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October 13 Briefing 4th day of Yonex Open Japan 2006 |
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World top players have showed beautiful and professional performance in Yoyogi No.1 National Stadium on day 4 of the YONEX Open Japan 2006, yesterday.
The atmosphere has been changed to welcome players who advanced to the quarter-Finals, since a number of courts have been decreased to 4 from 8 in total. The change made not only the audiences to focus on each game but for players to be the center of the attention should have powered them to perform professional performances.
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| Wang Chen, Hong Kong China beat Lu Li, China 0-2, who is the only one to have reached the semi-final except the Chinese. Today she will meet Xie Xingfang, China in the semi-final who beat Mori Kaori, Japan yesterday. |
| Gade Peter, Denmark matched Chen Hong, China. Throughout the game, Peter led and won the match 2 to 0 (21-14, 21-17) against Chen Hong. Today he will face Lin Dan, China, World 1st ranked player. |
| The most risen game was the Men’s Doubles Ikeda/Sakamoto, Japan met Clack Anthony/Blair Robert, England and entertained Japanese fans a lot.
Ikeda/Sakamoto grabbed 2-1 victory that is the first time since 1990 for Japanese to reach the semi-final, 16 years ago. Today they will face Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong, Malaysia, which beat the World 2nd ranked pair, Eriksen Jens/Lundgaard Hansen Martin, Denmark yesterday. A big surprise is very much expected by all their fans and the stadium will be packed by their energized performance here in today. |
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| It was noticed by all spectators in the stand that Ponsana Boonsak, Quiet Thai player bowed and thanked to his coaches for their advice with a clasped hands in prayer “Koppun kat”. It was a calm and peaceful moment for Ponsana while fighting against Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia. |
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| Please see English draw for further details. |
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