Round 2 : bad day for olympic champions

First match of the day: The titleholder of the women’s single draw, the Chinese He Bengjiao keep going on her way. She has beat the young Danish Mia Blichfeldt by using an aggressive game. She qualified for the quarter final, nothing surprising here. We think she will go far on this tournament. Score: 21-17 21-12.

The following important match was the man’s double with the Russian pair Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov: In two straight games, they qualified by beating the Japanese Takeshi Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara, 3rd seed. What a surprise for the public. Indeed, anything could ever happen in Paris!

At the same time, the Stoeva sisters played hers 2nd round against the Korean pair Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda. Unfortunately, today wasn’t enough. They said that it was a good match, and this is actually by playing tough match like this that they will increase their quality of game. Score: 21-17 21-18

The Indian Saina Nehwal was here also to defeat her place: She played against the 5th seed of the tournament, the Japanese Akane Yamaguchi. The Indian struggled to follow the pace. Score: 21-9 23-21.

The Danish pair Perdersen/Christiansen made their entrance on court today: That European pair had such a great support from the crowd. This is the 2nd time they played together. That new pair is promising: They qualified to the 2nd round. They said that for the second time together, things are going great, considering the fact that they didn’t train much together. Indeed, Christiansen said that for his part, this is the first time he played in Paris. For that matter, he was surprise how supportive the French crowd was. We wish them the best for the next round.

The face of the tournament, the Indian Pusarla V. Sindhu, the 2nd seed of the tournament also played today wishing to go as further as possible. She met the Japanese Sayaka Takahashi. No worries for her, she qualified in two straight games. All smiling, she said that she was feeling good physically and mentally. She’s proud of her game and thankful for such a supportive public. Score: 21-14 21-13

The other Indian single player is Kidambi Srikanth. Recently, he eliminated the fresh ranked 1, Viktor Axelsen, at the Denmark Open and it is at the same tournament that he won the gold medal. Here, in Paris, he played the 2nd round against the Hongkonger Wong Wing Ki Vincent. In two straight game he beat his opponent. Score: 21-19 21-17.

A bombshell happened in Paris: The Olympic champion, Carolina Marin was eliminated earlier than she must have expected. Her opponent was the Korean Jang Mi Lee, ranked 27. Two straight games. She answered our questions with such a disappointed ton obviously. She said that her game wasn’t efficient at all. We hope the best for her next time. Score: 21-18 21-19.

The title-holders in men’s doubles, Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen (2) also struggled to reach the next round: Their opponents, an Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. They are going to try defend their title once again in Paris. Score: 21-16 19-21 21-19.

The other title-holders in mixed doubles, Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen. (1) A strong pair that are really tough opponent nowadays: They qualified pretty easily to the next round. Score: 21-17 21-13

One of the last match today was the men’s single with Vittinghus (22) against the Indian Prannoy H. S. (12) It was hard for the Danish player: He said that it was physically weak after his last match. “I manage to beat the ranked 2, and the following match I can’t do anything at all. This is the worst match of my season. I’m physically weak” Score: 21-11 21-12