BIMANTARA CUP 2010: Easy for big guns, Mexicans crash out
News 10:44 AM
The world´s best badminton players showed their power in the afternoon round of the BWF World Junior Championship for the Bimantara Cup at the CODE Dome in Gadalajara, Mexico.
In women’s singles, World Champion Ratchanok Inthanon defeated Mexico’s Andrea Guerrero 21-12 and 21-13 who could not raise her game despite the strong home support.Another female athlete who also delivered, albeit in nervous fashion, was China’s Deng Xuang, the No 2 seed. The Chinese beat Russia’s Maria Korobeyinikova in straight games 21-3 and 21-9. 
Thailand’s Sapsiree Taerattanachai, third seeded, beat Germany’s Isabel Herttrich 16-21 and 11-21 while Sonia Cheah of Maysia also progressed to the second round thanks to her 21-8, 21-4 win over another German girl – Kira Kattenbeck.
It wasn’t all bad news for Germany as Fabienne Perez, who is the No 5-8 seed, defeated Singapore’s Hui Ming Cheong de Sing.
Tzu Ying Tai from Chinese Taipei also continued her impressive form from the team event to beat Thamar Peters from the Netherlands by a broad difference in the first game with a score of 21-8 and even though Thamar tried to do better, the second game ended 21-16 in favour of the Chinese Taipei player.
In men’s singles, Malaysia’s Loh Wei Sheng, the No 2 seed, defeated Jamaica’s Dennis Coke 10-21 and 11-21 in 20 minutes.
There were some surprise results in the men’s singles with England’s Penty Toby and Europe’s top junior Kasper Lehikoinen from Finland shown the exit.
Lehikoinen, the No 5-8th seed, was beaten by Turkey’s Emre Lale 21-12, 21-15 while Toby fell to a 21-12, 21-18 defeat to South Korea’s Kang Ji Wook.
In the individual tournament, the top juniors are competing for tickets to the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August this year.
Top seed Huauh Yuxian of China progressed comfortably after defeating Germany’s Peter Lang, Mexico’s Job Castillo, Andres Lopez and Alan Sanchez finished their run after being eliminated in the first round.
The superiority of Mexico’s rival, Turkish player Ozturk Ramanzan, was clearly seen at the CODE Dome as he defeated Job Castillo 21-16 and 21-16.
The second match for Mexico wasn’t all that different as South Korea dominated the encounter starting at the very beginning of the game. This way, South Korea’s Kang Ji Wook defeated Andres Lopez in two identical sets of 21-13.
In other confrontations for the Mexican selection, Luis Trejo was defeated by South Africa’s Prakash Vajayanath in three games with a score of 21-19, 11-21, and 21-12. Likewise, Alan Sanchez lost to Germany’s Max Schwenger 21-7 and 21-9.
The fifth match in the morning for Mexico was played between Cynthia Gonzalez and Singapore’s Woon Emily Chua, who won in two games - 15-21 and 26-28.
Posted by Lucas Liau
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