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Japan
Pro #1 2009
02-05 May, Yokohama, $3k |
 05-May,
Final:
Gordon takes
Yokohama title
Top seeds CHris Gordon claimed the Japan Pro #1 title in Yokohama,
beating second seed James Snell in a 52-minute three-game final.
Part of the winners' award was a special towel made by WISPA
player Misaki Kobayashi's father, of SQ-CUBE, one of the tournament
sponsors.
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Tournament Site
(Japanese & English)
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Japan
Pro #1 2009
02-05 May, Yokohama, $3k |
Round One
03 May |
Quarters
03 May |
Semis
04 May |
Final
05 May |
[1] Chris Gordon (Usa)
6-11 15-13 11-9 11-9 (70 min)
[Q] Yuta Fukui (Jpn) |
[1] Chris Gordon
11-6 11-9 11-7 (52 min)
[7] Mohamed El Kady |
[1] Chris Gordon
11-5 8-11 11-8 9-11 11-4 (82 min)
[6] Nyeon-Ho Lee |
[1] Chris Gordon
11-7 11-7 12-10 (52 min)
[2] James Snell |
[7] Mohamed El Kady (Egy)
11-0 11-0 11-6 (27 min)
Paul Mathieson (Ita) |
[3] Anson Kwong (Hkg)
11-6 11-8 7-11 7-11 11-9 (69 min)
Shimizu Takanori (Jpn) |
Shimizu Takanori
9-11 10-12 11-6 16-14 11-3 (69 min)
[6] Nyeon-Ho Lee |
[6] Nyeon-Ho Lee (Kor)
9-11 11-3 11-1 11-9 (36 min)
Hon Fung Wong (Hkg) |
Chang Wook Woo (Kor)
11-8 4-11 11-5 11-8 (37 min)
[5] Peter Kviecinsky (Svk) |
[5] Peter Kviecinsky
11-3 11-4 11-2 (23 min)
[4] Cheng Yao Huang |
[4] Cheng Yao Huang
11-6 11-8 11-6 (26 min)
[2] James Snell |
[Q] Jun Matsumono (Jpn)
11-13 11-2 2-11 11-5 11-6 (65 min)
[4] Cheng Yao Huang (Tpe) |
[Q] Shinnosuke Tsukue (Jap)
10-12 13-11 16-14 11-8 (61 min)
[8] Zahir Shah (Pak) |
[8] Zahir Shah
11-9 2-11 11-6 11-7 (56 min)
[2] James Snell |
[Q] Maekawa Kosuke (Jpn)
11-6 11-4 12-10 (31 min)
[2] James Snell (Eng) |
02-May,
Qualifying Finals:
Kousuke Maekawa(JPN) bt
Bunpei Kawano（JPN)
11-8, 12-10, 5-11, 11-7 (57 min)
Shinnosuke Tsukue(JPN) bt Kimihiko Sano(JPN)
11-0, 11-5, 11-4 (21 min)
Yuta Fukui(JPN) bt Yuji Tuchiya(JPN)
11-5, 11-7, 11-8 (23 min)
Jun Matsumoto(JPN) bt Ken Okada(JPN)
11-2, 11-6, 11-7 (38 min)"
02-May,
Qualifying round one:
Bunpei Kawano（Jpn)
W.O
Kousuke Maekawa(Jpn) bt Hidenobu Hamasaki(Jpn)
11/13, 11/5, 11/3, 11/9
Shinnosuke Tsukue(Jpn)
W.O
Kimihiko Sano(Jpn) bt Naveed Khan(Pak)
9/11, 11/6, 11/4, 11/3(33min.)
Yuji Tuchiya(Jpn) bt Hiroaki Shirai(Jpn)
11/5, 11/9, 11/4
Yuta Fukui(Jpn) bt Kenji Tayama(Jpn)
11/6, 11/3, 4/11, 11/9
Jun Matsumoto(Jpn) bt Syo Miyakawa(Jpn)
11/6, 11/4, 11/6
Ken Okada(Jpn)
W.O
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02-May:
Under way in Yokohama
 Qualifying
for the first of the Japan Pro series is under way in Yokohama, with
Japanese players claiming all eight places in the qualifying finals.
Performance of the day was from Kimihiko Sano, the 37year-old
former national champion and current national coach, who beat Naveed
Khan of Pakistan, the only non-Japanese in the qualifying draw. |
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Chairman
Yoshihiro Watanabe, seven-times former Japan Champion,
talking to the spectators, whose ticket money is responsible for
funding the event.
