SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL - Jorgensen Does Double Dutch

SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL - Jorgensen Does Double Dutch

Jan O Jorgensen was today crowned Swedish International Champion and in doing so has laid down a clear marker to the rest of the badminton world. His three set win over Dicky Palyama (photo left) in today’s final is the icing on the cake for the young Dane as earlier in the week he beat Palyama’s compatriot and current world number 23 Eric Pang. By Mark Phelan. Photos: badmintonphoto.com (archive) Jorgensen’s last appearance on the International scene was back in September 2008 at the China Masters. The following week Jorgensen (photo right) sustained a back injury which, at the time, was a huge blow to the young Dane as it kept him out of his home Super Series event in October and the French Super Series later that month. Sweden has been a happy hunting ground for Jorgensen as last year he reached the final but to win this year was certainly more than he could have wished for given his 4 month lay off. Jorgensen had to recover from loosing the opening set to Palyama 16-21 before eventually taking the match with a 22-20 21-17 win in the second and third sets in a game that lasted 6 minutes short of an hour. “I was very nervous at the beginning of the match. Dicky was playing pretty well and he got a comfortable lead. It was the end of the first set before I managed to settle and play some good rallies but it was to late. In the second set I tried to move Dicky around a bit and it was a close game. I was 18-16 up and made a few errors to leaving Dicky with 2 match points. I managed to steal the second set 22-20 with a run of four points. The third set I felt very good and purposely played long rallies and I took the third set and the match. Im so glad to be back now and winning my first tournament in a long time is a huge boost for me. I cant wait now for at our nationals, the German Open and of course the All England’s and Swiss Super Series” commented Jorgensen after his win In the women’s singles Japans Yu Hirayama (photo) had little difficulty in seeing of the challenge of Malaysia’s Anita Raj Kaur in two sets. In a match that lasted only 33 minutes the Japanese shuttler ran out a 21-15 21-14 winner to lift the title. England’s hope of success were dashed when Chris Landridge and David Lindley were beaten in a very competitive men’s doubles final by Shoji Sato and Naoki Kawamae in three sets 15-21 21-14 21-17. The win handed Japan its second gold on finals day after the success of Hirayama in the women’s singles. There was a double blow for the English as Robert Adcock and Heather Olver were convincingly beaten by Ukrainian pair Atrashchenkov and Prus in two sets in a match that extended to just 27 minutes. In the final match of the day the combination of Pauline Van Dooremalen and Rachel Van Custen restored some Dutch pride as they emerged victorious in a dramatic three set battle by beating local favourites Emelie Lennartsson and Emma Wengberg in the closest match of the day. The Swedish pair took the opener 22-20 and appeared to be heading to victory in front of their home supporters but the gutsy Dutch girls battled back to take the second set 19-21 and the final rubber 22-20 For all results click HERE