In the Men’s Singles 1st round of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Ireland’s Scott Evans (WR46) will play against Germany’s Marc Zwibler(WR23) and in the Ladies Singles Chloe Magee(WR74) will play against Estonia’s Kati Tolmoff(WR46).
Mens Singles Seeds: No1, Lin Dan(CHN), No2, Lee Chong Wei(MAS)
Ladies Singles Seeds:No1,Xie Xingfang(CHN) No 2, Zhang Ning(CHN)
Lead Photo: Scott in the Terenure Centre Before he left for Beijing
A bit of History About Scott and Zwieber:
On the 9th of December 07,Scott Evans played Marc Zwieber(Ger) in the Semi Final of the Irish International Championships and he was unlucky to lose 21-15,21-17. Zwieber went on to lose the final to Denmarks Peter Mikkelsen 21-19,21-18
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