Day 3

Third day Yonex Belgian International
The third day of the 7th Yonex Belgian International brought the spectators the quarter and semi finals. Yet another day full of surprises or would the remaining seeded players push through?
The men´s singles semi final saw a magnificent start by Dutchman Eric Pang, beating Eric Leverdez in the first set. The Frenchman, however, clearly showed his willingness to win by cashing in the second and third set.
The other semi final saw the Asian players Tedjono and Seang Tan competing for the other ticket to the final. The Indonesian Tedjono, formerly nr. 18 on the world ranking, clearly won this battle.
In the first women´s singles semi final,German Olga Konon shattered the dreams of Elizabeth Cann. Cann ruled the first set, but Olga Konon pushed through in the subsequent sets, winning the match by 12-21, 21-12, 21-10.
In the other semi final, Ukrainian Larisa Griga put a halt to the rise of Vignes Waran Sashina, a French player with Malaysian roots. Griga started off hesitantly in the first set but managed to win that one to then continue on the same pace, easily seizing the match and the ticket to the finals.
First seeded Cwalina-Logosz (PL) didn´t experience any issues yet in the men´s doubles, only losing a first set in this tournament in their semi final against Danish couple Skovgaard-Kolding. The other finalists, Swiss Koch-Zauner, were granted a ticket to the semi finals following an injury of their opponents.
In that semi final, they easily defeated 6th seeded Elbjorn-Magee with 21-11, 21-16.The Irish-Danish duo was continuously lagging behind and never appealed for a place in the finals.
Same story in the women´s doubles, in which 1st seeded Mulia Sari-Yao lost a set for the first time in this tournament. Otherwise, this Singapore couple was just outstanding. Their opponents for the final are third seeded Agathangelou-Olver. They prevented the finals from being all Asian by seizing the victory over the other Singapore couple Chen-Yu Yan with a clear 21-19, 21-9.
The mixed doubles event saw two Danish couples on their way to the finals. Dutch players De Ruiter-Piek thought differently however, defeating first seeded Kolding-Houmann in the semi finals. The other finalists are Singapore Triyachart-Yao, also beating a Danish couple. This young Danish pair, Sorensen-Kjaersfeldt, previously beat the second and 5th seeded players, turning them into the evrelation of the tournament.