Second day

The first round of the men´s singles was a real battle field for the seeded players. First seeded Wacha had an off day and the same applies to 4th seeded Wong, who did not manage to defeat the German Nicolai Persson. For the young qualifier, this victory meant the biggest success in his career so far. Furthermore, 8th seeded Lo Ying Ping (FR) got beaten by another qualifier Chun Seang Tan (MY). All other seeded players needed3 sets to continue to the next round. Promising for the next rounds of this tournament!
The women´s singles saw less surprises. Judith Meulendijks (NL) defeated 6th seeded Chloe Magee (IE) and Larissa Griga (UA) beat Belgium´s hope Lianne Tan in three sets. An error by the referee caused Lianne to lose her focus and subsequently the match. Elizabeth Cann seized victory over Julia Wong and is right on track for the finals. German Olga Konon, a candidate for the tournament victory, was all over the court, easily pushing on to the next round. And Carola Bott managed to surprise 7th seeded Jiayuan Chen in two sets.
The laws of ´Survival of the seeded players´ are being respected in the men´s doubles event. Only 4th seeded Croatians Zvonimir-Zvonimir were surprised by Singapore couple Chrisnanta-Triyachart. Belgian pair Dierickx-Golinski was not consistent enough towards the end of each set. The other duo Gillis-Moreels were running behind the facts against Polish Cwalina-Logosz (first seeded).
The women´s doubles saw lots of walk-overs (6). This allowed two Belgian pairs to continue to the second round. All seeded players though did not encounter any issues and easily made it to the next round.
And finally the mixed doubles. None of the couples Vervaeke-Demy, Dierickx-Janssens and Gillis-Devooght made it to the next round. All seeded pairs confirmed their ranking, but we mostly look forward to the Danish duo Astrup Sorensen-Kjaersfeldt. They could become dangerous outsiders, keeping in mind the victory of Kjaersfeldt in the -15 8 Nations Cup in 2009.