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Wilson Boston Open Tournament |
The 2008 Wilson Boston Open
Tournament took place from Friday,
May 2nd to Sunday, May 4th at the
Rockwell Cage, at MIT in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. This was the 12th
year of the tournament, which has
grown to become one of the most
prestigious USAB ranking tournaments
in the nation. Players from around
the world gathered at MIT for the
tournament, which had more than 200
competitors.
The tournament co-directors are
Christopher Lawrence and Arthur
Schwartz, and the tournament referee
is Charlotte Ackerman. The total
prize money was $14,250. Medals were
awarded to all semi-finalists and
finalists of the open events and to
all finalists of the senior events.
The tournament drew top national
players including three players who
will represent the US at the 2008
Beijing Olympics this summer --
Howard Bach, Bob Malaythong and Raju
Rai. .
Finals:
Men's singles -- Holvy De Pauw
defeated Raju Rai (21-19, 18-21,
21-17)
Men's doubles -- Howard Bach/Bob Malaythong
defeated Daniel Gouw/Chandra Kowi
(21-14, 21-13)
Mixed doubles -- Chandra Kowi/Mona Santoso
defeated J. B. S . Vidyadhar/Sarada
Jasti (21-14, 21-6)
Women's singles -- Joo Hyun Lee
defeated Mona Santoso (21-14, 21-16)
Women's doubles -- Joo Hyun Lee/Mona Santoso
defeated Daphne Chang/Mingzi Zhang
(21-14, 21-9)
Watch the entertaining video report
of the tournament from Emily
Driscoll at
Video Report. |
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