Starting with 3rd seed and 2004 Olympic champ Ryu Seung Min who was defeated by the young exciting 22 yo Taku Takakiwa from Japan in 6 sets. (13-11, 16-14, 4-11, 13-11, 10-12, 11-7). In fact the Japanese young guns knocked out any Korean seed that got in their way.
Ryusuke Karube defeated Kim Min Seok, the no.8 seed (11-9, 6-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7), Kentaro Miuchi defeated Jung Young Sik, the no.15 seed (11-8, 11-5, 11-13, 11-8, 11-8) and Hidetoshi Oya defeated Yoon Jae Young, the no.13 seed (9-11, 11-2, 11-6, 8-11, 5-11, 11-9, 12-10).
And of course China, not to be out done, unleashed its own brand of teenage assassins.
Poor old 2nd seed Oh Sang Eun lost to another 16 yo from China Yin Hang after just losing to 16yo Lin Gaoyuanin at the Korean Open in 7 sets. 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-3, 4-11, 11-8.
Speaking of Lin Gaoyuan, he defeated Japan's Kenta Matsudaira, the no.8 seed, in six games (5-11, 8-11, 11-4, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5). Liu Yi, who had an impressive Korean Open, defeated Japan’s Kaii Yoshida, the no.7 seed (8-11, 11-9, 11-2, 12-10, 11-6) and Wu Jiaji defeated Kazuhiro Chan, the no.12 seed (3-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9, 11-4).
Confused? Never heard of these guys? Me too! What the pong?! We'll check back around the quarters or semi's to see whose left. Catch the action live at ItTV or take a look at ttprovider's Youtube Highlights
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