2014 New Zealand Open Grand Prix

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2014 New Zealand Grand Prix
Tournament details
Dates15 April 2014 (2014-04-15)–
19 April 2014 (2014-04-19)
Total prize money
He Tian Tang
Australia Renuga Veeran
Mixed doublesIndonesia Alfian Eko Prasetya
Indonesia Annisa Saufika

The 2014

North Shore Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand from 15 until 19 April 2014 and had a total purse of $50,000.[1]

Tournament

The 2014 New Zealand Open Grand Prix was the fifth grand prix badminton tournament of the 2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the New Zealand Open championships which has been held since 1927 in Whanganui.[2] This tournament organised by the Match Point Event Ltd., with the sanctioned from the BWF.[3] There are 240 players from 16 countries competed at this tournament.[4] Players chased world ranking points, to qualifying for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and World Championships.[1] The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.[5]

Venue

This international tournament held at the

North Shore Events Centre, Silverfield Lane, Wairau Valley
, North Shore, Auckland.[3][6]

Point distribution

Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the Grand Prix event.[7]

Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64 65/128 129/256 257/512 513/1024
5,000 4,250 3,500 2,750 1,920 1,170 460 220 90 40 25

Prize money

The total prize money for this year tournament is US$50,000. Distribution of prize money will be in accordance with BWF regulations.[3]

Event Winner Finals Semifinals Quarterfinals Last 16
Singles $3,750 $1,900 $725 $300 $175
Doubles $3,950 $1,900 $700 $362.50 $187.50

Men's singles

A former world No.1 and also London Olympics semifinalist Lee Hyun-il competed in this event as an unseeded player.[5][8] He reach the third round after retired from the match to Tan Chun Seang with the score 21–14, 2–1.[9] The top seed, Hsu Jen-hao reach the final match but was defeated by his compatriot Wang Tzu-wei who was seeded 4 with the straight games 21–9, 21–13.[10]

Seeds

  1. Chinese Taipei Hsu Jen-hao (finals)
  2. Sourabh Varma
    (third round)
  3. Malaysia Tan Chun Seang (quarterfinals)
  4. Malaysia Zulfadli Zulkiffli (champion)
  5. India Arvind Bhat (semifinals)
  6. Chinese Taipei Wang Tzu-wei (champion)
  7. Chinese Taipei Wan Chia-hsin (quarterfinals)
  8. New Zealand Joe Wu (third round)
  9. Malaysia Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif (semifinals)
  10. Indonesia Riyanto Subagja (third round)
  11. Chinese Taipei Lin Yu-hsien (third round)
  12. Indonesia Dharma Alrie Guna (first round)
  13. Malaysia Yogendran Khrishnan (first round)
  14. Chinese Taipei Shih Kuei-chun (quarterfinals)
  15. New Zealand Michael Fowke (first round)
  16. Malaysia Jiann Shiarng Chiang (quarterfinals)

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Chinese Taipei Hsu Jen-hao 21 18 21
7 Chinese Taipei Wan Chia-hsin 19 21 13
1 Chinese Taipei Hsu Jen-hao 21 21
5 India Arvind Bhat 14 9
3 Malaysia Tan Chun Seang 20 21 18
5 India Arvind Bhat 22 9 21
1 Chinese Taipei Hsu Jen-hao 9 13
6 Chinese Taipei Wang Tzu-wei 21 21
6 Chinese Taipei Wang Tzu-wei 21 21
16 Malaysia Jiann Shiarng Chiang 7 14
6 Chinese Taipei Wang Tzu-wei 21 21
9 Malaysia Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif 14 18
9 Malaysia Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif 21 21
14 Chinese Taipei Shih Kuei-chun 13 17

Women's singles

The top seed in this event were

Michelle Chan Ky of New Zealand. The host representation Chan ended earlier in the second round.[11] The top seed Pai fell in the quarter-finals. She was defeated by Nozomi Okuhara of Japan. In their previous 2 meetings, Okuhara has always been the unseeded while Pai always had a seed rank, however, Okuhara has reigned supreme both times.[12] At the end of the women's singles event, Okuhara clinched the title and also making this victory as her first senior international title.[13]

Seeds

  1. Chinese Taipei Pai Hsiao-ma (quarterfinals)
  2. Chinese Taipei Cheng Chi-ya (semifinals)
  3. Indonesia Millicent Wiranto (quarterfinals)
  4. Michelle Chan Ky
    (second round)

