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Hi just transferred this from my blog, mainly because nobody comments on my blog and we had a fantastic game to watch
Anyhow I played in the Counties Open 23rd June, and as they had some prize money players like Kevin Wu, Phillip Xiao and Teng Teng Liu (someone said he beat William Henzel in Australia in the Teams?? event last year in Australia) but I'm unsure of this result, but Teng Teng is ranked in the top 4 in Australasia, and has been unbeaten here in NZ for the past two years, he was once ranked 35 for under 18's in the World and was and still is a World class player , .....Then a Swedish player Johan Axelquist who has been in NZ for the past 6 months or so doing work and study . He decides to enter at the last minute
We checked out that he was at his best 110 in the World but he said he hasn't been competitive for 18 months so he was unsure how he would go, the organisers were told by Phillip Xiao just to seed Johan as number 1 seed, which had the organisers scratching their heads for a while, but after some checking he was installed as Number 1 seed, In the Open there were 16 players and 2 from each group went thru to the knockout rounds.
Everyone was keeping an eye out as Johan progressed and the general concenses was although he was good there looked like some flaws in his game (more rusty than bad) .Most discussion was about Teng Tengs movement, power and competitiveness verses Yohans steadiness, strategy and will he rise to the occasion

I only entered the Open as I just was there for fun and set up a shop, I played Teng Teng first up and he was great fun playing the current NZ Open Champion, I wasn't too bad getting 3,3 and 5 but the trouble is he gives you limited chances and I tended to rush lol, I then played Craig Dye who is NZ's top chopper and seems to be ranked around 25 to 35 in NZ rankings but because of some bad North Island results in now at 49 I think anyhow a high level chopper who uses palio CK531A in 1mm, I have done better before when we have played but this time got 4.5 or 6 points as I stupidly tried to smash his chops lol, I won my next match easily by chopping (well it was like the in thing to do), then I played in the plate but lost against a little Chinese superstar block/hitter (well trained in China boy) who had real trouble with my pips at first then adjusted to beat me 3-1
Right back to the main subject Johan, he played Craig Dye the chopper next (poor Craig from the frying pan and into the fire )and Yohan just pick hit the right balls and used clever serves to 3rd ball attack, Craig said he thought his serves were a bit too clever and even though Craig lost 4-0 he did say that Johan wasn't good in all areas of his game , Johan and Teng Teng both progressed to the semi's where Teng Teng had to play Phillip Xiao, Teng Teng eventually won (I didn't see the scores) as I was either umpirering or playing at the same time, but the game seemed long and there were many fantastic rallies, Johan then played Kevin Wu (well both games were running together) and Johan seemed to get there comfortably 4-0
Well when the final started no one moved everyone just stopped to watch (well it had the feeling of a World class match right here in front of us and the crowd was in a buzz)
Yohan seemed to have a set way of dealing with Teng Teng by going backhand to backhand then one to the other corner then counter hit Teng Tengs reply, and he zoomed off to a great start and won fairly easy, next game it was more even but Yohan got a mini break and held on to win 11-8ish , Teng Teng started to move better and attacked well at every opportunity, to win the next game around 11-8, Yohan just stayed calm and went back to his basics and served kickers and stoppers, which gave Teng Teng trouble, and then used his superior backhand and his re-looping strokes to win the next two games, Teng Teng did try hard in fact he maybe tried too hard trying to take forehands from each wing, but this just suited Yohans tactics better in the end, So in the end Yohan won 4-1
Next Yohan and Phillip won the Doubles beating Kevin and Teng Teng after being down two sets to come back and win 3-2

Overall we were amazed by the rallies, the short game, the power and the spin generated by both players and it was fantastic to see such a contest in our own backyard
I mentioned to Johan about how good he was at re-looping and he said it was his best shot, i then asked what he thought of the competition and he said it wasn't easy (with a smile) Well I hope Phillip and the other Auckland players get as much table time with Johan as possible while they can

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Johan is still ranked #16 in Sweden, even though he didn't play anything last season. He normally plays for Sweden's best team (Eslöv) but I am not sure he will continue at that level. Here are the top 100. Fabian Åkerström is at 25, Mikael Appelgren at position 56, Matilda Ekholm at 97. The first is position, next last months position, then name and year of birth, club and points (and last the difference from last moths points).

