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I only got to the courts at 1115 am missing most of the morning matches. I was up till 3 am last night updating the blog.
For the Boys doubles:
Tan Vi Hen and A Yusrizal of Malaysia beat K Halambage and D Yatawara of Sri Lanka in 3 sets. The score was 21/15, 16/21 and 21/19.
P Ambegoda and P Hettiarchi of Sri Lanka also had a 3 setter against I Jaafar and Ai Wei Jian of Malaysia. The score was 21/16, 9/21 and 7/21.
In another quarter, S Hapuarchchi and R Ranatunga of Sri Lanka lost to M Alcala and T Matthew of the Philippines 21/15 and 21/16.
H Faisal and P Rhoma of Indonesia beat L De Silva and S De Silva 21/9 and 21/10. Most of these players specialise and play either doubles only or singles.
Eric Vuong and R Serasinghe also lost 14/21 and 7/21 to H Faisal and R Hartawan of Indonesia.
In the girls singles QF, M Alcala of the Philippines beat L Erasalita 22/20 and 21/16. Umangi Illangakoon beat L Josephine 22/20, 10/21 and 12/21 in a good fight.
Phing also missed out on the next stage when she lost 11/21 and 15/21 to S Mapasa of Indonesia. R Hartawan of Indonesia easily won against S Samarasinghe 21/5 and 21/6.
In the men's singles, A Yusrizal progressed to the next stage when he won Australia's Serasinghe 10/21, 21/8 and 19/21. Serasinghe must be feeling the pain after such a close 3 setter.
A Januari of Indonesia beat Malaysia's Ai we Jian at 21/11 and 21/2. J Chrsitie also progressed to the semi's beating Tan Vi Hen 21/19 and 21/14.
No. 1 seed Hadamadi beat I Jaafar easily at 21/13 and 21/13 to get to the semis.
The Girls doubles look more promising for Australia.
Jack Quan and Somerville are playing the top Indo pair in court 1. Joy Lai and Jenn Tam have just started their first quarters game against Sri Lanka.
Phing Teo and Eunice are playing Olivia and Silvi which is an all WA affair. Phing and Eunice were too strong winning the other WA girls at 21/5 and 21/5. They progress to the semis.
There are 3 courts where Australia is represented in the quarters.
Joy Lai and Jennifer Tam lose the first set at 13/21. The 2nd set looks better as they are settled. Joy and Tam are down 11/16 for the moment. They just lost another point when the returns flops across the net. The 2nd set is at 6/3 for Aus. They get another point after a long rally.
They are leading 12/11. Sri Lanka gets a return to 12/13. This is becoming a close match. Aus gets to 15/13 and then to 16/13. Aus loses 2 points in a row and gets to 16/15 but then gets another good point. Sri Lanka is not giving up. A shot just flops over for them to even up. Sri Lanka evens up again and then take the lead and the next point to get to match point. Lai recovers a point and then gets to deuce to save the match.
Tam serves short and gets Aus to danger. Tam recovers and saves another point to 21/21. Aus's return is dropped to the net and they then serve for a winner to get a 3 setter. There has not been many 3 setters in this competition during the first day. There have been more 3 setters today as the competition gets stronger.
Aus gets a 2 love lead. and then gets to 4 love. Aus gets to 11/3 and they look comfortable. They lose a few points to give Sri Lanka 5/12 and then 6/12. The next point is lost by Aus again before they get to 13/7 and then 14/7. Aus has to hang on. Sri Lanka leaps to 11/14 before Tam hits a few good shots to 16/11. Sri Lanka gets a point in return. Sri Lanka does a good cross drop to get another point. They lose a point to Aus when a return goes out. Aus is now at 19/13. Aus gets to match point and Joy serves into the net. She redeems herself by tapping down a winner. Great, Aus has another team that advances into the semis.
Somerville and Guan lost the first set at 16/21.
Somerville and Guan are going neck for neck with points at 18 all in the 2nd set. This could well be the actual finals match as the four girls look the strongest and are closer to being 19 years. Aus gets a point back to 19/20 but the last return goes to the net losing them the game.
Ash and Mclean have also lost to L Erasalita and R Hartawan of Indonesia in QF 2. Their score was 5 and 8.
Eric Vuong and Serasinghe is now playing the Indo pair in the first mixed doubles QF. In the next court is another Indo pair against Sri Lanka.
Eric and R. Serasinghe are neck to neck at 10/9. They then get to 12/15. They lose the first set 21/14.
