Illinois Begins Section Play

#1 posting 5.4.2006

ILLINOIS ACTION
West Aurora's doubles team of Jenny Nguyen and Courtney Brooks were undefeated until the DuPage Valley tournament. Naperville Central's Amy Huang and Alina Ahsieh beat them 17-14, 8-15, 17-16. Now the pair are preparing for the sections. Here is the story from the Beacon News http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/sports/2_2_AU04_BADMINTON_S1.asp
The Fremd duo of Judy Hsieh and Sarah Hong won the MSL title last Friday beating Wheeling's Kate Flanagan and Sam Diesel 15-4, 15-11. But they won't be together in the sections. Why? read on with the Rolling Meadows Review http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/rm/05-04-06-911523.html
Glenbrook South won the Central Suburban title for the first time. Gloria and Christine Kim provided Glenbrook South with it's only first place finish. Read about the rest of the meet here in the Glenview Announcements http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/gv/05-04-06-907687.html
A pair of Elk Grove singles players got together to claim third place in the MSL tournament. Aya Uehara and Nozomi Nakamura beat Tiffany Compton and Yeji Chun of Schaumberg 15-5, 15-6. For more here is the Hoffman Estates Review http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/he/05-04-06-908940.html
Lockport is looking to send more than one to the State Badminton tournament. Here is how they plan on doing it according to the Herald Times http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/sports/4_2_JO04_BAD_S1.asp


THOMAS/UBER CUP ACTION
The Chinese women beat Germany to advance to the finals of the Uber Cup. Olympic champion Zhang Ning defeated a Chinese German Xu Huaiwen 21-17, 21-14. Here is more from the Xinhua press release. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/04/content_4508707.htm
Chinese Taipai also won beating South Korea in the quarters. Here is the English Eastday acount http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/sports/userobject1ai2018002.html this is the South Korean perspective from the Korean Times (this article also tells about the men's loss in the quarters) http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/sports/200605/kt2006050418123211640.htm
Indonesia beat Japan in the quarterfinals of the Thomas cup as recounted in the People's Daily http://english.people.com.cn/200605/04/eng20060504_262969.html

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