Placering Namn Född Klubb Poäng
WR48 1 (1) Lundquist, Jens 1979 Söderhamns UIF 2683 (0)
WR80 2 (2) Gerell, Pär 1982 Falkenbergs BTK 2678 (0)
WR88 3 (3) Persson, Jörgen 1966 Halmstad BTK 2531 (0)
4 (5) Hui, Xu 1983 Eslövs AI BTK 2682 (0)
5 (6) Waldner, Jan-Ove 1965 Spårvägens BTK* 2658 (+12)
6 (4) Svensson, Robert 1983 Eslövs AI BTK 2649 (0)
7 (7) Assar, Omar 1991 Falkenbergs BTK 2567 (0)
8 (8) Karlsson, Peter 1969 Falkenbergs BTK 2536 (0)
9 (9) Persson, Jon 1986 Söderhamns UIF 2533 (0)
10 (10) Nordberg, Hampus 1987 Söderhamns UIF 2520 (0)
11 (12) Wang, Jian Feng 1966 Kvibille BTK 2500 (0)
12 (13) Håkansson, Fredrik 1975 Kvibille BTK 2487 (0)
13 (11) He, Haijin 1982 Hägerstens BTK* 2479 (-26)
14 (14) Jiang, Chang Hong 1984 BTK Warta 2474 (0)
15 (15) Översjö, Mattias 1991 Eslövs AI BTK 2470 (0)
16 (16) Axelqvist, Johan 1985 Eslövs AI BTK 2462 (0)
17 (17) Gnanasekaran, Sathiayan 1993 Råcksta SK 2461 (0)
18 (18) Karlsson, Kristian 1991 Halmstad BTK 2457 (0)
19 (19) Molin, Magnus 1979 BTK Kävlinge 2443 (0)
20 (20) Wei, Weinan 1989 Spårvägens BTK 2441 (0)
21 (21) Andersson, Harald 1991 Spårvägens BTK 2434 (0)
22 (22) Huang, Hou Yu 1987 Askims BTS 2424 (0)
23 (23) Nilsson, Peter 1973 Österlens BTK 2420 (0)
24 (24) Tokumasu, Shinya 1980 Växjö PK 2413 (0)
25 (25) Åkerström, Fabian 1988 Växjö PK 2408 (0)
26 (26) Reed, Daniel 1989 Tibble-Kungsängen BTK 2406 (0)
27 (27) Törnkvist, Andreas 1989 Växjö PK 2397 (+8)
28 (28) Månsson, Magnus 1976 BTK Warta 2388 (0)
29 (29) Shu, An 1974 Österlens BTK 2386 (0)
30 (30) Karlsson, Mattias 1991 Halmstad BTK 2385 (0)
31 (31) Stenberg, Mattias 1976 Eslövs AI BTK 2375 (0)
32 (32) Szymanski, Filip 1983 BTK Warta 2373 (0)
33 (33) Rönningborn, Niklas 1986 Tibble-Kungsängen BTK 2372 (0)
34 (34) Eriksson, Robert 1985 BTK Rekord 2371 (0)
35 (35) Jenkins, Ryan 1978 BTK Warta 2360 (0)
36 (36) Desai, Harmeet Rajul 1993 BTK Linné 2351 (0)
37 (37) Sternberg Sjelle, Kasper 1989 Norrtulls SK 2350 (0)
38 (38) Petiot, Jeremy 1990 BTK Warta 2342 (0)
38 (42) Söderlund, Hampus 1994 Falkenbergs BTK 2342 (+10)
40 (39) Brodd, Viktor 1990 Söderhamns UIF 2339 (0)
41 (40) Pereira Diez, Andy 1989 Tibble-Kungsängen BTK 2338 (0)
42 (41) Xiao Peng, Han 1990 Markaryds BTK 2335 (0)
43 (49) Arvidsson, Simon 1990 BTK Rekord 2334 (+8)
44 (42) Stenberg, Mårten 1979 BTK Enig 2332 (0)
45 (44) Rydén, Lukas 1986 Falkenbergs BTK 2331 (0)
46 (45) Ghosh, Soumyajit 1993 Råcksta SK 2330 (0)
46 (45) Wang, Wen Jie 1977 Askims PK 2330 (0)
48 (48) Sondell, Johan 1989 BTK Kävlinge 2328 (0)
49 (50) Kongsgaard Larsen, Christian 1983 Malmö IF 2313 (0)
50 (51) Moldovan, Istvan 1973 Markaryds BTK 2309 (0)
