Compound men and recurve women quarterfinals

 
This exciting competition and entertainment was held in Edinburgh's East Princes Street Gardens. The archers shot head-to-head matches according to the best of five sets of three arrows rules. Many matches took suspense to the wire!

Recurve women and compound men events were contested on Saturday, while recurve men and compound women will shoot on Sunday. The season's best mixed team in recurve—USA—also shot against the host team Great Britain. Tomorrow the Mexican mixed team will shoot against the British team in compound. The 32 individual athletes have come from 15 countries. Three of them have been Olympic champions and 12 have been world champions. Fifteen have already participated at a World Cup Final and nine have already won it. They all played for a share of prize money and awards totalling more than 150'000 CHF.
Recurve Women   Alena KUZNIATZOVA (BLR) v YUN Ok-Hee (KOR) With four wins, YUN is the woman with the most individual wins in World Cup stages! She also won the team gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games and 2009 world championships. She will shoot against KUZNIATSOVA, who has been consistently among the top archers for the last two years. The two ladies had never met before in international competition.   In the first end, KUZNIATSOVA shot all her arrows low, while YUN's were all to the right. With 9-9-8/26 against 8-9-8 for her opponent the Korean took the lead 2-0 after the first three arrows.   The first arrow of the second set was still a bit to the right for YUN, but she could manage to correct and scored two 10s after that. KUZNIATSOVA still a bit low with her three following arrows (8-9-9/26). Score: 4-0 for YUN.   The sun’s appearance seemed to hit the archers a little bit in the face. The lady from Belarus continued with a 26-point set (8-9-8). Starting with 9 and 8, YUN had a chance to clinch the match with a 10 on her third arrow. And she did it to advance to the semifinals! Score beyond doubt: 6-0!   Deepika KUMARI (IND) v Victoriya KOVAL (UKR) At only 16-years old, KUMARI is the youngest participant in Edinburgh and was the cadet world champion in 2009. She was 2nd at the recent Shanghai World Cup Stage. Her opponent KOVAL won the stage in Antalya this year. There had been no encounter between the Indian and the Ukrainian so far.   The first arrow of the match for KOVAL was an 8. The Ukrainian then scored a 7 but finished the set with a 10 (25 points). With three 9s (27) KUMARI took the lead 2-0 after the first set. All arrows went right for both archers, probably due to the wind.   With a 9 and two 10s (29) in the second set, KOVAL brought in the two set points at stake to tie the match at 2-2.   Despite a tricky strong wind blowing, KUMARI managed a great 9-10-10 (29) third set to take the lead for the second time of the match (4-2). Her opponent scored 8-9-9 (26) at that time.   A thrilling fourth set in this match! As KOVAL scored 8-8-7/23, the two set points and victory seemed to belong to KUMARI. However, after shooting 7-9-6/22 (!) the Indian let the set go to her opponent and the match was tied at 4-4.   In the last set, the two started with an 8. The difference came at the second arrow when KOVAL shot a 10 against a 7 for KUMARI. The Indian finished with a 10, but not enough to beat the last 8 of KOVAL who won the match 6-4.   Dola BANERJEE (IND) v Justyna MOSPINEK (POL) The duel between MOSPINEK and BANERJEE featured two previous World Cup Final winners: in 2007 for the Indian and in 2008 for the Polish athlete. The Indian and the Polish athletes have not met yet.   A slow start for the two archers with 6-6-8/20 for BANERJEE and 5-9-9/23 for MOSPINEK. The Polish lady took the first two set points (2-0) with this result.   The second set advantage also went to MOSPINEK who scored X10-9-7/26 against 7-8-8/23 for her opponent from India. She led 4-0 and could already win the match if she also won the third set.   With 25 points (9-7-9) versus 23 (8-9-6) in the third set, MOSPINEK proved the most consistent archer on the field and clinched an easy victory 6-0 to advance to the semi-finals to be shot in the afternoon.  KI Bo Bae (KOR) v Naomi FOLKARD (GBR)   KI is the new Korean wonder on the women’s side. She won three gold medals at the stage in Shanghai (individual, team, mixed team). FOLKARD is an experienced archer and her best individual result is a 2nd place at the European championships in 2008. She was part of the GB team at the Beijing Olympics and will be making her World Cup Final debut. This match was the first one-on-one duel between the two ladies. A very special day for FOLKARD who was also celebrating her birthday today!   