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| Brehaut played ] in men's singles, losing comprehensively in the first round to ] of ] 15-3 15-2. He is currently coaching the top tier of athletes at UB WestVic Academy of Sport in Ballarat, Australia. | Brehaut played ] in men's singles, losing comprehensively in the first round to ] of ] 15-3 15-2. He is currently coaching the top tier of athletes at UB WestVic Academy of Sport in Ballarat, Australia. | ||
| Today he is best known as one of Australia's top men's singles players and dominated the sport within his home country up until his retirement. Perhaps his biggest legacy was defeating the Icelandic junior singles champion 15-1 15-0 in Indonesia after only doing net spins in his 20 minute warm up (Brehaut, 2008). Other highlights of his career include winning the Fiji International and some close first round exits in the German, China, Hong Kong, Denmark, World Championships, Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Malaysian Open, Indonesian Open, Dutch Open, Japan and All England majors. He also reached the round of 16 of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2005. | Today he is best known as one of Australia's top men's singles players and dominated the sport within his home country up until his retirement. Perhaps his biggest legacy was defeating the Icelandic junior singles champion 15-1 15-0 in Indonesia after only doing net spins in his 20 minute warm up (Brehaut, 2008). Other highlights of his career include winning the Fiji International and some close first round exits in the German, China, Hong Kong, Denmark, World Championships, Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Malaysian Open, Indonesian Open, Dutch Open, Japan and All England majors. He also reached the round of 16 of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2005. Whilst using a glass pencil he accidentally broke it and filled his hands with glassy splinters. He was unable to compete after this ever again. | ||
| Stuart can also best be remembered for his long running rivalry with French national Player Erwin Kelhhoffner. The two national representatives faced each other many times in several major tournaments with a common theme in these meetings being Brehaut never conceding a single set. It has been said that the French Badminton team officials resorted to playing a second string singles player against Stuart in the famed Sudirman Cup out of fear of the possible outcome of another Brehaut v Kelhoffner affair. In these emotion filled confrontations it was Stuarts power, and seemingly endless range of shots which made the difference. Stuarts ability to "Hit it Hard!" was quite possibly the deciding factor(Tze, 2007). | Stuart can also best be remembered for his long running rivalry with French national Player Erwin Kelhhoffner. The two national representatives faced each other many times in several major tournaments with a common theme in these meetings being Brehaut never conceding a single set. It has been said that the French Badminton team officials resorted to playing a second string singles player against Stuart in the famed Sudirman Cup out of fear of the possible outcome of another Brehaut v Kelhoffner affair. In these emotion filled confrontations it was Stuarts power, and seemingly endless range of shots which made the difference. Stuarts ability to "Hit it Hard!" was quite possibly the deciding factor(Tze, 2007). | ||
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Stuart Brehaut (born September 24, 1978) is a badminton player from Australia.
Brehaut played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing comprehensively in the first round to Lee Hyun-il of Korea 15-3 15-2. He is currently coaching the top tier of athletes at UB WestVic Academy of Sport in Ballarat, Australia.
Today he is best known as one of Australia's top men's singles players and dominated the sport within his home country up until his retirement. Perhaps his biggest legacy was defeating the Icelandic junior singles champion 15-1 15-0 in Indonesia after only doing net spins in his 20 minute warm up (Brehaut, 2008). Other highlights of his career include winning the Fiji International and some close first round exits in the German, China, Hong Kong, Denmark, World Championships, Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Malaysian Open, Indonesian Open, Dutch Open, Japan and All England majors. He also reached the round of 16 of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2005. Whilst using a glass pencil he accidentally broke it and filled his hands with glassy splinters. He was unable to compete after this ever again.
Stuart can also best be remembered for his long running rivalry with French national Player Erwin Kelhhoffner. The two national representatives faced each other many times in several major tournaments with a common theme in these meetings being Brehaut never conceding a single set. It has been said that the French Badminton team officials resorted to playing a second string singles player against Stuart in the famed Sudirman Cup out of fear of the possible outcome of another Brehaut v Kelhoffner affair. In these emotion filled confrontations it was Stuarts power, and seemingly endless range of shots which made the difference. Stuarts ability to "Hit it Hard!" was quite possibly the deciding factor(Tze, 2007).
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