50 (51) Olah, Benedek 1991 Spårvägens BTK 2309 (0)
52 (53) Gonzales, Rymond 1975 Åsa IF 2305 (0)
53 (54) Sjöstedt, Anders 1973 IFK Falköping BTK* 2304 (0)
54 (45) Bachstätter, Joachim 1989 Växjö PK 2303 (-27)
55 (55) Doran, Chris 1991 Markaryds BTK 2301 (0)
56 (62) Appelgren, Mikael 1961 Hägerstens BTK* 2295 (+24)
57 (56) Rönneberg, Espen 1989 Markaryds BTK 2288 (0)
58 (57) Hyrup Rasmussen, Morten 1989 BTK Enig 2287 (0)
58 (57) Wang, Qing 1970 Vedums AIS 2287 (0)
60 (63) Wall, John 1982 Norrtulls SK 2286 (+21)
61 (59) Zhang, Fang 1984 Ljungby BTK 2284 (0)
62 (60) Wang, Bing 1987 BTK Dalen 2281 (0)
63 (61) Assar, Khaled 1992 Markaryds BTK 2273 (0)
64 (64) Ericson, Gustaf 1988 Råcksta SK 2253 (0)
65 (67) Torsell, Patrik 1970 Tibble-Kungsängen BTK 2247 (+10)
66 (65) Lundquist, Fredrik 1973 * 2245 (0)
67 (66) Singh, Martin 1988 Råcksta SK 2238 (0)
68 (68) Nilsson, Stefan 1977 BTS Warta 2236 (0)
69 (69) Lovén, Martin 1992 BTK Enig 2233 (0)
69 (69) Moding, Li 1990 IFK Lund 2233 (0)
71 (71) Ahlander-Johansson, Carl 1996 BTK Linné 2227 (0)
71 (71) Okubo, Toshiki 1989 Hägerstens BTK 2227 (0)
73 (73) Nilsson, Simon 1991 Dänningelanda BTK 2224 (0)
74 (74) Nilsson, Robert 1983 BTS Warta 2223 (0)
75 (75) Andersson, Mattias 1976 BTK Munken 2221 (0)
76 (76) Campos-Valdes, Jorge Moisés 1991 Tibble-Kungsängen BTK 2220 (0)
77 (77) Ojakangas, Jimmy 1989 Munkedals BTK 2216 (0)
77 (77) Sunesson, Arvid 1989 BTK Rekord 2216 (0)
79 (79) Borovik, Alexander 1990 Kebnekaise BTK 2215 (0)
79 (79) Mattiasson, Mikael 1975 BTK Kävlinge 2215 (0)
81 (81) Möller, Fredrik 1973 Ätrastadens BTK 2210 (0)
82 (82) Sandell, Mats 1988 Kvibille BTK 2205 (0)
83 (91) Görman, Viktor 1995 Råå BTK 2199 (+15)
84 (84) Greczula, Peter 1966 Askims BTS 2190 (0)
84 (84) Tran, Anthony 1993 Hägerstens BTK* 2190 (0)
86 (86) Hedram, Peter 1968 Munkedals BTK 2189 (0)
87 (87) Gripler, Peter 1965 Tibble-Kungsängen BTK 2185 (0)
87 (87) Johansson, Andreas 1974 BTK Linné 2185 (0)
87 (87) Ming, Jia 1989 BTK Warta 2185 (0)
87 (87) Pernhult, Mattias 1992 Eslövs BTK 2185 (0)
91 (98) Berglund, Simon 1997 Brännkyrka BTK* 2176 (+8)
92 (93) Arsenovic, Vanja 1993 BTK Safir 2174 (0)
93 (95) Andersson, Fredrik 1980 IFK Falköping BTK* 2173 (0)
94 (82) Åhman, Erik 1985 Munkedals BTK 2170 (-35)
95 (96) Fredriksson, Viktor 1993 Eslövs BTK 2169 (0)
95 (96) Lau, Tobias 1991 Tibble-Kungsängen BTK 2169 (0)
97 (99) Ekholm, Matilda 1982 Ängby SK 2166 (0)
98 (92) Bergman, Tobias 1988 Norrtulls SK 2165 (-13)
99 (100) Ohlsson, Andreas 1978 BTK Ajax 2163 (0)
100 (101) Engblom, Andreas 1983 Kristianstad BTK* 2161 (0)

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