Ranked No. 1 in World Cup standings, KI opened with X10-9-8/27. FOLKARD found the wind a little bit difficult with her first arrow (7) on the left and the second one (6) on the right. With a last 8 and only 21 points in this end, she allowed  theallowed the lead to her contender 0-2.   In the second set, FOLKARD released three liners but all scored 9. With two 8s and a 9, KI saw the home favourite come back and tie at 2-2.   The Korean, however, proved she still was the one to beat in this competition and with a 27-point set (9-10-8); she brought in the next two set points. FOLKARD with 24 (7-9-8) was trailing 2-4.   Difficult windy conditions in Edinburgh! In the fourth set, FOLKARD scored 26 points. Shooting last, her Korean opponent needed a 10 to clinch the match at her last arrow, but with a 9, they earned one set point each so the score was then 5-3 in KI's favour.   KI put pressure in the last set with an X10 first. She followed with 8 and 9. With 8-9-9 FOLKARD fought hard up to the end but had to bow and leave competition. She was cheered up, however, by the whole crowd singing a nice "Happy Birthday" to her!  Compound Men   Dietmar TRILLUS (CAN) v Shaun TEASDALE (NZL) TEASDALE qualified for Edinburgh thanks to a victory at the last World Cup stage in Shanghai. He will shoot against TRILLUS who was the 2007 world champion and 2008 World Cup Final winner. TEASDALE and TRILLUS had met two times since 2008 and the New Zealander won both encounters. In 1/16 elimination at the World Cup 2008 Stage 4 in France, TEASDALE had a 116-114 win in the former 12-arrow match system. In September this year at the fourth stage in Shanghai he beat TRILLUS 7-1 in semifinal shooting the new set system.   First match of the day and first match of this 2010 World Cup Final!   TRILLUS shot first and opened with a 10. TEASDALE with a perfect 10 as well! The Canadian's second arrow was a 9, while his opponent took the lead in this first set with a second 10. Both closed the set with a 10, so that with 30-29, TEASDALE took the two set points.   In the second set, TRILLUS suffered an 8 at his second arrow and scored 28 in this second set. With 29 points in the set, TEASDALE doubled his lead in the match at 4-0.   The young archer TEASDALE opened the door to recovery for his opponent with a 7 at his first arrow in the third set. With only 25 against 28 for TRILLUS, the score got tighter at 4-2.   The fourth set allowed TRILLUS to tie the match shooting 10-X10-9 versus 10-9-9 for TEASDALE. The match score went to 4-4 before the last set.   What a thriller first match! The two archers scored 9 and 10 at their first two arrows in the fifth and last set. TRILLUS put pressure with a perfect X10 at his last arrow. TEASDALE held pressure with a 10 on the line to stay tied!   There would be a 1-arrow shoot-off! TRILLUS shot first and scored a 9 which left victory possible for TEASDALE with a 10. The young New Zealander managed a 10 to clinch a very close victory and advance to the semifinals.   Martin DAMSBO (DEN) v Sergio PAGNI (ITA) DAMSBO won the stage in Antalya 2010 whereas PAGNI has won four stages in his career and the World Cup Final in Copenhagen last year. In their head-to-head encounters the Italian had the advantage 2-1. PAGNI won 6-4 in quarterfinal at the European Championships 2010 in Italy and 6-5 in semifinal at the World Cup 2010 Stage 1 in Croatia. In 2006 at the World Cup Stage 1 in Croatia as well, DAMSBO came out as the winner in 1/8 elimination 116-114 shooting according to the 12-arrow match system at that time.   Both archers appeared stressed on the field... DAMSBO opened the match with 9-10-8/27. With 9-X10-9/28 PAGNI took the first two set points (2-0).   DAMSBO managed to recover and tie the match at 2-2 in the second set thanks to a perfect score of 30 versus 28 for PAGNI.   In the third set it was the Italian's turn to achieve a perfect end with X10-10-10. He therefore took the lead again at 4-2, since his opponent scored 9-X10-X10 in this end.   PAGNI had the opportunity to clinch victory if he won the fourth set. However, his opponent was not to let it go that easily... DAMSBO scored a perfect end of 30 for the second time of the match to gain the two points of this set. The match was tied at 4-4!   