Thursday, June 09, 2011

Badminton News
At $120K SCG Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2011, Bangkok

[R1] Sanave Thomas (IND)/ Rupesh Kumar (IND) l (5) Biao Chai (CHN)/ Zhendong Guo (CHN) 8-21 14-21
[R1] (8) Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Lok Yan Poon (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG) 21-23 13-21

[R3] (14) P. Kashyap (IND,23) bt Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif (MAS,122) 21-16 19-21 21-12
[R3] Sourabh Verma (IND,170) bt (Q) Beng Hong Kuan (MAS,UNR) 21-19 23-25 21-14
[R2] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) bt Mitani Minatsu (JPN,97) 21-13 15-21 21-7

[QF] (14) P. Kashyap (IND,23) vs (1) Long Chen (CHN,4)
[QF] Sourabh Verma (IND,170) vs (3) Sung Hwan Park (KOR,8)
[QF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) vs (7) Xuerui Li (CHN,13)

In doubles our both pairs disappointed ... Rupesh and Sanave failed to produce any fight against Chinese pair but loss of seeded Jwala and Ashwini was more shocking considering their current good form in Sudirman Cup.

Kashyap and Sourabh moved to quarters in this prestigious tournament ... Terrific run for Sourabh ... Next both having very tough match against top-10 players ... Kashyap is facing top-seed and WR #4 Chinese Long Chen and Sourabh is facing 3rd seed and WR #8 Korean Sung Park.

Saina was down 0-6 in the first game before she take control of the game from 11-all ... But in second game this lowly ranked Japanese player take control from 9-all to won it comfortably ... In decider Saina played like top 5 player, she take control from 5-all to win this game losing another 2 pts only.

Another Chinese test for Saina ... She is sharing 1-1 win-loss record against Xuerui Li ... Both matches were played in 2010.

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