German Open in Mülheim (Super 300)
A real test despite the gap in the world rankings, this Friday’s quarter-final at the German Open in Mülheim was fatal to Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue (N.5). Rising Japanese duo, Midorikawa – Saito (N.23, 22 years old), after taking out their compatriots seeded N.8, were able to confirm against the Habs. If the first set was very tight (8-8, 12-12, 16-16), like several nice duels at the net, the Asians were able to accelerate at the right time to pocket the bet (16-21) .
Heading for the All England
The debates were again balanced after the change of sides but we did not feel Delphine Delrue in a great day and Midorikawa and Saito seemed to insist particularly on the Francilienne. Solid in defense, the Japanese still widened the gap at the right time (9-11, 10-18) by seizing the slightest opportunity in attack (13-21). It was therefore the latter who spun in the semi-finals of this Super 300 to find, on Saturday, the Chinese Feng and Huang (N.16), their scorers in the semi-finals of the recent Masters of Thailand.
For Gicquel (RS Mulhouse) and Delrue (BC Chambly), after the debriefing of this poor performance, it will then be time to switch to the All England (Super 1,000 at 1.250 million dollars). In the first round, the vice-champions of Europe will find the South Koreans Ko – Eom (N.49), who lead 3-0 in their face-to-face. Mistrust !
