Swede Jesper Hedlund has set up an all-Swedish semi-final after defeating Mohammed Tarik Koubaa +6 (21-6 18-21 6-21 21-11) in his first match and no 2 seed Simon Vaclahovsky +3 (21-3 11-21 6-21 21-11) in the quarter-finals. He now faces René Lindberg who defeated Léon Mamié +15 (19-21 12-21 21-9 21-7).
On the top half of the men’s draw, top seed Nicolas Lenggenhager avoided a big scare against fellow Swiss player Noah Mamié, taking the match +2 (21-17 24-22 21-15 10-20). He faces surprise semi-finalist Jesse Kiljunen who defeated last years champion Luka Penttinen by only 4 points. The overall score was +4 (11-21 21-19 18-21 21-6). The semi-finals will start at 10am tomorrow.
A first elite final for Anttila
Kaisu Anttila caused a big upset today, beating no 2 seed Holly Ranson by just one point. The match was incredibly close, starting with a very tight game of table tennis that went to Ranson. Badminton and squash also went to the British player, but Anttila won tennis by a big margin giving her just that one point to take the match. The overall score was +1 (22-24 16-21 17-21 21-9). Anttila then went on to beat Heli Mäkelä +20 (19-21 21-15 21-17 14-2) to set up a finla against world no 1 Ahlmer.
Anna-Klara Ahlmer won her first match before tennis, taking it +48 (21-5 21-4 21-6) against Emilia Kostiainen. She then went on to beat Fabienne Dony +16 (13-21 21-12 21-5 5-6). The women’s final will be at 1:15pm tomorrow.
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