It is 2 a.m. in Shanghai. The GrandSlam Final Latin finished just before midnight, more than one hour later than scheduled, and it did so with hardly any spectators remaining at the Luwan stadium. Too bad, those who left missed another outstanding final with six very inspired couples.
Why the results are not yet online we don't know. Granted, internet access at the venue left much to be desired, but back at the hotel it's fine. So we continue uploading videos from round one to YouTube - at 2 a.m. - while an exhausted chief scrutineer is taking what he believes is a well deserved rest.
For all those who are waiting for the results, here is what we remember. Places one through seven we're fairly sure of, eight and nine not at all.
1 |
Gabriele Goffredo |
Anna Matus |
MDA |
2 |
Armen Tsaturyan |
Svetlana Gudyno |
RUS |
3 |
Timur Imametdinov |
Nina Bezzubova |
GER |
4 |
C.-G. Schmitt |
Elena Salikhova |
FRA |
5 |
Yury Simachev |
Yury Simachev |
RUS |
6 |
Umberto Gaudino |
Louise Heise |
DEN |
7 |
Edgar Marcos |
Alina Nowak |
ESP |
Andrea Silvestri |
Martina Varadi |
HUN |
|
Jenya Suvorov |
Jenya Libman |
ISR |