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
  Japan Nozomi Okuhara 21 21
  Japan Ayumi Mine 13 12
  Japan Nozomi Okuhara 21 21
  Japan Kana Ito 15 3
  Japan Kana Ito 21 21
2 Chinese Taipei Cheng Chi-ya 13 9

Men's doubles

A former men's doubles No.1 Koo Kien Keat compete at this event as the fifth seed partnered with Pakkawat Vilailak.[5][8] The top seed pair Liang Jui-wei and Liao Kuan-hao fell in the quarterfinals, they were defeated by the 2012 World Junior Championships Takuto Inoue and Yuki Kaneko of Japan.[12] The men's doubles title goes to Indonesian pair Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Selvanus Geh. The pair upsetting the number 2 seeded Chinese Taipei pairing Chen Hung-ling and Lu Chia-pin in a fierce 3 game battle.[14]

Seeds

  1. Chinese Taipei Liang Jui-wei / Liao Kuan-hao (quarterfinals)
  2. Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling / Lu Chia-pin (finals)
  3. Malaysia Gan Teik Chai / Ong Soon Hock (first round)
  4. Australia Raymond Tam / Glenn Warfe (second round)
  5. Malaysia Koo Kien Keat / Thailand Pakkawat Vilailak (second round)
  6. Australia Robin Middleton / Ross Smith (quarterfinals)
  7. New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn / Oliver Leydon-Davis (second round)
  8. Agripinna Prima Rahmanto Putra
    (semifinals)

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
  Japan Takuto Inoue
Japan Yuki Kaneko 		21 17
  Indonesia Selvanus Geh
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		23 21
  Indonesia Selvanus Geh
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		15 23 21
2 Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Lu Chia-pin 		21 21 11
8
Agripinna Prima Rahmanto Putra
18 14
2 Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Lu Chia-pin 		21 21

Women's doubles

The New Zealand third seeds Anna Rankin and Madeleine Stapleton were upset in the second round, losing to Chen Szu-yu and Cheng Chi-ya of Chinese Taipei in straight games.[11] The top seed from Malaysia Ng Hui Ern and Ng Hui Lin were fall in the quarter-finals, they were lost to Japanese pair Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in the rubber game. The fourth seeded from Australia won the women's doubles title after beat Shizuka Matsuo and Mami Naito in thrilling three game final.[15]

Seeds

  1. Malaysia Ng Hui Ern / Ng Hui Lin (quarterfinals)
  2. Australia Jacqueline Guan / Gronya Somerville (quarterfinals)
  3. New Zealand Anna Rankin / Madeleine Stapleton (second round)
  4. He Tian Tang / Renuga Veeran
    (champion)

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
  Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota 		17 21 18
4
He Tian Tang
Australia Renuga Veeran
 		21 19 21
4
He Tian Tang
Australia Renuga Veeran
 		21 10 21
  Japan Shizuka Matsuo
Japan Mami Naito 		13 21 18
  Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu
Chinese Taipei Cheng Chi-ya 		9 10
  Japan Shizuka Matsuo
Japan Mami Naito 		21 21

Mixed doubles

The top seeded

Melati Daeva Oktaviani, in a match with long rallies, great net play and plenty of power.[14]

Seeds

  1. New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis / Susannah Leydon-Davis (second round)
  2. Australia Ross Smith / Renuga Veeran (second round)
  3. Australia Raymond Tam / Gronya Somerville (first round)
  4. Australia Matthew Chau / Jacqueline Guan (quarterfinals)
  5. Indonesia Irfan Fadhilah / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (semifinals)
  6. Indonesia Ronald Alexander / Weni Anggraini (withdrew)
  7. Japan Takuto Inoue / Yuki Fukushima (second round)
  8. Malaysia Muhammad Adib Haiqal Nurizwan / Sannatasah Saniru (first round)

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
5 Indonesia Irfan Fadhilah
Indonesia Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 		21 13 15
  Indonesia Alfian Eko Prasetya
Indonesia Annisa Saufika 		15 21 21
  Indonesia Alfian Eko Prasetya
Indonesia Annisa Saufika 		21 17 21
  Indonesia Edi Subaktiar
Indonesia Melati Daeva Oktavianti 		18 21 12
  Chinese Taipei Huang Po-jui
Chinese Taipei Shuai Pei-ling 		7 13
  Indonesia Edi Subaktiar
Indonesia Melati Daeva Oktavianti 		21 21

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