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Savcor Finnish
Open
2019
30 Jan - 03 Feb, Mikkeli, Finland, $5k |
Final:
Äijänen new Finnish Open Champion
Miko Äijänen took his second career victory today in Mikkeli by
beating topseed Ahsan Ayaz from Pakistan by three games to one.
Äijänen seemed very nervous in the first game and his shots came
to the middle of court giving Ayaz many stokes and the game went
to Ayaz in 7 minutes. Äijänen started the second game more
focused and the shots found there targets.
The third game started evenly but in the middle of the game Ayaz
somehow seemed to loose his control. The game was by far not
over and Ayaz changed his gameplay in the fourth and took a 8-2
lead. Äijänen did not panic and took point after point and tied
the score at 9-9 and took the game and match 11-9.
"Physically I felt good and I believed I could win. Ahsan hit
very good shots but I new he would get tired if I keep the
rallies long" said the Finnish Open Champion after the match.
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  Finnish
Open
2019
30 Jan - 03 Feb, Mikkeli, Finland, $5k |
Round One
30 Jan |
Round Two
31 Jan |
Quarters
01 Feb |
Semis
02 Feb |
Final
03 Feb |
Curtis Malik (Eng)
8/11, 11/4, 11/9, 11/8
Valeriy Fedoruk (Ukr) |
[1] Ahsan Ayaz (Pak)
11/6, 11/9, 15/13 (35m)
Curtis Malik |
[1] Ahsan Ayaz
11/7 11/4 11/5 (28m)
Sergio Garcia Pollan |
[1] Ahsan Ayaz
11/8 9/11 5/11 11/6 11/6 (61m)
[5] Yuri Farnetti |
[1] Ahsan Ayaz
2/11, 11/8, 11/6, 11/9 (52m)
[3] Miko Aijanen |
Jaakko Vahamaa (Fin)
w/o
Sergio Garcia Pollan (Esp) |
[7] Oliviero Ventrice (Ita)
12/10, 9/11, 11/8, 11/9 (67m)
Sergio Garcia Pollan |
Vladislav Titov (Rus)
8/11, 13/11, 11/8, 11/6
Atte Stengard (Fin) |
[5] Yuri Farnetti (Ita)
11/7, 11/6, 11/5 (29m)
Vladislav Titov |
[5] Yuri Farnetti
4/11, 11/5, 11/8, 12/14, 11/8 (65m)
[4] Zeeshan Khan |
Bart Wijnhoven (Ned)
11/7, 11/8, 11/5
Ludovico Cipolletta (Ita) |
[4] Zeeshan Khan (Swe)
14/12, 11/7, 4/11, 8/11, 11/9 (55m)
Ludovico Cipolletta |
Fynn Schuck (Ger)
11/3, 11/1, 11/6
Jack Turney (Eng) |
Jack Turney
11/3, 11/6, 11/6 (41m)
[3] Miko Aijanen (Fin) |
[3] Miko Aijanen
11/9, 11/5, 11/7 (35m)
[6] Martin Kegel |
[3] Miko Aijanen
6/11 11/5 11/7 11/7 (60m)
Elliott Morris Devred |
Michael Babra (Swe)
12/10, 1/11, 11/6, 11/6
Samuli Niskala (Fin) |
Samuli Niskala
11/5, 11/6, 13/11 (28mP
[6] Martin Kegel (Cro) |
Ville Karsikas (Fin)
11/9, 5/11, 11/7, 11/3
Erik Jakbobsen (Swe) |
Ville Karsikas
10/12, 7/11, 11/2, 12/10, 11/4 (61m)
[8] Joseph White (Aus) |
[8] Joseph White
11/5 11/1 11/9 (32
Elliott Morris Devred |
Elliott Morris Devred (Wal)
8/11, 7/11, 11/1, 11/4, 13/11
Joel Jaume Izcara (Esp) |
Elliott Morris Devred
11/7, 1/0 rtd (12m)
[2] Jami Aijanen (Fin) |
Semis
Äijänen to meet top seed
Ahsan Ayaz and Miko Äijänen will play for the Finnish Open
Championship on Sunday in Mikkeli. Both matches were of a good
standard and they could have gone both ways.
The two winners were sharper in the deciding
moments and that seemed to make the difference. Both matches had
a lot of decisions and arguments which somewhat influenced the
standard of the matches.
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Quarters
Äijänen through to the semis
The last surviving Finn Miko Äijänen keeps the local hopes alive
by beating Martin Kegel from Croatia in straight games.
“Today it felt a bit difficult for some reason. My shots were
short and I made too many mistakes. Tomorrow is a new day and I
will try to play better”, said Äijänen after the match.
The upsets to the seedings were Yuri Farnet’s victory over
Zeeshan Khan in five games and Elliott Morris Devred’s victory
over Joseph White.
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Round Two:
Three out of four Finns out
3rd seed Miko Äijänen was the only Finn to make it to the
Finnish Open quarter finals in Mikkeli.
2nd seed Jami Äijänen was not at his best and had to throw in
the towel at the beginning of the second game.
Wild card Ville Karsikas played one of his best matches ever and
had two match ball in the fourt game against 8th seed Joseph
White.
The fourth Finn Samuli Niskala fought well and had game ball in
the third game. Had he managed nobody knows what could have
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