Swiss Open Day 2 | Enmer on her way to have a dream comeback on tour, Bühler takes out top seed to make the men’s final

A very busy and good second day of the IWT Swiss Open, as Enmer is on her way to have a dream comeback after being out for so long. Vogel is also having another great weekend, making her third consecutive final and is aiming for her third gold medal of the weekend. In the men’s draw there were plenty of upsets as the top seeds made it through to the final.

Dream comeback for Enmer so far whilst Vogel is aiming for third gold medal of the weekend

World Champion Myriam Enmer is having a great comeback so far. She started strong in her first match against world no 29 Amandine Souin from Switzerland, beating her +22 (21-6 21-17 14-21 10-0) to set up a semi-final against fellow countrywomen Allègre. Allègre had a good opening round against junior no 5 Clarissa Steiner as she beat her +26 (17-21 21-5 21-7). Allègre and Enmer hadn’t previously met before and it was a close and exciting match all the way. Enmer took table tennis 21-17 before Allègre created a huge gap taking badminton 21-2. Enmer then bounced back winning squash 21-8 and tennis 21-6 to take the match +13.

On the bottom half of the draw, Vogel continued her excellent form by beating world no 20 Kilchenmann +21 (21-19 21-17 21-6 1-1) to face Chung in the semi-finals. Chung repeated her performance at the Nordic Racket Games as she got the better of no 2 seed, Ladner, once again, taking the match +21 (21-17 11-21 21-7 14-1) to make another semi-final appearance. In the semi-finals, Chung took the table tennis 21-10 before losing both badminton and squash 21-5 which was enough for Vogel to seal the match.

The final tomorrow will be between Enmer and Vogel. The last time they played in 2021 it was Vogel who won, can she do that again in tomorrow’s final or will Enmer show her improvements from last season and take the title? The match will start at 13:00 local time. The full draw can be found here

Bühler and Ternon set up a final meeting in a tense first day for the men’s elite

The men’s elite draw saw quite a few upsets earlier in the day. World no 26 Narayanaswamy got the better of world no 12 and junior no 2 Florian Harca in their opening match, taking it +14 (19-21 21-5 21-23 10-8). Damien Andre backed up his win on Friday evening, taking out 3/4 seed and world no 9 Lindberg by only two points in a very close match. He won +2 (21-19 21-16 19-21 17-20). Bühler got the better of Schaefer in an entertaining all Swiss matchup beating him +8 (21-12 15-21 13-21 21-8) to book his spot in the semi-finals. Meanwhile Lenggenhager had to battle past wildcard Jimmy Tay who took out world no 18 Duthuillé. Tay is a hundred places lower on the FIR rankings so this was quite the upset.

Lenggenhager has been on good form this season and he proved that by beating Tay +21 (18-21 21-9 21-7) in their quarter-final. In the all-Swiss semi-final, Bühler took table tennis 21-18 before Lenggenhager won badminton 21-6. Lenggenhager took a +12 lead into squash but that was not enough to book his place in the final. Lenggenhager managed to scrape squash 21-19 but eventually lost 21-4 in tennis. The overall score was +3 (21-18 6-21 19-21 21-4). The other semi-final was a French affair between Andre and Ternon. Ternon is still looking for his first IWT title, and after making now four finals in a row this might be the day. He beat Andre +28 (21-11 21-6 18-15) to make his fourth final in a row. The final will start at 14:00 local time tomorrow. Last time it was a very tense match at the French Open, so we’re excited for tomorrow. The full draw can be found here.

Prager, Jaeggi and von Heimburg win Swiss Open titles

Boys World no 28 Leonhard Prager won his first IWT singles title today. He took out top seed Kotala +9 (21-13 21-13 14-21 13-13) and extended their head-to-head to a 5-0 lead. He also got the better of Amy Jaeggi who finished third. It was the first time for Amy Jaeggi playing an IWT tournament, and she did incredibly well to win the Women’s C First Timer category. She had a very close match against Franca Schmid which she won +2 (7-21 21-3 21-18 12-21). Unfortunately tournament organiser Esther Dübendorfer had to withdraw from the women’s seniors. Carola von Heimburg took the title as she beat Rutschmann and Maldre in their group matches. The match against Maldre was close, which was +8 (21-17 11-21 17-21 14-12) in the favour of the German player.

Juniors u16 | Women’s C | Women’s seniors

We will try to stream the finals on our Facebook page, and you can keep up with the live scores provided by the ERU via this link

Sanne Veldkamp/ FIR Media Officer

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