When I woke up this morning I was still somewhat surprised at the results of the Super Series finals. Each final was won in straight games and based on the results there had been no excitement whatsoever. I consider the victory of the Danes Boe and Mogensen on the Koreans Lee and Jung quite an achievement. Last Friday they still had lost the group match against these two Asians but with their second place in the group they qualified for the semi finals in which the triple world champions, the Chinese Fu and Cai, were defeated in a thrilling match. In the final they met the Koreans once again and this time they won with 21-17 and 21-15 demonstrating that they are the legitimate number 1 of the world. So now Boe and Mogensen may call themselves the best Super Series men’s double of the year 2010.
Yesterday I played a league match again against Almere but with a 2-6 result the club from Flevoland proved to be too strong for us. Lester and I won the double against Saber and Dave and Hans also won his single match. For the first time this season I played a mixed double again with Georgy (we both had been injured for a long time) and that was very nice. We both played well but unfortunately our opponents were in three games just too strong. Nevertheless I am confident that we will regain our original level soon again.
Next week I will practise three days at Papendal and on Thursday we will leave for Estonia. I hope to be able to keep you informed from my hotel in Tallinn.