Dickert-Kudicke? Schaub-Wall?
2007-07-08
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The full draws of the 2007 German Open can now be found on the tournament
homepage (here is the direct
link to the draws). Here is a closer look; Expected quarterfinals according
to the seedings/world rankings:
MEN'S ELITE
Magnus Eliasson (SWE WR1) - Oliver Zwiers (GER WR16)
Oliver Kudicke (GER WR14) - Michael Dickert (AUT WR5)
Elmar Schaub (GER WR7) - Christian Wall (SWE WR15)
Alexander Köpf (GER WR9) - Marcel Weigl (AUT WR3)
(1) However, what could Czech squash specialist Petr Vesely do
against Zwiers in the second round?
Vesely is among the best squash players in the Czech Republic, as shown by him
reaching the quarterfinal of this year's Czech Squash Championships (see report).
And in Racketlon, he is in fact one of the quickest risers on the world ranking
at present; After his first tour event (last year's German Open), where he lost
the B final against Marcel Kravek, he has advanced to no. 22 on the last version
of the rankings.
He has taken part in no less than 4 world ranking events already
this year and his last appearance was in Belgium in June, where
he lost to Johan Nordstrand -2 (tt:18-21 ba:18-21 sq:21-5
te:9-21) in the first round - after which he recovered to win the
plate, where he beat a long series of established names; Jacob de
Vries, Gert Peersman and, in the final, Paul Twisterling +9
(tt:21-6 ba:3-21 sq:21-3 te:7-13).
(2) Watch out for Christian Wall in this tournament!
Wall, a former professional tennis player, showed his Racketlon
class in November last year by winning Gothenburg Open but has
then only taken part in one world ranking event - Swedish Open in
January - where he lost to Roland Helle -22 (12-21, 23-21, 6-21,
-) in the second round. Playing in few events have caused him to
drop from position 5 on the world ranking in November last year
to the present 15. At the moment rumour has it that he is in
excellent shape in both badminton and squash; He became Club
Champion in both disciplines earlier this summer in his home town
Västerås...
The ladies' event has this year attracted 8 players, among them
the top 2 women on the world ranking at present, challenged by
world number 4, a home hope:
LADIES' ELITE
Expected Semifinals:
Susanna Lautala-Näykki (FIN WR1)-Nina Shulte (GER WR18)
Silke Altmann (GER WR4) - Martina Kakosova (CZE WR2)
/H
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