Английская Википедия:2014 New Zealand Open Grand Prix

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The 2014 New Zealand Open Grand Prix officially SkyCity New Zealand Open 2014 was a badminton tournament which took place at the North Shore Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand from 15 until 19 April 2014 and had a total purse of $50,000.

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. This tournament organised by the Match Point Event Ltd., with the sanctioned from the BWF. There are 240 players from 16 countries competed at this tournament. Players chased world ranking points, to qualifying for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and World Championships. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.

Venue

This international tournament held at the North Shore Events Centre, Silverfield Lane, Wairau Valley, North Shore, Auckland.

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.

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.

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. He reach the third round after retired from the match to Tan Chun Seang with the score 21–14, 2–1. 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.

Seeds

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

Women's singles

The top seed in this event were Pai Hsiao-ma, Cheng Chi-ya of Chinese Taipei, Millicent Wiranto of Indonesia, and Michelle Chan Ky of New Zealand. The host representation Chan ended earlier in the second round. 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. At the end of the women's singles event, Okuhara clinched the title and also making this victory as her first senior international title.

Seeds

1. Шаблон:Flagicon Pai Hsiao-ma (quarterfinals)
2. Шаблон:Flagicon Cheng Chi-ya (semifinals)
3. Шаблон:Flagicon Millicent Wiranto (quarterfinals)
4. Шаблон:Flagicon Michelle Chan Ky (second round)

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. 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. 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.

Seeds

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

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. 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.

Seeds

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

Mixed doubles

The top seeded Oliver and Susannah Leydon-Davis were defeated in the second round by the former world No.1 Koo Kien Keat who was partnered with Ng Hui Lin. The final match presented by all Indonesian pair. Alfian Eko Prasetya and Annisa Saufika emerged victorious in three close games over Edi Subaktiar and Melati Daeva Oktaviani, in a match with long rallies, great net play and plenty of power.

Seeds

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

External links

• Official site
• Tournament draw at tournamentsoftware.com