SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL STOCKHOLM 2012
ALL FINALS
MS:
YAN KIT CHAN (HKG) beat ERIC PANG (NED) 21-17 / 21-19
WS:
HONGYAN PI (FRA) beat KRISTINA GAVNHOLT (CZE) 21-13 / 21-17
MD:
VLADIMIR IVANOV/IVAN SOZONOV (RUS) beat JORRIT DE RUITER/DAVE KHODABUX (NED) 21-16 / 21-9
WD:
MARIANA AGATHANGELOU/HEATHER OLVER (ENG) beat EVA LEE/PAULA LYNN OBANANA (USA) 21-15 / 21-12
XD:
NATHAN ROBERTSON/JENNY WALLWORK (ENG) beat MADS PIELER KOLDING/JULIE HOUMANN (DEN) 21-17 / 21-17
Read moreMAYBANK MALAYSIA OPEN 2012
ALL FINALS
WS:

YIHAN WANG (CHN) beat XIN WANG (CHN) 21-19 / 21-11
MS:

LEE CHONG WEI (MAS) beat KENICHI TAGO (JPN) 21-6 / 21-13
MD:

CHIEH MIN FANG/SHENG MU LEE (TPE) beat GUN WOO CHO/BAEK CHOEL SHIN (KOR) 16-21/21-16/21-16
WD:

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