The 2nd set again looks bad for Aus as they are trailing 4/9. Eric does a good cross to get a point to 6/10. They are trailing 13/6. They finally lose at 21/7.
Guan and Serasinghe are playing Seng Low and Buddhima in an all Aus quarters for the mixed doubles. Well, at least another Australian pair will progress to the next stage.
Dan Guda and J Tam are now playing their QF against T Co and M Alcala of the Philippines. It is actually 3 Filipinos and 1 Aussie as Guda is actually Filipino. He migrated to Aus 3 years ago. Maybe Australia can poach a few more Filipino players especially their female players as they are quite strong.
Aus loses the first 3 points before they get 1 point. Aus is down 8/2 and need to catch up. Philippines get to 11/4 first. Aus is at 5/12 and still not moving into gear. Daniel's shots are not going over. I remember he did have rice today. They lose the first set at 21/9.
Aus loses a long rally to get to 1/3. They stay close at 4/5. The Filipinos get to 11/6. Aus still has a chance at 9/13. They are doing better at 11/14. They proceed to lose 2 points before Tam taps down a winner. Alcala is proving too strong. WA is down 12/19. Aus loses at 21/12. That's the end of Guda's run.
The tournament then goes to a recess for the players to prepare for their semi finals which starts at 4 pm.
I had to bring some of the boys for a movie as they did not want to sit around that long.
Now I have to juggle the time to get them back before the comp starts.
The draws for the after noon are:
Girls:
M V Alcala of Philippines v Umangi Illangakoon of Sri Lanka.
S Mapasa v R Hartawan both from Indonesia.
Boys:
A Yusrizal (Mas) v A Januari (Indo)
F Hadamadi v J Christie both from Indo.
Boy's doubles:
P Ambegoda and P Hettiarachchi of Sri Lanka v M Alcala and T Matthew Co of Philippines.
H Faisal and P Rhoma of Indo v Tan Vi Hen and A Yusrizal of Mas.
Girl's doubles:
Eunice and Phing (Aus) v Joy Lai and Jennifer Tam (Aus).
L Josephine and S Mapasa v L Erasalita and R Hartawan.
Mixed doubles:
T Matthew Co and M Alcala (Phi) v P Rhoma and L Erasalita (Ina)
H Faisal and R Hartawan (Ina) v S Serasinghe and G Somerville (Aus)
The semis start with Annie umpiring the game between Mapasa and Hartawan.
Alcala has started her game against Sri Lanka's Umangi. My bet is that it will be a Philippines and Indo finals.
Both games are quite close as the girls seem evenly matched.
Umangi is keeping close to Alcala at 6/7. I must say these girls are not as vocal as the girls that were competing in the Singapore Open. The girls there were screaming all the way.
Alcala gets to 11/7 first. Alcala streaks aheads to 15/9. She is now at 19/12 before winning the first set at 21/12.
Alcala gets to 6/1 quickly in her 2nd set. Umangi is trailing at 5/10. Alcala gets to 11 first. She then breaks away to 13/5. Alcala gets to 15/8 and then loses a point. She then gets to 18/9 and looks like she will close the game soon. She finishes at 21/11.
Mapasa gets to 11/9 first too. Mapasa is also making her move and gets to 14/10. She breaks away at 19/13. The court coverage of these players are amazing. Hartawan is not giving up and gets 2 points back to get to 16/19. Mapasa reaches 20 and tries to finish the game but she hits her smash into the net. Her next return also hits the net. Hartawan returns a serve that hits the tape losing her the first set.
Hartawan does a great get from metres away from the net but her return is smashed by Mapasa. Hartawan is keeping close at 5/4 and then gets another point to lead. Hartawan does a return and falls before losing the point. Mapasa regains the lead at 7/6.
Hartawan gets to 11/8 first. This will be a 3 setter. Mapasa is trying to get back into the game at 9/13. Hartawan gets to 14/10. Mapasa catches up at 12/14 but loses the next point. Hartawan forces her way into another point. You can see the determination in the girl's faces.
Hartawan finishes the 2nd set at 21/18 forcing a playoff. Mapasa triumphs in the 3rd set at 21/15. I missed all of the 3rd set as I had to pick the boys up from the cinemas.
P Ambegoda and P Hettiarachchi beat M Alcala and T Matthew 21/17 and 21/19.
