Now she has a chance to help Jacco Arends become the first Dutch man ever to win a doubles title at the Dutch Open. Piek is responsible for the last two titles for the home team at the Dutch Open, having won the women’s doubles crown both in 20. Li had a little trouble in her first game against Denmark’s Natalia Koch Rohde, while Zhang Beiwen made quick work of Ukraine’s Maria Ulitina. If both come to the court healthy this time, it will be their first meeting in a Grand Prix final. Open, which became her second career Grand Prix Gold runner-up finish. Having spent several months since Rio recovering from surgery, Michelle Li has not won a major title since Zhang gave her a walkover in Canada last year but she did reach the final of the U.S. Zhang has qualified for three major finals in the past year, including the one at the Dutch Open 364 days ago where she became the defending champion. Zhang Beiwen (pictured right) and Michelle Li have been trading the top spot for a Pan Am women’s singles player in the BWF rankings for some time now. While last year’s Canada Open had one all-Asian final, one Zhang-Li final, and one Oceania-Europe final, this year in Almere, there are three all-continental finals on the docket. That same day in July 2016 was the only other time since the current event structure began in 2007 that the finals line-up guaranteed that Grand Prix titles were destined for 3 different continents. In fact, the last time it was supposed to happen, it was also Zhang Beiwen up against Michelle Li (pictured top) for the women’s singles title and it didn’t actually happen.Įven rarer is the other pattern that the 2017 Dutch Open repeats. Then again, it certainly isn’t common, either. It’s not unheard-of to have an all-Pan American final at a Grand Prix badminton event.
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