[Steveg]

Here again another heavy schedule (some players are having three matches again ) :

Centre Court - 10:00 AM Start
1. Women's Singles QF (Starting at 10:00 am)
HSIEH, Su-Wei (TPE) vs. OBATA, Saori (JPN)
2. Men's Singles QF (Not before 11:00)
SUZUKI, Takao (JPN) vs. WANG, Yeu-Tzuoo (TPE)
3. Men's Singles QF (Not before 12:30 pm)
YOON, Young-II (KOR) vs. SRICHAPHAN, Paradorn (THA)
4. Mixed Doubles QF (Not before 2:00 pm)
HUI, John / TONG, Ka-Po (HKG) vs. ZHU, Ben-Qiang / LI, Na (CHN)
5. Mixed Doubles QF (Not before 3:00 pm)
KONDO, Hiroki / FUJIWARA, Rika (JPN) vs. LU, Yen-Hsun / HSIEH, Su-Wei (TPE)

Court 13 - 10:00 AM Start
1. Women's Singles QF (Starting at 10:00 am)
FUJIWARA, Rika (JPN) vs. JEON, Mi-Ra (KOR)
2. Women's Singles QF (Not before 11:00)
PRAKUSYA, Wynne (INA) vs. LIU, Nan-Nan (CHN)
3. Women's Doubles QF (Not before 12:30)
CHOI, Young-Ja / JEON, Mi-Ra (KOR) vs. KUMAR, Sonya / LIMANTO, Agustine (SIN)
4. Women's Doubles QF (Not before 2:00 pm)
WANG, I-Ting / WENG, Tzu-Ting (TPE) vs. PRAKUSYA, Wynne / SAWONDARI, Wukirasih (INA)
5. Mixed Doubles QF (Not before 3:00 pm)
CHUNG, Hee-Seok / CHOI, Jin-Young (KOR) vs. TERACHI, Takahiro / OBATA, Saori (JPN)

Court 12 - 10:00 AM Start
1. Women's Singles QF (Starting at 10:00 am)
INOUE, Haruka (JPN) vs. CHO, Yoon-Jeong (KOR)
2. Men's Singles 2R (Not before 11:00)
LU, Yen-Hsun (TPE) vs. SUWANDI (INA)
3. Women's Doubles QF (Not before 12:30 pm)
CHUANG, Chia-Jung / HSIEH, Su-Wei (TPE) vs. CHO, Yoon-Jeong / CHOI, Jin-Young (KOR)
4. Men's Doubles (Not before 2:00 pm)
CHUNG, Hee-Seok / LEE, Hyung-Taik (KOR) vs. SHAHGHOLI, Anoosha / TAHERI, Akbar (IRI)

Court 11 - 10:00 AM Start
1.

2. Women's Doubles QF (Not before 11:00)
LAM, Polly / TONG, Ka-Po (HKG) vs. LI, Na / LI, Ting (CHN)
3. Men's Doubles QF (Not before 12:30 pm)
KUAN, Chu-Seak / LEI, Hou-In (MAC) vs. HUI, John / TONG, Melvin (HKG)
4. Men's Doubles QF (Not before 2:00 pm)
CHENG, Wei-Jen / WANG, Yeu-Tzuoo (TPE) vs. KONDO, H / TERACHI, T (JPN)
5. Mixed Doubles QF (Not before 3:30 pm)
WANG, Yeu-Tzuoo / CHUANG, Chia-Jung (TPE) SUWANDI / PRAKUSYA, W (INA)

Any match on any court may be moved

WANG, Y / ZHU,B-Q (CHN) W/O KUTSENKO / OGORODOV (UZB)

[spyro]

Wouw Wynne will have to play THREE matches in one day

[Steveg]

The same goes for Su Wei, while she is only 15 and has already played 3 matches yesterday.

[Eric_tennis]

Thanks for posting, Steveg.

Good luck to Mi-ra & Wynne.

BTW,..where's danker?
He should have been here if he's OK.

[spyro]

The Result Please ? Anybody knows....?

[spyro]

Is it Delayed due to rain or what...?

