In the first round of the German Open 2013, South Korea’s Ko Sung Hyun/Lee Yong Dae beat Dutch pair Ruud BOSCH/Koen RIDDER 21-13.21-19. Top seeded South Korean women’s singles player Sung Ji Hyun brushed Germany’s CAROLA aside with ease. Chinese Taipei’s Lee Sheng Mu/Tsai Chia Hsin took out the tournament’s fourth seeds Hashimoto/ Hirata by a wide margin and have a chance of being the tournament dark horses. In the women’s singles,Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying had a tough match against Busanan Ongbumrungpan of Thailand but was still able to proceed to the next round after taking the match two games to one.
Fancied home player Juliane Schenk claimed an impressive win 21-16,21-8 against top South Korean player Bae Youn Joo and will play France’s IGNES WARAN in the next round. Unless there is an upset she will make it to the quarter finals.
South Korea’s Ko Sung Hyun/Lee Yong Dae seemed to take time to get used to the court, needing more time than expected to dispose of their opponents; they will face Japan’s Takeshi KAMURA/Keigo SONODA in the last 16......Full Article
