Latest opdate 29/10/2000 at 01:15 (CEST)

Danish Open 2000

Realkredit Danmark Open

24. - 29. october, Farum Arena, Denmark

This is a list of the calls made during the Mixed Doubles Finals between Michael S Ø GAARD, DEN / Rikke OLSEN, DEN and Jens ERIKSEN, DEN / Mette SCHJOLDAGER, DEN. First on a line is the call, followed by notes about what occured before the call. This was done manually in shorthand, and later edited for clarification. It is an experiment to see how it looks. Future logs will use semi-automatic registrations, enabling time stamping each registration.

1. game

Aprox. start time 13.05

Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 1-0
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 1-1
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Serve Over:
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 2-1
Change of shuttles
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 3-1
Second Server:
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 4-1
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 5-1
Kort pause 13:17
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 6-1
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 7-1
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 2-7
Serve Over:
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 8-2
Second Server: Michael Søgaard server fault
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 9-2 Long rally
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 10-2
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 11-2 Jens Eriksen smash into net
Serve Over: Jens hit Michael directly
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 3-11
Second Server:
(exchange might have been lost here)
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 5-11
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 6-11 Michael Søgaard's return is out
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 7-11 Michael Søgaard's return is out
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 8-11 Michael Søgaard hit directly,
         could not return
13:22 break court cleaned 
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 9-11 Michael Søgaardi's return 
         does not clea net.
Second Server: Jens Eriksen smash direclty on Rikke Olsen.
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 12-9 
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 13-9 
Serve Over: Jens Eriksen smash lands behind Michael Søgaard
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 10-13
Second Server:
Serve Over:
Second Server: Rikke Olsen's return way out to the left of her
Serve Over:
13:27 Break - court cleaned
Second Server:
Serve Over:
Second Server: Very close call - Michael Søgaard agitated about it.
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 14-10 gamepoint
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 15-10 Jens Eriksen's 1st. return into the net

2. game

Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: Serve
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 1-0
Second Server:
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 2-0
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 3-0
Serve Over:
Second Server: 
Serve Over:
13:33 Break for water on  court
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 4-0 
Second Server:
Serve Over: Rikke/Michael smash high to low on Mette/Jens several times
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 1-4
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 2-4 
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 3-4 Shuttle called out for the second time in row
Second Server: 
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 4-4
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 5-4 Jens Eriksen overshoots sligthly and it is out
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 6-4
Serve Over: Jens Eriksen smash short on Michael
13:37 Courts are cleaned 
Second Server: long rally ends in net
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 7-4
Serve Over: short rally, Rikke's return in net
Second Server: Very long rally, high shots, then short smashes 
Serve Over:
Second Server: Michael Søgaard's return flyes along the ground
Serve Over:
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 5-7
Second Server:
13:42 break - some carpet problem on the Rikke/Michaels court - 
             fixed by officials
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 6-7
Serve Over:
Second Server: short an light exchanges
Serve Over: Mette/Jens sends high smashes to Rikke/Michael
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 7-7
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 7-7
Second Server: servefejl
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 9-7
Serve Over:
Second Server: 
Serve Over:
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 10-7 Michael Søgaard in net
Second Server: Jens Eriksen errors in return
13:47 break
Serve Over:
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 8-10
Second Server:
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Change shuttles
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 11-8
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 12-8
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 13-8 fault reciever
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 14-8 long rally, Michael Søgaard hits upper net
31:51 break courts cleaned
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 15-8 Game after a long rally, 
         raising the audience to its feets.
End 13:52
3. game
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager starts
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 1-0
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 2-0
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 3-0
Serve Over:
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 1-3
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 2-3
Second Server: Jens Eriksen hits 
Serve Over: Michael Søgaard smash to Jens Eriksen
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 4-2
Second Server: Serve is out
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 5-2
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 6-2 Very long rally, all kinds of plays, Michael 
          Søgaard wins by an backhand smash
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 7-2
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 8-2 
14:02 change courts.
Rikke serves
Serve Over:
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 3-8 Michael Søgaard in net
Second Server: 
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 4-8 well placed in far corner inside
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 5-8
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 9-5
Serve Over: Mette/Jens try smashing hard 3 times, before catching 
        Michael Søgaard off gard
14:06 break clean courts
Second Server: Michael Søgaard serves into net
Serve Over: short rally
Second Server: Rikke's smash is called out
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 10-5 long, Mette's return into net.
14:08 break
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 11-5 frustrated yell from Jens
Serve Over:
Second Server:
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 6-11 high return is outside backline
Serve Over: Low long smash inside
Second Server:
Jens has something in the eye.
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 12-6
Serve Over: Michael Søgaard return from backline drops just before the net
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 7-12 maybe the longest rally. Michael 
           Søgaard knows its wrong when he hit the final return
Second Server: almost as long, this time it is calle out at backline
Serve Over: short exchange - Mette shots into net
Second Server: 
Serve Over: Michael Søgaard's serve is out
Second Server: 
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 8-12
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 9-12 long rally, Michael Søgaard smash 
           fails to clear the net.
14:15 break
Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager: 10-12 Smash hits net, jump up and drop 
           on Rikke/Michaels side, while they were waiting at backline
Serve Over: Very long, Rikke's smash decides
Second Server:
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 13-10, Jens Eriksen return into net
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 14-10 - out over backline - Match point
Serve Over: Serve out
Second Server: Jens Eriksen return in net - angry with himself
Serve Over: Smash onto Jens
Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen: 15-10 - Called out at Rikke/Michael's  right 
           line on return.
End at 14:19

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