Sunday's quarterfinals at East Princes Street's Gardens in Edinburgh

  The East Princes Street's Gardens in the heart of the Scottish capital were the stage for the 2010 World Cup Final. On Saturday YUN Ok Hee (KOR) and Sergio PAGNI (ITA) won in their respective categories (recurve women and compound men) and part of the 150,000 CHF prize money.   Besides Justyna MOSPINEK (POL) won the Longines Prize for Precision awarded to the recurve archer who shot the highest number of 10s during the World Cup season.  Recurve Men   Jayanta TALUKDAR (IND) v Michele FRANGILLI (ITA) FRANGILLI is the man with the most medals at the very top level. He gathered 29 medals at world championships or Olympic Games in his 15-year career. He will play against TALUKDAR who will appear on his third World Cup Final after 2006 and 2009. The Indian athlete won two World Cup stages in his career.   In the first set, both archers scored 26 points with their three arrows and therefore shared the two set points at stake: 1-1.   After shooting two 8s in the first set, TALUKDAR shot two again in the second and let the lead go to FRANGILLI at 3-1 for the Italian.   In the third set, and under heavy rain, it was FRANGILLI's turn to shoot two 8s. For his part TALUKDAR improved his shooting and scored 9-X10-9 to win the set and tie at 3-3.   While the Indian shot even better in the fourth set with a perfect end of three 10s (!), FRANGILLI's second arrow was a poor 7. TALUKDAR therefore took the lead for the first time of the match (5-3).   Both archers scored an X10, a 10 and a 9 in the last set. Sharing the set points—one each—gave victory to the Indian (6-4).   KIM Woojin (KOR) v Marco GALIAZZO (ITA) The young Korean KIM won the World Cup stage in August in Ogden, while GALIAZZO is the 2004 individual Olympic champion and the World Cup Final defender-he won it in Copenhagen last year.   GALIAZZO opened the match with a triple 9, but with two 10s and a 9, it was KIM taking the first two set points.   KIM was putting his arrows to the right at 2 o'clock, but still managed a good 9-10-9 second set. With 28 points in this end also (X10-8-10) GALIAZZO remained in the match the score being 1-3 at that point.   While GALIAZZO found the right pace in the third set with X10-X10-9, his opponent from Korea only scored 8-9-9. The score was tied at 3-3.   In the fourth set, it was GALIAZZO who released an 8, but he followed with 10 and 9. Starting with 9 and 9, KIM had the opportunity to take the lead would he shoot a 10. With another 9, he tied the set and shared the set points with GALIAZZO. The score remained tied at 4-4.   KIM's arrows were amazingly grouped on the target but on the 9-ring (three times in the last set). With 10-10, the 2004 Olympic champion GALIAZZO only needed an 8 to clinch victory. With a 9, he advanced to the semifinals.  Simon TERRY (GBR) v IM Dong-Hyun (KOR) IM is a true archery wonder! At 24-year old, he has three team world titles, one individual world title and two team Olympic gold medals already. TERRY brings a lot of experience and two Olympic bronze medals from Barcelona 1992. It will be British Silver Fox's second successive appearance at the World Cup Final after being silver medallist last year in Copenhagen. The Korean has won the only face-to-face match against the Briton. It was in 1/8 elimination at the World Cup Stage 3 this year in Ogden with a victory 4-0 for IM.   The local crowd could cheer for their favourite TERRY. In the first set he scored 9-9-X10. His contender from Korea also scored 28 points with 8-10-X10 and the match was tied 1-1.   IM then shot three 9s in the second set. As TERRY scored 8-X10-9, the scored remained tied at 2-2.   Very tight match between two experienced archers! Both had two 10s and a 9 in the third set for a match score of 3-3.   The fourth set showed IM take the advantage after he shot two 10s and an 8 against 8-9-10 for TERRY. The Korean won the two set points at stake to lead for the first time of the match 5-3.   In the last end, TERRY shot his first two arrows just outside the 10 to the right and finished with a perfect X10. But this was not enough since IM started with two X10 and needed an 8 to win. He clinched victory with a good 9.   Brady ELLISON (USA) v Alan WILLS (GBR) ELLISON has burst out at the very top level this season by winning the Porec stage, while WILLS won the world archery field championships in July. For WILLS, it will be his second appearance at a World Cup Final-he was bronze medallist in Dubai three years ago. He was also part of the GB team at the Beijing Olympics. The American and the Briton met once this year in 1/8 elimination at World Cup Stage 2 in Antalya with a win for ELLISON by 4-2.   Both started shooting a little high as the rain dried a little bit. With the same 8-9-8 end, WILLS and ELLISON shared the first set points: 1-1.   In the second set, an opening 7 for WILLS put him back and he had to leave the advantage to his contender. The score was 3-1 for ELLISON at that time of the match.   ELLISON seemed to find the right pace in the third set, scoring 10-9-9. Still a bit high, WILLS's arrows were a 9, a 10 and an 8. He therefore let the two set points go and ELLISON increased his lead to 5-1.   The fourth was a tied set with both competitors shooting 27 points. With one set point each, the score was 6-2 and it was a victory and semifinal ticket for 22-year old and No. 1 World Cup archer ELLISON.  Compound Women   Albina LOGINOVA (RUS) v Sandrine VANDIONANT (FRA) VANDIONANT has made a comeback at the top level this year and won the Ogden stage. She will play against LOGINOVA who is the current individual and team world champion. The French and Russian ladies already met once this year in quarterfinal at World Cup Stage 1 in Croatia where VANDIONANT won 6-4.   LOGINOVA had the honour to open Sunday's morning session and she started with a three 9s in the first set. With 8-10-8, VANDIONNAT left the advantage to her opponent from Russia who led 2-0 after the first three arrows. Both archers were shooting low in this first set.   