In the boy's semis, Januari of INA is leading the game at 5/1 against Yusrizal of Mas. Januari gets to 11/1 first. Yusrizal is not making any headway remaining at 15/1. The level of play is so different. These are kids who are nearly professional. Yusrizal finally gets 2 points in a row to get to 4/17. Yusrizal claws to 20/7 before losing at 21/7. The 2nd set seems closer as Yuzrisal is keeping it close at 2/6. Januari jumps smash an easy winner into the net to let Yuzrisal get a point. Yuzrisal is keeping up at 6/7. He draws even. The scores remain even at 8/8. The 2nd set is looking like a thriller unless Januari breaks away. Yusrizal gets to 11/10 first. He needs to dig in if he want a 3rd set. Januari breaks away at 16/12. He finishes the game at 21/17.
Phing and Eunice have started their game against Lai and Tam. Lai and Tam are wearing Australia uniforms while Eunice and Phing are wearing WA uniforms although Phing does have an Australian uniform. It shows the different levels. So can WA bring an upset. WA is sticking close at 5/7. WA is still keeping Aus close at 7/8. As long as they stick close, WA has a chance. Aus is breaking away at 13/9. WA lose a few points before getting 1 to 10/15. WA just lost the first set at 21/10.
The 2nd set is at 6/6. WA is suddenly looking at a 11/6 deficit. They are down 7/13. Aus breaks away at 17/8. WA finally loses at 21/8.
The next semi finals is between L Josephine and Mapasa of Ina and also L Erasalita and R Hartawan of Ina.
Josephine and Mapasa are taller than their opponents. However they are down 5/7 to Eras and Hartawan. These 4 players have probably played against each other many matches before. Eras and Hartawan get to 11/7. Mapasa and Josephine catch up to 10/12. They start trailing at 11/16 again. The defences of these girls are outstanding. Hartawan smashes to the net and cannot finish the game at 20/15. She finally does a cross court return to finish the first set.
In the 2nd set Eras and Hartawan are leading at 3/0. They extend the lead to 7/1. Eras and Hartawan get to 11/5. Mapasan forces Eras to smash at least 10 times to show her defensive skills. The final smash from Eras goes out to the delight of the crowd. This is more like an exhibition match. Their defence play is so good. They are testing each other and seeing who gets tired first. Eras and Hartawan get to 17/15. They get to 19/13 and then finish at 21/13.
Hadamadi is starting his semi finals game against J Christie also of INA. The score is at 4/4 but Hadamadi is moving away to 8/4. Christie claws back to 6/9. Hadamadi is now leading at 16/13. Christie continues to fight and gets to 16/18. He gets to 17/19. Christie flops a shot over the net to get another point. Hadamadi finally gets to 21/18. Hadamadi is at 5/1. He finishes the game at 21/10.
H Faisal and Rhoma from INA has just started against Tan Vi Hen and Yuzrisal from MSA. They are at 4/4. INA gets to 6/5. The smashes of these players are much faster than our boys. H Faisal and Rhoma won the game 21/14 and 21/11. I missed all that as I had to pick up my son's girlfriend from the depot.
The mixed doubles are starting. T Matthew Co and M Alcala from PHI will play P Rhoma and L Erasalita of INA. INA is at 15/6. INA is now leading 18/12. INA wins the first set. INA gets to 4/2 in the 2nd set. INA gets to 9/4. The score is more even now at 12/12 as PHI steps up. INA smashes to get to 16/14.
G Somerville and Serasinghe are our last hope for the Mixed doubles. They are playing H Faisal and R Hartawan of INA. Aus gets to 4/1. They continue to climb at 9/4. INA gets back at 8/9. Aus reaches 11/8 first. Suddenly the score is tied at 11/11 as Aus loses 3 straight points. Aus is trailing 13/15. Aus is now down 13/19. INA smashes and gets to 20/15. They get a pt back and then another. They finally lose at 18/21. The 2nd set has AUS trailing again at 5/7. INA gets to 11/6. Aus hangs in at 8/12. Aus wins a point after a long rally and INA hits the net. The score is still 10/14 for Aus. INA is up 16/11. Faizal does a high smash to get another point closer to the match. Aus loses at 21/11.
That means Aus only has 1 pair in the finals tomorrow for the girls doubles. The first game starts at 1030 am. See you then.
I only got to the courts at 1115 am missing most of the morning matches. I was up till 3 am last night updating the blog.
For the Boys doubles:
Tan Vi Hen and A Yusrizal of Malaysia beat K Halambage and D Yatawara of Sri Lanka in 3 sets. The score was 21/15, 16/21 and 21/19.
