In knee-d of therapy

Friday, January 07, 2011

Denmark’s Thomas Laybourn and Indonesia’s Hendra Setiawan were forced to withdraw from the Victor BWF Superseries Finals 2010 after suffering knee injuries on Thursday.

Laybourn, who partnered Kamilla Rytter Juhl to victory over England’s Nathan Robertson-Jenny Wallwork on the opening day of the tournament on Wednesday, injured his left knee before the start of his mixed doubles match against Thailand’s Songphon Anugritayawan-Kunchala Voravichitchaikul.

This means the all the Danish pair’s results will be nullified. That news will come as a relief to the English pair as it means they still have a chance to qualify for the semi-finals despite losing 21-15, 21-14 to China’s Zhang Nan-Zhao Yunlei

Robertson-Wallwork must now defeat Anugritayawan-Voravichitchaikul on Friday to stand a chance of reaching the final four.

In Group B, Indonesia’s Vita Marissa-Hendra Aprida Gunawan are almost certain of reaching the semi-finals after registering their second consecutive win in the tournament.

Following up from their three-game defeat of Thailand’s Sudket Prapakamol-Saralee Thoungthongkam, the Indonesians also took three games to beat Poland’s Robert Mateusiak-Nadiezda Zieba 21-14, 17-21, 24-22.

Mateusiak-Zieba are now out of the running but Prapakamol-Thoungthongkam kept their hopes alive with a come from behind 18-21, 21-13, 21-10 victory over South Korea’s Ha Jung Eun-Ko Su Hyun.

The Koreans, who defeated Mateusiak-Zieba on Thursday, must now beat Prapakamol-Thoungthongkam to stand a chance of advancing to the semi-finals.

Asian Games gold medallist Hendra Setiawan suffered his right knee injury while playing with Markis Kido in the men’s doubles match against defending champions Jung Jae Sung-Lee Yong Dae.

The Indonesians, who were trailing 8-3 at that stage, have not been their usual self in this tournament and suffered a 21-12, 23-21 loss to world No. 1s Carsten Mogensen-Mathias Boe (Den) on Thursday.

Mogensen-Boe and Jae Sung-Yong Dae have qualified from Group B as they have defeated Taiwan’s Fang Chieh Min-Lee Sheng Mu in earlier matches. The Danish and Korean pairs will meet tomorrow to decide who top the group.

In Group A, world champions Fu Haifeng-Cai Yun are assured of reaching the semi-finals but it was curtains for 2008 Superseries champions Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong, who suffered their second consecutive defeat.

Fu Haifeng-Cai Yun defeated South Korea’s Ko Sung Hyun-Yoo Yeon Seong 21-14, 21-15 for their second win.

The Koreans next face China’s Chai Biao-Zhang Nan on Friday to decide who joins the world champions in the knock-out stage. Kien Keat-Boon Heong will seek to salvage some pride when they meet Fu Haifeng-Cai Yun in their last group match on Friday. 

In Group A of the women’s doubles, world No.1s Cheng Wen Hsing-Chien Yu Chin of Taiwan have confirmed their semi-final places with a match to spare, after scoring their second consecutive win with a 21-13, 21-15 victory over Indonesia’s Greysia Polii-Meeliana Jauhari.

Despite their loss, the Indonesians can still reach the semi-finals. They face a winner-takes-all match with Japan’s Miyuki Maeda-Satoko Suetsuna, who are also bidding to reach the last four.

Maeda-Suetsuna made up for their opening match loss to the world No.1s by beating Anastasia Russkikh-Petya Nedelcheva of Russia-Bulgaria. The only European pair in the draw have been eliminated after losing their opening two matches.

In Group B, China’s Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang are almost certain of reaching the semi-finals after beating Thailand’s  Duanganong Aroonkesorn-Kunchala Voravichitchaikul  21-10, 21-9.

Only a huge defeat against Japan’s Mizuki Fujii-Reika Kakiiwa on Friday will prevent them from progressing. The Japanese are also vying for a place in the last four while another Chinese pair, Cheng Shu-Zhao Yunlei can also reach the last four.

Article by www.bwfbadminton.org/

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