Sylvain Ternon successfully retained his Swiss Open title today as Anna-Klara Ahlmer clinched her 16th title overall. Another great edition of the IWT Swiss Open thanks to Esther Dübendorfer and her team, whilst she also managed to pick up a few medals herself! Let’s see what happened on Day 2 and 3 in Zurich.
A second IWT Swiss Open title for the Frenchman
Sylvain Ternon managed to win his second Swiss Open title today. On his way to the final he defeated Michal Kurek +14 (21-11 21-4 11-21 2-5) and Noah Mamié +22 (15-21 21-5 21-9). His opponent in the final was the no 2 seed Nicolas Lenggenhager, who beat wildcard Thomas Cavé +31 (21-13 21-3 21-16) and wildcard Yannic Andrey +33 (21-7 21-7 21-16).
Their head-to-head had been 4-0 to Sylvain before the final, and he managed to make it 5 today. Ternon started well with a 21-16 win in table-tennis, before taking badminton and squash 21-13 and 21-14. This meant that he only needed 2 points in tennis to claim his second title, taking the match +22 (21-16 21-13 21-14 2-0). Yannic Andrey beat fellow Swiss player Noah Mamié in the 3/4 playoff by +22 (21-19 21-18 21-8 4-0).
A sixteenth tour title for world no 1 Anna-Klara Ahlmer
It was another dominant performance from our world no 1 in the final. Ahlmer had a bye in the first round before she faced Pauline Cavé in a repeat of their Nordic Racket Games final last month. Cavé got off to a great start, taking table-tennis 21-12, before Ahlmer took a two-point lead by winning badminton 21-10. Ahlmer won squash 21-12 and tennis 11-11. The overall score was +11 (12-21 21-10 21-12 11-11).
On the other side of the draw junior world no 1 Holly Ranson beat doubles partner Stephanie Chung by +25 (12-21 21-1 21-7) before beating the no 2 seed Kirsten Kaptein +20 (14-21 21-6 21-9 2-2) in the semi-finals. Ahlmer proved too strong for the young British player, although this was the first time Ranson managed to take her to tennis. The Swedish player won table-tennis 21-8, before Ranson took badminton 7-21. Ahlmer then won squash 21-3 and tennis 5-2, clinching her 16th title with an overall score of +20 (21-8 7-21 21-3 5-2).
Pauline Cavé beat Kirsten Kaptein to claim the bronze medal, taking the match +32 (21-13 21-10 21-8).
Open titles for – Gupta, Voigt
Anant Gupta won the men’s B, beating Bruno Scherrer by +30 (21-15 21-15 21-3) in the final. Volf defeated Leonhard Prager by +23 (21-15 21-13 21-12) to claim the bronze medal. Heike Voigt won an all-German battle against Carola von Heimburg to claim the women’s B title. She won a close match by +7 (13-21 21-12 21-19 19-15). Victoria Mai won bronze, beating Susan Rutschmann +28 (21-9 21-9 21-17).
The men’s C title went to Florian Prorok as he beat Armand Maxime +14 (21-11 8-21 21-10 14-8). Riccardo Raimo finished third, beating Kevin Gros +16 (21-10 16-21 23-21 14-6). The men’s D was won by Yann Leutwiler who beat Zhichun Wu +19 (15-21 21-7 21-18 11-3) in the final. Oliver Bodem finished third, beating Christoph Steckermeier by +22 (21-23 16-21 18-21 21-9). The First timers title went to Rafael Werner after he beat Roger Schweizer +8 (21-10 21-19 1-21 21-6). Michael Breitfeld finished third.
Men’s B | Women’s B | Men’s C | Men’s D | First Timers
Junior and Senior titles for – Volf, Dony
Matěj Volf won the U21 title beating Bastian Böhm +18 (21-15 21-18 21-16 8-4) in the final. Leonhard Prager finished third after he beat Anant Gupta by +5 (21-7 11-21 8-21 21-7). Fabienne Dony won the women’s +40 title after she won all her group matches. She beat silver medalist Kirsten Kaptein by +31 (21-14 21-11 21-7) and bronze medalist Nicole Furler by +52 (21-3 21-3 21-3). Thomas Knaack won the +40 title after he beat Raphael Paglia in an incredibly close final by +4 (21-23 21-6 13-21 20-21). Bertrand Carlier beat Giovanni Gentile for bronze taking it +18 (11-21 21-8 21-11 9-4).
The +50 title went to Magnus Ekstrand after he beat Andre Bandi by +6 (5-21 21-10 21-8 14-16). Ulrich Schlepphorst finished third, beating Rakesh Gupta by just one point +1 (8-21 14-21 21-11 22-11). Although he just missed out on a medal in the +50, Rakesh Gupta managed to win the +55 winning all his group matches. Graham King finished second and István Sági finished third.
The Women Seniors +50 title went to tournament organiser Esther Dübendorfer after she won her group matches. She had a very close match against Carola Von Heimburg for the title, taking it +2 (22-20 21-11 9-21 19-21).
U21 | W+40 | +40 | +50 | +55 | W+50
Don’t forget to enter these tournaments! Our next stop on the IWT tour is Austria!
