Thursday, June 23, 2011

Badminton News
At $600K Indonesia Open Superseries Premier 2011, Jakarta

[R2] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) bt Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,16) 21-18 21-9

[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (6) Meiliana Jauhari (INA)/ Greysia Polii (INA) 20-22 21-18 18-21

[QF] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) vs (8) Tine Baun (DEN,6)

Saina scored dominating win over Petya in 31 mins ... In the first game Saina take 6-2 lead and maintained until 12-9 but Petya fought back winning next 3 pts to take lead ... At one time Petya was leading 15-17 ... Saina won next 5 pts and then converted 2nd game point ... In the second game Saina take control from 2-all and then didn't give any chance to Petya to scored comfortable win.

Next Saina is playing against former WR #1 Tine Baun ... Saina having losing record against her, Tine having 2-0 (W-L) record ... Last loss came in All England Open in 2010 ... So good test for Saina.

Ashwini and Jwala lost nail-biting match against local seeded pair in 1 hr and 8 mins ... In the first game both pairs were nect to neck until the end ... Though our pair saved first game point still Indonasians converted second ... In the second game our pair take early lead but Indonesian caught with them at 11-all ... Then our pair take control from 13-all and kept lead to won the second game ... In the decider Ashwini and Jwala take early lead, 3-0 9-3 and maintained it most part of the game ... But from 16-18 Indonesian pair won next 5 pts to complete comeback victory.

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