P Ambegoda and P Hettiarchi of Sri Lanka also had a 3 setter against I Jaafar and Ai Wei Jian of Malaysia. The score was 21/16, 9/21 and 7/21.
In another quarter, S Hapuarchchi and R Ranatunga of Sri Lanka lost to M Alcala and T Matthew of the Philippines 21/15 and 21/16.
H Faisal and P Rhoma of Indonesia beat L De Silva and S De Silva 21/9 and 21/10. Most of these players specialise and play either doubles only or singles.
Eric Vuong and R Serasinghe also lost 14/21 and 7/21 to H Faisal and R Hartawan of Indonesia.
In the girls singles QF, M Alcala of the Philippines beat L Erasalita 22/20 and 21/16. Umangi Illangakoon beat L Josephine 22/20, 10/21 and 12/21 in a good fight.
Phing also missed out on the next stage when she lost 11/21 and 15/21 to S Mapasa of Indonesia. R Hartawan of Indonesia easily won against S Samarasinghe 21/5 and 21/6.
In the men's singles, A Yusrizal progressed to the next stage when he won Australia's Serasinghe 10/21, 21/8 and 19/21. Serasinghe must be feeling the pain after such a close 3 setter.
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| Guda and Tam v Alcala and T Co |
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| Lai and Tam v P Teo and Eunice |
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| Semi between Alcala and Christo v H Faisal and Hartawan |
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| L Josephine v Illangakoon QF |
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| Lai and Tam v S Illangakoon and S Samarasinghe QF |
A Januari of Indonesia beat Malaysia's Ai we Jian at 21/11 and 21/2. J Chrsitie also progressed to the semi's beating Tan Vi Hen 21/19 and 21/14.
No. 1 seed Hadamadi beat I Jaafar easily at 21/13 and 21/13 to get to the semis.
The Girls doubles look more promising for Australia.
Jack Quan and Somerville are playing the top Indo pair in court 1. Joy Lai and Jenn Tam have just started their first quarters game against Sri Lanka.
Phing Teo and Eunice are playing Olivia and Silvi which is an all WA affair. Phing and Eunice were too strong winning the other WA girls at 21/5 and 21/5. They progress to the semis.
There are 3 courts where Australia is represented in the quarters.
Joy Lai and Jennifer Tam lose the first set at 13/21. The 2nd set looks better as they are settled. Joy and Tam are down 11/16 for the moment. They just lost another point when the returns flops across the net. The 2nd set is at 6/3 for Aus. They get another point after a long rally.
They are leading 12/11. Sri Lanka gets a return to 12/13. This is becoming a close match. Aus gets to 15/13 and then to 16/13. Aus loses 2 points in a row and gets to 16/15 but then gets another good point. Sri Lanka is not giving up. A shot just flops over for them to even up. Sri Lanka evens up again and then take the lead and the next point to get to match point. Lai recovers a point and then gets to deuce to save the match.
Tam serves short and gets Aus to danger. Tam recovers and saves another point to 21/21. Aus's return is dropped to the net and they then serve for a winner to get a 3 setter. There has not been many 3 setters in this competition during the first day. There have been more 3 setters today as the competition gets stronger.
Aus gets a 2 love lead. and then gets to 4 love. Aus gets to 11/3 and they look comfortable. They lose a few points to give Sri Lanka 5/12 and then 6/12. The next point is lost by Aus again before they get to 13/7 and then 14/7. Aus has to hang on. Sri Lanka leaps to 11/14 before Tam hits a few good shots to 16/11. Sri Lanka gets a point in return. Sri Lanka does a good cross drop to get another point. They lose a point to Aus when a return goes out. Aus is now at 19/13. Aus gets to match point and Joy serves into the net. She redeems herself by tapping down a winner. Great, Aus has another team that advances into the semis.
Somerville and Guan lost the first set at 16/21.
Somerville and Guan are going neck for neck with points at 18 all in the 2nd set. This could well be the actual finals match as the four girls look the strongest and are closer to being 19 years. Aus gets a point back to 19/20 but the last return goes to the net losing them the game.
Ash and Mclean have also lost to L Erasalita and R Hartawan of Indonesia in QF 2. Their score was 5 and 8.
Eric Vuong and Serasinghe is now playing the Indo pair in the first mixed doubles QF. In the next court is another Indo pair against Sri Lanka.
Eric and R. Serasinghe are neck to neck at 10/9. They then get to 12/15. They lose the first set 21/14.
The 2nd set again looks bad for Aus as they are trailing 4/9. Eric does a good cross to get a point to 6/10. They are trailing 13/6. They finally lose at 21/7.