The two young ladies improve in the second set, but it was again LOGINOVA taking the two set points thanks to a 10-9-X10 series against 9-9-10 for VANDIONNANT.   In the third set, the two started with a 9 and a 10. Shooting first since she was trailing 0-4 in the match, VANDIONNANT released a bad 8. This left the door open for LOGINOVA to clinch the match with a 9 or better. She scored a 9 to advance to the semis.   Ashley WALLACE (CAN) v Jamie VAN NATTA (USA) WALLACE has burst out on the international scene this season with a victory in Porec. VAN NATTA has won numerous medals in her career including gold at the 2008 World Cup Final in Lausanne.   The two North Americans opened the match with 9 and 10 points. But as WALLACE's third arrow of the first set was another 10, VAN NATTA's was an 8. This gave the two set points to the Canadian archer who led 2-0.   In the second set, both showed very strong shooting but with a perfect end with one X10 and two 10, WALLACE doubled her lead in the match to 4-0. Despite two 10s and a 9, the experienced VAN NATTA was given a hard time by her 23-year old opponent.   The Canadian made strong impression and clinched the match in the third set already by 6-0 after shooting 9-10-9 against 9-8-10 for VAN NATTA.  Linda OCHOA (MEX) v Erika ANSCHUTZ (USA) ANSCHUTZ, 22 years old, won the stage in Antalya this year, while OCHOA, who is 23, just qualified-for one point!-for Edinburgh thanks to her second place in Shanghai. This is the first World Cup Final appearance for both.   As rain started again showering down, five out of the six arrows in the first set were a bit to the left of the yellow zone. Both archers shot 10s and 9s but the two set points went to ANSCHUTZ who shot two 10 and a 9 against two 9s and a 10 for OCHOA.   In the second set, after shooting two X10, OCHOA released an 8 at her third arrow. This allowed her opponent to double her advantage in the match to 4-0 thanks to a 9-X10-X10 shooting.   ANSCHUTZ clinched the match and advanced to the semifinals scoring a perfect 10-10-X10 third set. Despite a good X10-10-9 end, OCHOA had to admit defeat against a strong American.   Nicky HUNT (GBR) v Andrea GALES (GBR) The last quarterfinal will be an all-British affair. HUNT seems to have the upper hand with already for podium finishes at World Cup stages, while GALES has one. After winning a gold medal at the World Cup tournament in Shanghai at the beginning of September, Nicky HUNT qualified automatically for the women’s compound event in Edinburgh in top spot overall. It will be her second successive appearance at the World Cup Final. Last year in Copenhagen, HUNT took fourth place. For GALES it will be World Cup Final first timer.   No doubt there would be a local advancing to the semifinals today! Acclaimed by the crowd the two British ladies shared the first two set points (1-1) after both starting strongly with two 10s and a 9.   HUNT and GALES had a 10 and a 9 to open the second set. When HUNT scored an 8, GALES had the opportunity to take a 2-point advantage in the match, but she released a 7 (!) just on the clock to leave the two set points to her teammate.   After then GALES scored 9-10-8. HUNT had an opportunity to increase her lead to 5-1, but she also had an 8 (after shooting 9-9) at her third arrow and left the two set points to GALES who tied the match at 3-3.   The two Britons had again an 8 each in the fourth end (both at their second arrow). But with an X10 and a 10, HUNT did better with her first and third arrows to increase her lead to 5-3.   Unbelievable match! As everyone thought the match was over when HUNT needed an 8 to win at her last arrow (GALES scored 9-9-9 and HUNT X10-9), she released a... 7! The last two set points went to GALES who tied at 5-5.   In the tie-break HUNT shot first and scored a good 10. With lots of pressure on her shoulders, GALES managed a strong 10 as well. Both arrows were very close at 9 o'clock but that of GALES was closer to the centre for about 2cm. This was an upset for the No. 1 archer of the World Cup HUNT who had to bow in quarterfinal already!  Compound Mixed Team   Hafid JAIME / Linda OCHOA (MEX) v Chris WHITE / Nicky HUNT (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 compound event, team Mexico, who finally won the place by claiming the gold medal in Shanghai, represented by Hafid JAIME and Linda OCHOA, will compete against Chris WHITE and Nicky HUNT.   HUNT was on the field again this Sunday morning after the upset she faced losing to her teammate Andrea GALES in the compound women's individual quarterfinal. She paired with fellow countryman WHITE for a mixed team World Cup medal.   In the first end of four arrows (two arrows for each archer), HUNT shot two strong X10 while WHITE had a 9 and a 10. With 39 points in the first end, the local team took the lead by three points since their Mexican opponents had 36 points with 9-9-10-8.   It is notable that it was the male archer shooting first in the Mexican team while the female was the first to take the line for the British.   Shooting first in the second end, OCHOA and JAIME scored a 9 each. They were imitated by WHITE and HUNT with two 9s as well. The Mexicans put pressure with a 10 and an X10 to close the second end. WHITE took his time to release an X10 as well. With only two second left on the clock, HUNT also managed an X10 to keep the 3-point advantage (77-74).   Mexico got 9-X10-X10-9 in the third end. It remained a 3-point game after Team GB held on with 9-9-10-10 also.   To conclude the mixed team event in the best possible way WHITE and HUNT clinched the match with a perfect last end (10-10-X10-10!). Although shooting well with two 9s and two 10, OCHOA and JAIME had to concede defeat against the local favourites! Final score: 155-150 for Great Britain.   Ludivine MAITRE WICKI / Didier MIEVILLE World Archery Communication