyan, CHN                    10-15, 17-15, 17-14

This was also a long, even battle, but appart from at few chinese and maybe some koreans, everybody turned there attendence to court no. 3!

No. 3. MD 1/4 final

   Dong Moon Kim/Tae Kwon Ha, KOR
   - Michael Sogaard/Jim Laugesen, DEN             15-7, 13-15, 15-13

According to Jim Laugesen they where only two lucky plays from winning. This was the real finals, he thought. A rather numerous danish crowd made for real excitement. If only the game had been scheduled for court 2 so the rest of the world could have seen the game! - Jim was not the only one thinking that out loud.

MS: Men's Singles, LS: Ladies' Singles, MD: Men's Doubles, LD: Ladies Doubles, XD: Mixed Doubles.

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