DUTCH OPEN 2015 QF – Magee denied in 2nd straight marathon

Ireland’s Chloe Magee played the longest match for the 2nd straight day at the 2015 Dutch Open but came up short against Denmark’s Line Kjaersfeldt.

By Don Hearn.  Photos: Arthur van der Velde (live)

It wasn’t quite as long as her 79-minute marathon of Thursday but Chloe Magee was, nonetheless, involved in the longest match of the day once again on Friday.  This time, she was not able to pull it out and missed on two match point opportunities in the deciding game before bowing to Line Kjaersfeldt (pictured) of Denmark after a ‘mere’ 68 minutes.

The women’s singles semi-finals will have a nearly all European line-up.  The sole exception is Hsu Ya Ching of Chinese Taipei.  After a number of semi-final finishes at the Grand Prix Gold level, Hsu is still looking for her first Grand Prix appearance.  She beat Thailand’s Nitchaon Jindapon in three games and will take on Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour on Saturday.

In the men’s singles, Kjaersfeldt’s compatriot Joachim Persson had the opposite luck.  It was he who was holding two match points in his third game against Goh Soon Huat (pictured right) but the Malaysian was the one who took the last four points to book his match against defending champion Ajay Jayaram for a spot in the final.

In the mixed doubles, the two pairs who have had history’s shortest stints as world #1 are vying to play each other in the final.  Poland’s Robert Mateusiak / Nadiezda Zieba (pictured) took out top seeds Fuchs/Michels of Germany and will face Labar/Lefel of France on Saturday.

Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thoungthongkam of Thailand beat former champions Danny Bawa Chrisnanta / Vanessa Neo of Singapore but must now deal with home favourites Arends/Piek.

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