In the last set, the two archers scored 29 each with their three arrows and got one set point each. The match remained tied and a shoot-off was needed again! Shooting first, DAMSBO scored a 9 just 1cm inside the 9-ring, while PAGNI followed with 9 also but... 2cm inside the 9-ring. The Italian advanced to the semis.  Rodger WILLET Jr. (USA) v Jorge JIMENEZ (ESA) JIMENEZ won the Final in Dubai 2007, while WILLET was team world champion in 2007. The North and South American archers have only met once previously - this year at the World Cup Stage 2 in Antalya - where WILLET was victorious 5-1.   The first set gave the advantage 2-0 to WILLET Jr. who scored a perfect 30-point end against 28 for his opponent from El Salvador.   However, in the second set, it was JIMENEZ's turn to achieve a perfect end with X10-10-10. With 28 in this set, WILLET Jr. let his opponent come back to 2-2.   Identical third set for the two archers with 9-10-10 and one set point for each of them. Score remained tied at 3-3.   It was WILLET Jr. who took the lead first in this match. In the fourth end, he scored a perfect 30-point end for the second time of the match (29 for JIMENEZ) and took the lead 5-3.   A 6 (!) at the second arrow of the last set for the American and he let the two points of this set to his opponent. Tied score (5-5) and another shoot-off! Shooting first WILLET Jr. put a lot of pressure with a 10 just outside the X10-ring. JIMENEZ only shot a 9 and let victory go to the American.   Braden GELLENTHIEN (USA) v Chris WHITE (GBR) At only 24-year old, GELLENTHIEN already has numerous wins in his career, including the last four team world champion titles. WHITE is a former world record holder in archery. Edinburgh 2010 will be his World Cup Final for the first time. The American and the Briton had never met before in international competition. GELLENTHIEN is the No. 1 in the World Cup, while WHITE received a wild card (invitation) to compete in Edinburgh.   The American opened with 9-10-9/28 to take the two set points (2-0), since his opponent from the host country faced difficulties in the match opening with 8-9-8/25. WHITE's arrows all to the right of the target, probably due to the wind picking up on the venue.   WHITE recovered from a bad start in the second set with 10-9-X10/29, but had to share the set points with his opponent (one point each), since the American also shot 29 in this end. Score after two sets: 3-1 for GELLENTHIEN.   Victory became closer after the third set, which GELLENTHIEN won 29-25 to lead 5-1, only one point away from clinching the match. With a 7 at his third arrow of this set, WHITE almost left all chances to come back.   With nothing to lose, WHITE achieved a real perfect end with three X10 and the crowd could cheer him up! GELLENTHIEN proved he had solid shoulders: also with 30 points in the set, he clinched victory by 6-2.  Recurve Mixed Team   Brady ELLISON / Jennifer NICHOLS (USA) v Simon TERRY / Naomi FOLKARD (GBR) In each discipline the best mixed teams of the World Cup season also came to Edinburgh to shoot against the host Great Britain. In the recurve event, team USA composed of Brady ELLISON and Jennifer NICHOLS competed against Simon TERRY and Naomi FOLKARD.   The mixed team matches in Edinburgh followed the traditional scoring system of four ends of four arrows, therefore 16 arrows in total.   Both teams had the lady shoot in first position.   The American double had the best start with X10-10-10-8. With 38 points out of 40 they were already 6-points ahead of their opponents from the home country who scored 7-9-8-8 (32).   A more difficult second end for ELLISON and NICHOLS who scored 7-8-9-9/33. However, TERRY and FOLKARD did not take benefit of it, shooting another end of 32 points (8-8-7-9) to trail by seven points (64-71).   After NICHOLS shot a poor 5 with her first arrow in the third end, the Americans lost part of their advantage and led 104-99 before the last four arrows.   However and although a 10 was shot by TERRY with the 14th arrow of his team, the British pair had to concede defeat by 133-138.   As well as the best archery in the world, there has also been some interesting and unique entertainment for spectators on both days of competition. Watch out for Clanadonia, Big Rory, piper, the Scottish Commonwealth team and some of the best commentators in UK sport, all adding to the archery action.   A natural sporting amphitheatre, East Princes Street Gardens has been transformed into a major sporting arena, welcoming several thousand spectators over the weekend.   Ludivine MAITRE WICKI / Didier MIEVILLE World Archery Communication