2006 US Open HomepageJuly 5-8 Charlotte, NC[Charlotte Weather]
US OPEN MEN’S SINGLES
First Round Main Draw Matches
Thursday, July 06, 2006, 5pm.
By: Richard McAfee
As one might expect, most of the first round matches ran true to form. There were no upsets within the seeded players. However, there were a number of interesting and crowd pleasing matches. The largest upset of the round had to be Joseph Wang Jr., (2081) MD, upset of A.J. Brewer, (2303) IN in a tight match, -5, 6, -13, 7, 14, 8. The crowd really enjoyed the outstanding level of play shown between these two top US Junior Prospects. On the other end of the age spectrum, many time World and European Veterans Champion, Herbert Neubauer, took down Lester Sanjay (2312) GUA. If the name sound familiar, Neubauer is the inventor of the long-pip rubber that bears his name. Finally, our own Richard Lee, Tournament Director of the US Open, played a very entertaining match against John Nilsson. Richard showed he can still play at a high level by winning the first game and playing very close games throughout.
Second Round Main Draw Matches
Thursday, July 06, 2006, 7 pm.
The second round matches again provided no major upsets and we are now left with 8 interesting match-ups.
Play will continue tomorrow at 12 pm.
Final 8 matches
Aleksandar Karakasevic (YUG) vs Subhajit (IND)
Shen Qiang (CAN) vs Stefan Feth (GER)
Pradeeban Peter-Paul (CAN) vs Omar Flores (GUA)
Sasa Drinic (USA) vs Ramal Sharath Achanta (IND)
Kostadin Lengerov (AUT) vs Jens Lang (GER)
Eric Owens (USA) vs Wilson Peng Zhang (CAN)
Soumy Adeep Roy (IND) vs Jiachen David Wang (USA)
Jose Miguel Ramirez-Martin(GUA) vs Thomas Keinath (GER)
Women Whittle to 16
By Dave Fullen
With the Round of 32 complete, 16 players advance to the Round of 16 which starts at 2:15 Friday. Before the Round of 32, sharp eyes at the Control Desk caught the three matches that would have been rematches from the qualifying round and redrew the draw.
Due to a possible eye injury, Canada's #2 player Judy Long withdrew from Women's singles. This allowed Lily Yip to advance unchallenged. There were no upsets except for Atha Fong - 1962 (CA) over Nancy Paulin - 2033 (Quebec).
This was an exciting, hard-fought match that drew a crowd. Nancy Paulin ran into the kind of hornet's nest that British General Cornwallis did during the Revolutionary War. After being driven out by citizens' fierce opposition to British occupation during the American Revolution, Cornwallis wrote that Charlotte was a ìhornet's nest of rebellion". In the same way, and on Charlotte turf, Atha Fong defended American soil in seven games.
Paulin went up 2-0 with her quick blocking, backhand hitting style. Fong picked up games three and four with her spinny loops usually overcoming Paulin's backhand around the third hit. The two traded games five and six, with game six ending in Atha's favor, 15-13. In the end Paulin surrendered, 11-7.
Match to Atha Fong who meets Wang Chen at 2:15 tomorrow (talk about a hornet's nest): -10,-8,8,3,-9,13,7.
Other notable matches include Atha's sister Kyna Fong over Kasturi Chakroborty of India in five games: 9,-8,4,8,5; Brana Vlasic (CA) over Nancy Paulin's sister Cynthia (Quebec) in five: -5,9,10,4,8; and Maria Jose Solares (Guatemala) putting up a passionate effort but losing to Charlene Liu (MD) in five: -10,4,5,10,8.
Women's Doubles Round of Eight
By Dave Fullen
The fiesty twin Solares sisters from Guatemala weren't a match for the mother-daughter team of Lily Yip and Judy Hugh. Both teams had breathtaking put-away shots, and it looked like the Solares sisters might be gaining momentum. But at 11-11 in the 4th game a yellow card directed toward their coach for something I couldn't hear distracted them. Match to Yip/Hugh: 7,5,5,11.
The Indian team of Poulomi Ghatak and Kasturi Chakroborty advanced after defeating the New York team of Elin Posner and Andrea Braunfield. With a rating differential of about 1300 points, the team from India had little trouble advancing.
Andrea Estrada and Edelwais Chajchalac of Guatemala advanced through default.
If India makes it through the Estrada/Chajchalac team at 1:3o Friday, it will set up an exciting final between the Indian team and the Yip/Hugh team at 4:30 Friday.