[Steveg]

Eric, thanks for your message. danker is OK : he is presently on holidays and has therefore less time to connect . I am sure however he is following the results with great interest.

For Spyro, you will have to be patient as results are posted only once a day on the official site : yesterday, there was nothing at 22:30 (Indonesia time) and I got the results when I woke up at 04:30...

So you will have to wait . I have asked the webmaster of the Championships site to post results twice a day (early afternoon and in the evening) but I have received no reply .

I also had called earlier my office in Hong Kong : it is cold but not rainy today. So I assume all matches are being played as scheduled.

[ December 20, 2001: Message edited by: Steveg ]

[spyro]

Oh ok, thanks SteveG, but i think they should post the result as often as possible.

[jirobkk]

Local sport's newspaper in Thailand posted that Su-wei beated Saori Obata 6/3,7/5.

Congrats to Su-Wei, Hope you win the title.
Bad luck to Obata. Hope you de better next time.

[Wally]

if thats the case then WOW!!! what a good win to su-wei!

she should just about go all the way dont u reckon???

bad luck saori! theres no shame in losing to su-wei!

[Steveg]

Thanks for the result Jiro. No other result posted in your local newspapers?

For the pics, I have not sent to you because I know you have seen them already from your house computer.

[Steveg]

Here are some more results from Satusports.com (Spyro, you should know it already ) :

Takao Suzuki (Jpn x5) bt Wang Yeu-tzuoo (Tpe) 7-5, 6-2
Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha x2) bt Yoon Yong Il (Kor x7) 7-5, 6-2

Hsieh Su-wei (Tpe) bt Saori Obata (Jpn) 6-3, 7-5
Jeon Mi-ra (Kor) bt Rika Fujiwara (Jpn x4) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
Cho Yoon-jeong (Kor x3) bt Haruka Inoue (Jpn x8) 6-4, 7-5
Wynne Prakusya (Ina x1) bt Liu Nan Nan (Chn) 6-3, 6-1

[jirobkk]

Thanks Steveg,
I can see from my apartment.

BTW, Congrats to Su-Wei and Paradorn. I love to see both of them hold the title.

[Steveg]

Yes, it is certainly an excellent performance from Su Wei and I hope she can make it to the final.

As from there, we'll see what happens . Whoever her opponent is in final, it will be a tough match...

Wynne seems to be in great shape : 6/3 6/1 against Nan Nan is quite good. For reference, when she had won in Bali, Angelique had beaten Nan Nan in the first round 6/2 7/6 (7). Much tighter score.

There are besides these comments from the official site regarding the match against Ka Po

[quote] On an outside court, Hong Kong's Tong Ka Po battled top seed Wynne Prakusya of Indonesia for over three hours before losing in three sets 0-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Tong ran away with the first set before the Indonesian could get into a rhythm and , before long, Prakusya was handed a love set. The second and third sets were a complete different story.

Intense baseline exchanges were the norm as Prakusya began to gain the upperhand with deep, well-placed ground strokes into opposite corners of the court. She was leading Tong 5-2 when the Hong Kong number one gained the break back by winning a long deuce game and then held her own serves to level at 5-5. After holding serve comprehensively, Prakusya finally managed to break Tong again at 15 to win the second set 7-5.

Tong took the initiative in the final set by conjuring up with an early break but the tenacious Indonesian fought back to level at 3-3. After wasting the first of three break points in the seventh game, Tong broke Prakusya at 15 to lead 4-3, with local support gathering strength at courtside. But Tong failed to hold the advantage and Prakusya broke back at once to force a 4-4 tie.

In the next game, Tong hit monstrous winners from both flanks to force the top seed on the run and broke her again for a 5-4 lead. After a long deuce game Tong, instead of hitting what would have been an easy smash, attempted a forehand drive volley that hit the bottom of the net. A potential match point turned into a break point opportunity for the Indonesian and Tong duly hit a double fault on the next point to lose her serve and trailed 6-5. The world 89th-ranked Prakusya tightened the screws and held serve to love to take the final set 7-5.

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Must have been a very interesting match!

[Martian KC]

Congrats Su-Wei, Wynne, Yoon-Jeong, and Mi-Ra!!!