Guan and Serasinghe are playing Seng Low and Buddhima in an all Aus quarters for the mixed doubles. Well, at least another Australian pair will progress to the next stage.
Dan Guda and J Tam are now playing their QF against T Co and M Alcala of the Philippines. It is actually 3 Filipinos and 1 Aussie as Guda is actually Filipino. He migrated to Aus 3 years ago. Maybe Australia can poach a few more Filipino players especially their female players as they are quite strong.
Aus loses the first 3 points before they get 1 point. Aus is down 8/2 and need to catch up. Philippines get to 11/4 first. Aus is at 5/12 and still not moving into gear. Daniel's shots are not going over. I remember he did have rice today. They lose the first set at 21/9.
Aus loses a long rally to get to 1/3. They stay close at 4/5. The Filipinos get to 11/6. Aus still has a chance at 9/13. They are doing better at 11/14. They proceed to lose 2 points before Tam taps down a winner. Alcala is proving too strong. WA is down 12/19. Aus loses at 21/12. That's the end of Guda's run.
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| L Josephine v U Illangakoon |
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| Mapasa and Josephine v Guan and Somerville |
The tournament then goes to a recess for the players to prepare for their semi finals which starts at 4 pm.
I had to bring some of the boys for a movie as they did not want to sit around that long.
Now I have to juggle the time to get them back before the comp starts.
The draws for the after noon are:
Girls:
M V Alcala of Philippines v Umangi Illangakoon of Sri Lanka.
S Mapasa v R Hartawan both from Indonesia.
Boys:
A Yusrizal (Mas) v A Januari (Indo)
F Hadamadi v J Christie both from Indo.
Boy's doubles:
P Ambegoda and P Hettiarachchi of Sri Lanka v M Alcala and T Matthew Co of Philippines.
H Faisal and P Rhoma of Indo v Tan Vi Hen and A Yusrizal of Mas.
Girl's doubles:
Eunice and Phing (Aus) v Joy Lai and Jennifer Tam (Aus).
L Josephine and S Mapasa v L Erasalita and R Hartawan.
Mixed doubles:
T Matthew Co and M Alcala (Phi) v P Rhoma and L Erasalita (Ina)
H Faisal and R Hartawan (Ina) v S Serasinghe and G Somerville (Aus)
The semis start with Annie umpiring the game between Mapasa and Hartawan.
Alcala has started her game against Sri Lanka's Umangi. My bet is that it will be a Philippines and Indo finals.
Both games are quite close as the girls seem evenly matched.
Umangi is keeping close to Alcala at 6/7. I must say these girls are not as vocal as the girls that were competing in the Singapore Open. The girls there were screaming all the way.
Alcala gets to 11/7 first. Alcala streaks aheads to 15/9. She is now at 19/12 before winning the first set at 21/12.
Alcala gets to 6/1 quickly in her 2nd set. Umangi is trailing at 5/10. Alcala gets to 11 first. She then breaks away to 13/5. Alcala gets to 15/8 and then loses a point. She then gets to 18/9 and looks like she will close the game soon. She finishes at 21/11.
Mapasa gets to 11/9 first too. Mapasa is also making her move and gets to 14/10. She breaks away at 19/13. The court coverage of these players are amazing. Hartawan is not giving up and gets 2 points back to get to 16/19. Mapasa reaches 20 and tries to finish the game but she hits her smash into the net. Her next return also hits the net. Hartawan returns a serve that hits the tape losing her the first set.
Hartawan does a great get from metres away from the net but her return is smashed by Mapasa. Hartawan is keeping close at 5/4 and then gets another point to lead. Hartawan does a return and falls before losing the point. Mapasa regains the lead at 7/6.
Hartawan gets to 11/8 first. This will be a 3 setter. Mapasa is trying to get back into the game at 9/13. Hartawan gets to 14/10. Mapasa catches up at 12/14 but loses the next point. Hartawan forces her way into another point. You can see the determination in the girl's faces.
Hartawan finishes the 2nd set at 21/18 forcing a playoff. Mapasa triumphs in the 3rd set at 21/15. I missed all of the 3rd set as I had to pick the boys up from the cinemas.
P Ambegoda and P Hettiarachchi beat M Alcala and T Matthew 21/17 and 21/19.