Under 800 RR
Semifinals
Paul Wanddrei d Austin Elston - -6,7,7,-7,10
Mark Hammond d Josalie Clyde - 9,-10,8,5
Finals
Mark Hammond d Paul Wanddrei -7,-9,7,9,6
Photo By Chris Troy - North American Table Tennis
Under 1450 RR
Quarterfinals
Yvonne Foster d Ben Bednarz - 9,6,-10,10
Junior Estoesta d Ian Chan - 7,4,6
Dan Bruno d Dave Fullen - 6,3,9
Paul Miller d John DeCicco Jr. - 3,5,-5,9
Semifinals
Yvonne Foster d Junior Estoesta - -8,0,6,10
Dan Bruno d Paul Miller - 3,-5,3,6
Finals
Yvonne Foster d Dan Bruno - 6,4,10
Cadet Boys Singles
Quarterfinals
AJ Brewer d Alex Wang - 7,3,9
Joseph Wang d Ilya Moundous - Default
Justen Yao d Reza Ghiasi - -6,9,9,6
Don James Alto d Amaresh Sahu - 6,7,10
Semifinals
AJ Brewer d Joseph Wang - 9,4,8
Don James Alto d Justen Yao - -8,4,5,5
Finals
Don James Alto d AJ Brewer - -8,5,3,9
Cadet Girl's Singles
Quarterfinals
Olena Sowers d Eloise Garnier-St-Aubin - 1,4,9
Janice Lan d Andrea Juez Maywin - Default
Roxanne Deslauriers d Jessica Mast - 6,8,8
Ariel Hsing d Jenny Lee Michaud - Default
Semifinals
Olena Sowers d Janice Lan - 7,3,4
Ariel Hsing d Roxanne Deslauriers - 6,8,8
Finals
Ariel Hsing d Olena Sowers - 7,-1,7,3
Photo By Tom Nguyen - North American Table Tennis
Girls' 13 and Under Singles
Semifinals
Ariel Hsing d Anne Deng - 5,7,6
Yvonne Foster d Roxanne Deslauriers - 10,3,12
Finals
Ariel Hsing d Yvonne Foster - 6,8,-6,5
13 and Under Doubles
Semifinals
AJ Brewer & Justen Yao d Casey MacClaren & Spencer Friend - 4,3,2
Alexander Yao & Carl Akerlind d Christian Amidi & Khoa Vu - 1,1,0
Finals
AJ Brewer & Justen Yao d Alexander Yao Carl Akerlind - 4,5,8
9 and Under Singles
Quarterfinals
Yijun Feng d John Whitley - 1,5,1
Alan Tanti d MacKenzie Friend - 7,7,6
Charles Deng d Chase Bockoven - 2,2,5
Christopher Brewer d Khoa Vu - Default
Semifinals
Yijun Feng d Alan Tanti - 4,4,2
Christopher Brewer d Charles Deng - 7,6,7
Finals
Yijun Feng d Christopher Brewer - 6,4,4
Cadet Doubles
Finals
Justen Yao & Carl Akerlind d Amaresh Sahu & AJ Brewer - 7,9,-10,-10,8
Over 30 Women's Singles
Finals
Lily Yip d Brenda Mun - 5,2,9
Hardbat Over 40 Singles
Quarterfinals
Lim Ming Chui d Denis Fritchie - 7,12
Simon Jacobson d Kingsley Chin - 14,14
Victor Lorand d Mike Babuin - 15,16
Tim Boggan d Dean Norman - -20,-17,19
Semifinals
Lim Ming Chui d Simon Jacobson - 12, 11
Victor Lorand d Tim Boggan - 13,10
Finals
Lim Ming Chui d Victor Lorand - 11,12,16
Women's Over 40 Singles
Semifinals
Lily Yip d Terri Lee Bell - 7,3,2
Charlene Liu d Lisa Cavanagh 7,5,3
Finals
Charlene Liu d Lily Yip - 10,-6,9,8
Over 65 RR
Semifinals
Richard Hicks d Al Weaver - 7,2,5
George Braithwaite d Alan Grambo - 3,7,3
Finals
George Braithwaite d Richard Hicks - 8,9,-8,6
Over 70 RR
Finals
Bill Neely d Lynwood Smith - -5,8,10,2
Under 2050 RR
Quarterfinals
Donald Hayes d Greg Kerkow - -7,-5,7,7,8
Christopher Babolal d Pierre Prevost - 4,6,-8,8
Marie-Andree levesque d Aldis Presley - 5,4,-5,-7,9
Charlie Sun d Trieu Chieu - 5,-12,9,2
Semifinals
Christopher Babolal d Donald Hayes - 12,-8,8,-9,-7
Charlie Sun d Marie-Andree Levesque - -10,8,-7,-7
Finals
Christopher Babolal d Charlie Sun - 6,6,8
Under 2600 Singles
Quarterfinals
Eric Owens d Judy Hugh - 7,8,8
Xavier Therien d Lester Sanjay - 4,6,-10,7
David Jiachen Wang d Nan Li - -4,4,5,11
Jose Miguel Ramirez-Marin d Sasa Drinic - 4,-9,4,-8,7
Semifinals
Eric Owens d Xavier Therien - 3,7,7
Jose Miguel Ramirez-Marin d David Jiachen Wang - 7,3,4
Finals
Jose Miguel Ramirez-Marin d Eric Owens - 10,-8,-8,-2
Photo By Tom Nguyen - North American Table Tennis
Over 50 Doubles
Quarterfinals
Richard Hicks & Henry McCoullum d Denis Fritchie & Hugh Lax - 6,1,7
Danny Hill & Jim McQueen - 6,4,12
David Sakai & George Brathwaite d Jiri Hlava & Mar Makay - 9,9,3
Bill Ukapatayasakul & Lim Ming Chui d Harry Hawk & Mike Challiday - 6,3,10
Semifinals
Richard Hicks & Henry McCoullum d Danny Hill & Jim McQueen - 6,4,12
Bill Ukapatayasakul & Lim Ming Chui d David Sakai & George Brathwaite - 4,6,10
Finals
Bill Ukapatayasakul & Lim Ming Chui d Richard Hicks & Henry McCoullum - -10,10,-9,7,7
