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This page was updated on: 15/09/2002 at 10:13 AM (Local time) - Last updates were applied to: MS (Main Draw)

12-15 Sep. , 2002

Standard time zone: GMT+8

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Kreanga - finally

Kalinikos Kreanga (GRE)

Kobe, Japan, 15 September 2002. Finally – after trying for so long - Kalinikos KREANGA (GRE) got his Pro Tour title.

KREANGA did not only beat young CHUAN Chi-Yuan (TPE) in the final, he also won the hearts of the spectators with his game – and on top of that he was shouting in Japanese when making something good at the table.
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Kim Kyung Ah likes Japan

Kim Kyung Ah (KOR) took the title

Kobe, Japan, 15 September 2002. “It seems that Kobe is my lucky place. I won the doubles here last year, also reached the singles final in 2001, and this year I won the title”.

KIM Kyung Ah of Korea, World nr 29, was quite pleased after her final against Mihaela STEFF (ROM). Kim Kyung Ah trusted her spectacular defensive, which gave her most of the points.
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Zhang came back from the edge

Zhang Jike (CHN) - U 21 Champion

Kobe, Japan, 15 September 2002. ZHANG Jike of (CHN) showed his technical en mental power in the Men’s Under 21 Final at the Japan Open on Sunday.

ZHANG Jike, just 14 years old, turned 0-3 down into a 4-3-victory after an impressing attacking game against the local hero Seiya KISHIKAWA.
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Sweet victory for Japanese

Toshio Tasaki (left) and Akira Kito (JPN) with Timo Bol (right)

Kobe, Japan, 15 September, 2002. Toshio TASAKI (JPN) has been in a Pro Tour final three times before, but finally his first victory came – in Japan in front of the home crowd!!!!

Toshio TASAKI, playing his fifth tournament ever together with compatriot Akira KITO, won the Men’s Doubles at the Japan Open.
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