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| Hadamadi v I Jaafar QF |
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| S Serasinghe and Somerville v Seng Low and B Fernando QF |
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| Josephine and Mapasa v L Erasalita and R Hartawan SemiF |
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| Januari v J Christie |
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| Yurizal and Tan Vi Hen v Faizal and Rhoma Semi |
In the boy's semis, Januari of INA is leading the game at 5/1 against Yusrizal of Mas. Januari gets to 11/1 first. Yusrizal is not making any headway remaining at 15/1. The level of play is so different. These are kids who are nearly professional. Yusrizal finally gets 2 points in a row to get to 4/17. Yusrizal claws to 20/7 before losing at 21/7. The 2nd set seems closer as Yuzrisal is keeping it close at 2/6. Januari jumps smash an easy winner into the net to let Yuzrisal get a point. Yuzrisal is keeping up at 6/7. He draws even. The scores remain even at 8/8. The 2nd set is looking like a thriller unless Januari breaks away. Yusrizal gets to 11/10 first. He needs to dig in if he want a 3rd set. Januari breaks away at 16/12. He finishes the game at 21/17.
Phing and Eunice have started their game against Lai and Tam. Lai and Tam are wearing Australia uniforms while Eunice and Phing are wearing WA uniforms although Phing does have an Australian uniform. It shows the different levels. So can WA bring an upset. WA is sticking close at 5/7. WA is still keeping Aus close at 7/8. As long as they stick close, WA has a chance. Aus is breaking away at 13/9. WA lose a few points before getting 1 to 10/15. WA just lost the first set at 21/10.
The 2nd set is at 6/6. WA is suddenly looking at a 11/6 deficit. They are down 7/13. Aus breaks away at 17/8. WA finally loses at 21/8.
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| Serasinghe and Somerville v H Faisal and hartawan Semi |
The next semi finals is between L Josephine and Mapasa of Ina and also L Erasalita and R Hartawan of Ina.
Josephine and Mapasa are taller than their opponents. However they are down 5/7 to Eras and Hartawan. These 4 players have probably played against each other many matches before. Eras and Hartawan get to 11/7. Mapasa and Josephine catch up to 10/12. They start trailing at 11/16 again. The defences of these girls are outstanding. Hartawan smashes to the net and cannot finish the game at 20/15. She finally does a cross court return to finish the first set.
In the 2nd set Eras and Hartawan are leading at 3/0. They extend the lead to 7/1. Eras and Hartawan get to 11/5. Mapasan forces Eras to smash at least 10 times to show her defensive skills. The final smash from Eras goes out to the delight of the crowd. This is more like an exhibition match. Their defence play is so good. They are testing each other and seeing who gets tired first. Eras and Hartawan get to 17/15. They get to 19/13 and then finish at 21/13.
Hadamadi is starting his semi finals game against J Christie also of INA. The score is at 4/4 but Hadamadi is moving away to 8/4. Christie claws back to 6/9. Hadamadi is now leading at 16/13. Christie continues to fight and gets to 16/18. He gets to 17/19. Christie flops a shot over the net to get another point. Hadamadi finally gets to 21/18. Hadamadi is at 5/1. He finishes the game at 21/10.
H Faisal and Rhoma from INA has just started against Tan Vi Hen and Yuzrisal from MSA. They are at 4/4. INA gets to 6/5. The smashes of these players are much faster than our boys. H Faisal and Rhoma won the game 21/14 and 21/11. I missed all that as I had to pick up my son's girlfriend from the depot.
The mixed doubles are starting. T Matthew Co and M Alcala from PHI will play P Rhoma and L Erasalita of INA. INA is at 15/6. INA is now leading 18/12. INA wins the first set. INA gets to 4/2 in the 2nd set. INA gets to 9/4. The score is more even now at 12/12 as PHI steps up. INA smashes to get to 16/14.
G Somerville and Serasinghe are our last hope for the Mixed doubles. They are playing H Faisal and R Hartawan of INA. Aus gets to 4/1. They continue to climb at 9/4. INA gets back at 8/9. Aus reaches 11/8 first. Suddenly the score is tied at 11/11 as Aus loses 3 straight points. Aus is trailing 13/15. Aus is now down 13/19. INA smashes and gets to 20/15. They get a pt back and then another. They finally lose at 18/21. The 2nd set has AUS trailing again at 5/7. INA gets to 11/6. Aus hangs in at 8/12. Aus wins a point after a long rally and INA hits the net. The score is still 10/14 for Aus. INA is up 16/11. Faizal does a high smash to get another point closer to the match. Aus loses at 21/11.
That means Aus only has 1 pair in the finals tomorrow for the girls doubles. The first game starts at 1030 am. See you then.
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